Two former public officers have been released on bail after appearing before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court over charges linked to the use of forged academic certificates to obtain employment.
Kenneth Mwiti Kiogora, a former Second Clerk Assistant at the Kiambu County Assembly, and Daniel Mukoya Olando, a former Kenya Airports Authority employee, were arrested on Wednesday and separately presented before the court on Thursday.
They denied the charges brought against them.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said investigations established that Mwiti allegedly forged a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate and presented it as a genuine document issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC).
According to the Commission, Mwiti used the certificate to secure employment at the Kiambu County Assembly. Investigators further established that he allegedly received salaries amounting to KSh6,283,631.30 through the employment obtained using the disputed academic qualification.
Following the investigations, the EACC forwarded the inquiry file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP). The DPP agreed with the Commission’s recommendation to charge Mwiti with several offences.
He faces charges of fraudulent acquisition of public property, forgery, uttering a false document and deceiving a principal.
The case involving Mukoya relates to his employment at the Kenya Airports Authority. The EACC said he allegedly forged a Bachelor of Commerce degree certificate in Accounting and used it to secure an appointment as an Acting Fire Supervisor at the Authority.
Mukoya was charged with knowingly using a false or misleading document, forgery, uttering a false document and giving false information.
The two cases were brought before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court separately after the suspects were arrested a day earlier.
Their appearance in court now places the matters before the judicial process, where the prosecution will be required to present evidence supporting the charges.
The EACC has also indicated that the cases will not only focus on the alleged use of the certificates to obtain employment.
The Commission said it will institute civil proceedings to recover the salaries and other benefits allegedly obtained through the use of the disputed academic qualifications.
Mwiti was granted a cash bail of KSh150,000 or a bond of KSh1 million with a surety of a similar amount. Mukoya was released on a cash bail of KSh100,000 or a KSh500,000 bond with a surety of the same amount.
The charges against the two former employees come as the anti-corruption agency continues to investigate cases involving suspected fraud in public institutions.
The EACC has said the investigations in the two matters were conducted before the files were forwarded to the DPP for consideration.
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