A former Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) employee has been ordered to pay nearly KSh14.9 million after he was convicted of using a forged KCSE certificate to secure employment and fraudulently obtaining a disability certificate.
In a statement on September 15, the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) said the Anti-Corruption Court convicted the former employee after the prosecution, led by Naomi Isoe, proved that he fraudulently acquired public property and uttered false documents.
Senior Principal Magistrate C. Okore ordered him to pay KSh14,946,118 as compensation for the public property he fraudulently acquired. He will serve five years in prison if he fails to pay the compensation.
“The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has today secured an 11-year prison sentence against a former Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) employee who used a forged academic certificate to secure employment and unlawfully obtained more than KSh14.9 million in salaries and benefits,” read part of the statement.
According to the ODPP, the court also fined him KSh900,000 for the same offense, with a default sentence of two years in prison.
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He was further convicted on two counts of uttering false documents contrary to Section 353 of the Penal Code. He was fined KSh200,000 on each count, with a default sentence of two years’ imprisonment for each offence.
Prosecution evidence showed that he had sat for the 1994 KCSE examination at St Paul’s Igonga Secondary School and obtained a mean grade of D- from eight subjects.
However, the KCSE certificate he presented to KenGen showed a mean grade of C-.
The forged certificate enabled him to secure employment at KenGen, where he subsequently earned salaries and benefits amounting to KSh14,946,118.82, according to the court.
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The court also found that the former employee fraudulently obtained a disability certificate from the National Council for Persons with Disabilities (NCPWD).
The certificate enabled him to enjoy tax exemptions between July 2014 and September 2018.
The case came to light after he was required to provide his original academic certificates to KenGen.
The ODPP stated that, according to evidence presented before the court, he resigned after being asked to produce the original documents.
“According to evidence presented before the court, Nyabuti resigned after he was required to provide his original academic certificates to his employer,” stated the ODPP.
The former employee was ordered to compensate the Government KSh14.946 million for the public property he fraudulently acquired.
He was also fined KSh900,000 for the offense, while the two counts of uttering false documents attracted additional fines of KSh200,000 each.
The sentences will run concurrently, with the respective prison terms applying if the fines are not paid.
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