Former NuPEA Accountant Convicted and Fined Over Forged KCSE Certificate
Investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) established that the accused submitted a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate for examinations purportedly undertaken in 1996 at Moi Girls Secondary School, Nangili, to secure employment at NuPEA.
A former accountant at the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) has been
convicted by a Nairobi court and fined Kes130,000 for falsifying academic documents to secure
employment.
In a judgment delivered on October 19, 2026, Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate
Rose Ndombi convicted Lilian Mweche Muyumba on two counts of uttering a false
document and presenting a forged certificate after she pleaded guilty under a plea
agreement with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
The court fined Muyumba Ksh 30,000 on the charge of uttering a false document and
Ksh100,000 on the second charge of presenting a forged certificate. In default of
payment, she will serve one year and two years in prison, respectively.
Investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) established that
the accused submitted a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE)
certificate for examinations purportedly undertaken in 1996 at Moi Girls Secondary
School, Nangili, to secure employment at NuPEA.
She was subsequently charged with three offenses: 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. She pleaded guilty to the latter two charges.
The Commission welcomes the conviction, noting that the outcome serves as a
deterrent to individuals who engage in similar criminal conduct.
