A former Kiambu County Assembly clerk has been charged with allegedly using a forged KCSE certificate to secure employment and earn more than Sh6.2 million in salaries.
Kenneth Mwiti Kiogora, a former Second Clerk Assistant at the County Assembly, was arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court after investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).
Mwiti allegedly forged a KCSE certificate and presented it as a genuine document issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
According to EACC, the certificate enabled him to secure employment at the Kiambu County Assembly, where he is alleged to have fraudulently acquired public property worth Sh6,283,631.30 through salaries.
He faces charges of fraudulent acquisition of public property, forgery, uttering a false document and deceiving a principal.
Mwiti was arrested on Wednesday and arraigned on Thursday, where he denied the charges.
The court released him on a cash bail of Sh150,000 or a Sh1 million bond with a surety of a similar amount.
In a separate case, EACC also charged former Kenya Airports Authority (KAA) employee Daniel Mukoya Olando over an alleged forged Bachelor of Commerce degree certificate.
Mukoya allegedly submitted the certificate to secure appointment as an Acting Fire Supervisor at KAA.
He was charged with knowingly using a false or misleading document, forgery, uttering a false document and giving false information.
Mukoya denied the charges and was released on a cash bail of Sh100,000 or a Sh500,000 bond with a surety of a similar amount.
EACC said the two cases were taken to court after the Director of Public Prosecutions concurred with its recommendations to prosecute the former employees.
The Commission said it will also institute civil proceedings seeking to recover salaries and other benefits allegedly obtained through the use of the fraudulent academic qualifications.
The cases are part of ongoing efforts by EACC to pursue public officials accused of using fake academic and professional certificates to secure jobs or promotions.
The allegations against Mwiti and Mukoya remain unproven until determined by the court.