12 police recruits charged with forging KCSE certificates to secure employment
By Zipporah Ngwatu, April 13, 202612 Administration Police (AP) recruits have been charged with forging a Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) contrary to Sections 345 as read with 349 of the Penal Code to gain employment with the National Police Service (NPS).
According to the charge sheet, the AP recruits, while at an unknown place, date, and time, forged the KCSE certificates and used the document during the police recruitment exercise where they were picked to join AP College in Embakasi.
“At an unknown place, date, and time within the Republic of Kenya, with intent to fraudulently secure employment in the National Police Service, a forged Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) was presented, purporting it to be a genuine KCSE certificate issued by the Kenya National Examination Council (KNEC),” part of the charge sheet reads.
According to the charge sheet, on January 10, 2026, the recruits, while at the administration police college, Embakasi A Campus, Utawala, knowingly and fraudulently uttered a false document, to wit, KCSE certificates, to a person employed in the public service as a police officer, purporting them to be genuine certificates issued by KNEC.
Among the 12, Hashim Kahindi Furaha has been charged with securing employment at the NPS fraudulently through a forged KCSE certificate by altering the grades in the six subjects, the main grade, and the name of the examination center, purporting it to be a genuine document issued by KNEC.
Another recruit by the name of Brian Kipkemoi has also been charged with securing employment at the NPS fraudulently through a forged KCSE certificate by altering the grades in the six subjects, the main grade, and the name of the examination center, purporting it to be a genuine document issued by KNEC.
Mutai Geoffrey, one of the recruits, has also been charged with securing employment at the NPS fraudulently through a forged KCSE certificate by altering the grades in the seven subjects, main grade, and the name of the examination center, purporting it to be a genuine document issued by the KNEC.
Notably, Phelix Kelel Kishenkop has been charged with making a document without authority with intent to deceive; without lawful authority or excuse, he made a false document, to wit, a KCSE certificate, purporting it to be a genuine one issued by KNEC and signed by both the chief executive officer and the chairman of KNEC.
Appearing before Milimani Principal Magistrate Paul Mutai on Monday, April 13, 2026, the recruits denied all the charges, and a plea of not guilty was entered.
The court released each on a bond of Ksh500,000 with an alternative of a cash bail of Ksh200,000 with two contact persons.
The matter will be mentioned on April 27, 2026.