Parliament staff under probe for forging academic papers
Crime and Justice
By
Catherine Imuraget
| May 06, 2026
Authorities are probing a senior Parliamentary Service Commission (PSC) employee over alleged forgery of academic papers.
Loise Nyambura Wamburu, a Personal Secretary at Parliament, is being investigated after a series of letters she wrote to her bosses backfired.
What began as a desperate plea for leniency has spiraled into full-blown investigations by the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI), as it is being interpreted as an admission of guilt, leading to her indefinite suspension without pay.
The trouble started on December 4, 2024. The PSC wrote to Wamburu informing her that a routine verification exercise had uncovered a fraudulent document in her file, a Business Education Examination certificate from Gakeo College of Business Studies, supposedly obtained in 2022.
The Commission's letter stated, "The above Business Education Examination certificate you submitted is a forgery and hence not an authentic document issued by KNEC.Forgery is a criminal offence which can render you liable to criminal proceedings and termination of your appointment."
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She was given seven days to show cause and her salary was stopped immediately.
On December 11, 2024, Wamburu responded but instead of denying the forgery claims, she said:
"I highly regret the circumstances of the single paper in question and kindly request that you consider my other academic and professional qualifications,." she wrote.
On January 8, 2025, the PSC sent her a reply, suspending her. The suspension letter, signed by Clerk of the Senate J.M. Regenye, CBS, cited Clause 15.5.2 (d) and (f) of the PSC Human Resource Policies and Procedure Manual.
"It has been decided that you should be and are hereby suspended from exercising the functions of your office with immediate effect pending the consideration and determination of the matter by the Parliamentary Service Commission. You will earn no salary and shall vacate office and continue to stay away from the office until the suspension is determined."
Realising her error, Wamburu wrote another letter on January 31, 2025 this time to the Clerk of the Senate. In it, she claimed her earlier plea had been misread.
She wrote: "My request for hearing and plea for leniency was not in any way an admission to the charge of forging the said document with intent to defraud the Commission. I suspect the existence of the questionable certificate… could be a malicious scheme or an act of vendetta."
She demanded a thorough inquiry, insisting "I have never seen nor ever supplied the certificate to the Commission."
Sources at the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) confirm that a forgery complaint has been lodged.
Investigators are now reviewing her employment records dating back to 2016, when she was first hired as a Personal Secretary following competitive interviews.
Forgery under Kenyan law carries a prison term of up to seven years.
Wamburu now sits at home, suspended indefinitely with no salary, while the DCI builds its file.