A staff member of the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited (NCWSC) has been charged with forgery and fraudulent acquisition of public property after it emerged that she acquired her positions using a fake certificate. The suspect, who served in various different roles including as a revenue collection assistant, technician and marketing assistant, was presented before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday to answer to the charges of acquiring property amounting to Ksh7.5 million through fraudulent means. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) accused the suspect of forging her academic certificates and using them to gain employment fraudulently, thereby earning salaries over a 10-year period. Court documents also revealed that the suspect had forged her Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) with a fake name, falsely claiming to have achieved a mean grade of C+ in the national exam.
An image of the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited (NCWSC) offices.
Photo NairobiNews However, the certificate presented, as issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), was found to be fake. The prosecution told the court that, between March 1, 2013 and December 31, 2023, the suspect received Ksh7,590,872 in salaries from the NCWSC.
She would never have been entitled to these funds had she not used a forged academic certificate.
