Former head of communication at the State Department of Basic Education, Kennedy Buhere, has asked the public to ignore the letter circulating on social media purporting that he wrote to certain basic education institutions to request business.

In a statement on October 2, Buhere stated that a certain media firm has used his name to write to schools asking for business.

“It has come to my attention that a media firm has written to certain institutions in the basic education sector seeking business with them. It has used letterhead presumed to be the Ministry of Education – Kenya, and purportedly signed by Kennedy Buhere,” he stated. 

Buhere clarified that he left the Ministry of Education and civil service in general and did not sign the letter.

“Please take note that I left the civil service, and in particular the Ministry of Education, long ago.”

He has since requested the Kenya Literature Bureau (KLB), the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development (KICD), the Kenya National Examinations Council (KNEC), the Centre for Mathematics, Science and Technology Education in Africa (CEMASTEA), and the Jomo Kenyatta Foundation (JKF) to disregard the said letter.

“This is a forgery. KLB, KICD Kenya, KNEC, CEMASTEA, JKF. Please ignore it,” he added.

The letter in question was drafted on a fake Ministry of Education letterhead and targeted institutions, including the education institutions named above.

Dated August 12, 2025, and addressed to “all stakeholders,” the fake letter claimed the Ministry was preparing a 2026 Year Planner in partnership with Vogelkrane Media.

It invited institutions to advertise, stating in part: “One hundred and fifty thousand copies of the planner will be printed and distributed all over the country free of charge to schools, libraries, religious institutions and NGOs.”

The fake document carried Buhere’s name and a signature line indicating, “For: Principal Secretary,” while also providing a phone number and email address for Vogelkrane Media.

Buhere has since warned that the document is fraudulent and stressed that he did not authorise, sign, or participate in the letter.

He advised educational institutions and the general public to treat it as fake.

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