The crackdown on government officials is intensifying after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) confirmed charges against another Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) employee for using forged academic documents to gain employment.
On Wednesday, October 8, a former Registry Clerk at Nairobi Water was charged with fraudulently using a fake university degree to unlawfully get a job.
According to the commission, the former clerk presented a falsified Bachelor of Commerce degree certificate, claiming it was from the University of Nairobi, to secure her position at the water company.
After further investigations, it was established that the certificate was forged and she used it to draw salaries totalling Ksh7.8 million during her tenure with the water company.
The case file was submitted to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who approved three criminal charges against her.
She was subsequently charged with forgery, uttering a false document and deceiving a principal – offences which are all punishable under the Penal Code and the Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act.
After processing at the Integrity Centre Police station, the suspect was arraigned before Senior Principal Magistrate Hon. Ondieki at the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court, where she pleaded not guilty to all charges.
She was released on a cash bail of Ksh80,000 or an alternative bond of Ksh1 million with one surety of the same amount. The case is set to be mentioned on October 23.
The suspect's arrest came barely 24 hours after another former NCWSC official was arraigned for using a fake Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to secure a job at the same institution.
In that case, the suspect was charged with similar offences, including uttering a false document, forgery, presenting a forged certificate and deceiving a principal after presenting a forged KCSE certificate purportedly issued by Bishop Ndingi High School.
Having denied all charges, he was released on a cash bail of Ksh100,000 or a bond of Ksh1 million.
Days earlier, on October 4, yet another public officer was convicted for presenting a forged Diploma in Sports Science Management, allegedly from JKUAT, to obtain employment.
