Nairobi Water driver ordered to pay KSh 7.5 million over forged KCSE certificate
A Milimani anti-corruption court has convicted driver Kelly Gichuri Muiruri of using a forged KCSE certificate to get his job. He must pay about KSh 7.5 million in compensation and fines or serve four years in jail.
A driver at the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company must pay about KSh 7.5 million or serve four years in jail, Pulse Live Kenya reported. He used a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to get his job at the utility. Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Celesa Okore found Kelly Gichuri Muiruri guilty on four charges. She delivered the judgment on October 29, 2026. The court found that his certificate showed a mean grade of C plain in the 2002 KCSE exam. In fact, he scored a D plain. Muiruri was convicted of fraudulent acquisition of public property, uttering a false document, deceiving a principal and presenting a forged certificate. He was acquitted on a separate forgery charge. Most of the money is compensation. The court ordered him to…
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