Ex-Nairobi Water employee arraigned for forging KCSE certificate

A former employee of the Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company Limited (NCWSC) was on Monday arraigned for allegedly using a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) certificate to secure employment.

Gladys Babra Asembo appeared before the Milimani Anti-Corruption court, where she faced multiple charges, including fraudulent acquisition of Ksh.6,236,053 from NCWSC, deceiving a principal, forgery and uttering a false document.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) launched a probe against Asembo following a report alleging that she used a forged certificate to secure employment as an ICT Assistant between June 27, 2012 and March 4, 2024.

“The investigations established that the certificate she presented was falsified but purported to be a genuine document issued by the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC),” the commission noted in a statement.

Upon completion of the investigations, the Commission forwarded the file to the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who reviewed the evidence and approved the charges against the suspect.

Asembo denied all the charges and was released on a bond of Ksh.1,000,000 with two sureties of a similar amount.

She was initially arrested on September 3, 2025, and released on a cash bail of Ksh.25,000, pending arraignment on September 5, 2025.

She however she failed to appear in court on the expected date, prompting the court to issue a warrant of arrest on September 17, 2025, leading to her arraignment.