Former kenGen Employee sentenced to 11 years for forging KCSE certificate
A former Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) official has been sentenced to 11 years for fraudulently acquiring public property and uttering false documents after using forged academic papers to secure employment at the company.
David Mogire Nyabuti was found guilty of using a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate and result slip to gain admission to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) Training School, now known as the Institute of Energy Studies and Research, and subsequently secure employment at KenGen.
Nyabuti appeared before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court, where prosecution, led by Naomi Isoe, proved that he fraudulently acquired public property and uttered false documents.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), Nyabuti had presented a forged KCSE certificate and result slip as genuine documents issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
He later used these documents to secure employment at KenGen, where he received salaries and benefits totaling Kes14,946,118.82 between August 2003 and September 2018.
He was charged before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on June 13, 2025, with five counts, including fraudulent acquisition of public property, two counts of forgery, and two counts of uttering false documents.
Today, September 15, 2026, senior Principal Magistrate C. Okore sentenced Nyabuti to pay KSh14,946,118 in compensation for the fraudulently acquired public property, in default of five years’ imprisonment.
He was also fined KSh900,000 for the same offence, with a default sentence of two years’ imprisonment.
Nyabuti 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.
The sentences will run concurrently.
The court heard that Nyabuti worked at KenGen as a Craft Grade III employee from August 2003 until September 2018, when he resigned.
Prosecution established that Nyabuti used a forged KCSE certificate to secure employment at KenGen. He had actually sat for the KCSE examination in 1994 at St. Paul’s Igonga Secondary School, where he obtained a mean grade of D- from eight subjects.
However, the certificate he presented to KenGen reflected a mean grade of C-, which he used to obtain employment and subsequently earn salaries and benefits amounting to KSh14,946,118.82.
The court further found that Nyabuti fraudulently obtained a disability certificate from the National Council for Persons with Disabilities, enabling him to enjoy tax exemptions between July 2014 and September 2018.
According to evidence presented before the court, Nyabuti resigned after he was required to provide his original academic certificates to his employer.
