MIlimani Law Courts /HANDOUT

A former accountant at the Nuclear Power and Energy Agency (NuPEA) has been fined Sh130,000 after admitting to presenting a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to secure employment.

Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Rose Ndombi convicted Lilian Mweche Muyumba on two counts of uttering a false document and presenting a forged certificate following a guilty plea entered under an agreement with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

In the judgment delivered on October 19, 2026, the court fined Muyumba Sh30,000 for uttering a false document and Sh100,000 for presenting a forged certificate.

She will serve one year and two years in prison, respectively, if she defaults on the fines.

The case arose from investigations by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), which established that Muyumba submitted a forged KCSE certificate to obtain employment at the agency, then known as the Kenya Nuclear Electricity Board.

According to the prosecution, the certificate purported to show that she had sat her KCSE examinations in 1996 at Moi Girls Secondary School, Nangili.

"On unknown dates and place within the Republic of Kenya, with intent to deceive, you forged a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education certificate for examinations of November/December 1996, with a mean grade of C+ (Plus) from Moi Girls Secondary School Nangili, purporting it be a genuine document issued to you by the Kenya National Examination Council, a fact you knew to be false," the charge sheet reads.

Muyumba was initially charged with three offences: forgery contrary to Sections 345 and 349 of the Penal Code, uttering a false document contrary to Sections 353 and 349 of the Penal Code, and presenting a forged certificate contrary to Section 34(a) of the Kenya National Examinations Council Act.

However, under the plea agreement, the prosecution agreed to withdraw the forgery charge under Section 87(a) of the Criminal Procedure Code. She pleaded guilty to the remaining two counts.

The agreement states that Muyumba entered the plea voluntarily and admitted the facts presented by the prosecution, foregoing a full trial.

The prosecution had lined up witnesses, including those expected to provide expert evidence, and had documentary evidence to support the charges had the case proceeded to trial.

During sentencing, the prosecution and Muyumba recommended a non-custodial sentence, citing mitigating circumstances, including remorse and the fact that she had no stable source of income.

The parties proposed fines totalling Sh130,000, with the possibility of discharge upon full payment. The court subsequently imposed the fines on the two counts.

The EACC welcomed the conviction, saying the outcome would serve as a deterrent to individuals who falsify academic documents or use them to obtain employment.