The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) has today secured an 11-year prison sentence against a former Kenya Electricity Generating Company Limited (KenGen) employee who used a forged academic certificate to secure employment and unlawfully obtained more than KSh14.9 million in salaries and benefits.
David Mogire Nyabuti was convicted by the Anti-Corruption Court after prosecution, led by Naomi Isoe, proved that he fraudulently acquired public property and uttered false documents.
Senior Principal Magistrate C. Okore sentenced Nyabuti to pay KSh14,946,118 in compensation for fraudulently acquired public property, in default of five years’ imprisonment.
He was also fined KSh900,000 for the same offence, in default 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, which enabled 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.
