Ex-Kiambu County official fined Ksh1.06M for falsifying KCSE certificate
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A former Human Resource officer at the County Assembly of Kiambu has been convicted and fined Ksh 1,060,000 million for falsifying academic documents to secure employment.
In a judgment delivered on October 22, 2026, Milimani Anti-Corruption Court Magistrate Hon. Isabellah Barasa convicted Ms. Margaret Njeri Mbugua on three counts of fraudulent acquisition of public property, uttering a false document and presenting a forged certificate after she pleaded guilty under a plea agreement with the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).
On each of the three counts, the court fined Ms. Mbugua Kes20,000 with a default sentence of six months imprisonment for each count. The court also ordered the accused to pay Kes1,000,000 in compensation to the Government on the charge of fraudulent acquisition of public property.