Two Kenyan Women Jailed for Using Forged Academic Papers to Secure Jobs in a Gov't Agency

Two Kenyan women have been sentenced to jail after they were found guilty of forging academic documents and using them to secure employment in a government agency.

The two, Pauline Otieno and Lilian Ochieng worked as supplies assistants at the Rural Electrification and Renewable Energy Corporation in 2018, according to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC).

They were charged with five counts including forgery, providing false information to a public entity, deceiving a public entity, uttering a false document, and fraudulent acquisition of public property being the cumulative salary earned on forged certificates

Pauline was convicted and jailed for two years and six months or pay a Sh228,698 fine while Lillian was jailed for three years and six months or pay a Sh271,901 fine.

Pauline was found to have forged a procurement certificate from Mount Kenya University (MKU) while Lilian forged both a diploma and certificate from the Kenya Institute of Management (KIM).

The court heard that the two worked in the State corporation for eight years as casual employees before forging the documents for their promotion to Supplies Assistants.