Officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested a deputy OCS and his accomplice at Ikino Police Station in Kiambu County for demanding a Ksh50,000 bribe.
Police Inspector George Chacha (deputy OCS) and his accomplice PC Elizabeth Mwongeli Muthoka were arrested following their involvement in corruption.
“The two demanded Ksh50,000 from the complainant as a motivation fee for the Deputy OCS to release the complainant’s motor vehicle,” read part of the EACC report.
According to the commission, the two police officers had adamantly refused to release a vehicle of the complainant despite having a valid court order.
The two were apprehended on Monday, September 18 after receiving the demanded amount from the complainant at Ikino Police Station.
“They were processed at EACC Integrity Centre Police Station and later Kilimani Police Station pending further enforcement actions,” the commission noted in a statement.
This was not the first time for the EACC to arrest police officers involved in bribery activities and extorting motorists along Kenyan highways and roads.
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For instance, a similar incident was reported on June 14 where EACC officers arrested four traffic police officers accused of taking bribes from motorists along Outering Road in Nairobi.
EACC indicated in a statement that, the four traffic police officers had collected a total of Ksh15,820 when they were caught up.
“The four traffic police officers had collected Ksh15,820 cash in denominations of 50, 100, and 200 notes in less than 2 hours,” EACC reported.
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Motorists and commuters using the busy highway had raised numerous complaints of police extorting money from them, prompting the commission to take action.
At the same time, the commission blamed drivers for coming up with creative ways of bribing police officers, such as placing notes on strategic places of the vehicle’s exterior such as door handles.
It also revealed that some drivers usually drop money on the road for traffic police officers to collect.
