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A former Kenya Electricity Generating Company (KenGen) official has been sentenced to 11 years after he was found guilty of fraudulently acquiring public property and uttering false documents using forged academic papers to secure employment.
David Mogire Nyabuti was convicted by the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court after the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) established that he used a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate and result slip to gain admission to the Kenya Power and Lighting Company Training School, now known as the Institute of Energy Studies and Research.
Nyabuti subsequently used the forged documents to secure employment at KenGen.
According to the EACC, Nyabuti received salaries and benefits amounting to Sh14,946,118.82 between August 2003 and September 2018 as a result of the fraudulent employment.
The commission said its investigations established that he presented the forged KCSE certificate and result slip as genuine documents issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council.
Nyabuti was charged at the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on June 13, 2025, facing five counts — fraudulent acquisition of public property, two counts of forgery and two counts of uttering false documents.
The court found him guilty of fraudulent acquisition of public property and ordered him to pay Sh14,946,118 in compensation to the government.
Nyabuti was also fined Sh900,000 on the same count, with a default sentence of two years in prison.
"On each of the two counts of uttering false documents, he was fined Sh200,000, with a default sentence of two years in prison for each count," EACC stated.
The court ordered the imprisonment terms to run concurrently.
The conviction means Nyabuti will be required to compensate the government for the money he received in salaries and benefits through the fraudulent employment or serve five years in prison in default.
The EACC welcomed the conviction and sentence, saying the outcome should deter individuals from engaging in similar criminal conduct.
