A former accountant at the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) has been fined KSh130,000 after pleading guilty to presenting forged academic documents to secure employment at the State agency.
Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Ndombi convicted Lilian Mweche Muyumba on two counts of uttering a false document and presenting a forged certificate in a judgment delivered on October 19, 2026.
The conviction followed a plea agreement between Muyumba and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), under which she admitted the two offences.
The court imposed a fine of KSh30,000 for uttering a false document and a further KSh100,000 for presenting a forged certificate.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Muyumba will serve one year in prison if she defaults on the first fine and two years for failing to pay the second fine.
Investigations by the anti-graft agency established that Muyumba presented a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate for examinations she purportedly sat in 1996 at Moi Girls Secondary School, Nangili, in a bid to secure employment at NuPEA.
She was initially charged with three offences: forgery of a KCSE certificate, uttering a false document contrary to Section 353 as read with Section 349 of the Penal Code, and presenting a forged certificate contrary to Section 34(a) of the Kenya National Examinations Council Act.
However, she pleaded guilty to the latter two charges under the plea agreement.
The EACC welcomed the conviction, saying the outcome should serve as a deterrent to individuals who use forged academic credentials to obtain employment.
The case highlights the legal consequences of falsifying academic qualifications, particularly in recruitment processes involving public institutions, where applicants are expected to provide authentic credentials.
The commission continues to investigate and pursue cases involving corruption and related offences as part of efforts to promote integrity and accountability in public service.