KRA, KEBS officials in trouble for soliciting KSh200,000 bribe to clear cargo at Mombasa Port

"EACC has arrested KRA's Head of Verification at Mombasa Port Thomas Karubee for demanding KES.200K bribe in order to release a container. Complainant paid all taxes but the official could not release the container unless bribed," EACC said in a statement.

Karubee was arrested alongside Daniel Kimonge, an inspections officer at Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS).

Kimonge was nabbed by detectives after receiving KSh20,000 in order to reportedly return a favorable report and clear the said cargo.

"He was arrested together with an Inspections Officer at KEBS who had also solicited and received KSh20,000 purportedly to return a favourable report and clear the cargo," EACC added.

The commission has now warned port officials saying that "it is unacceptable and immoral for officers working at the port to solicit or demand bribes in order to release imported cargo to its owners."

Meanwhile, the two officials have been taken to EACC offices in Mombasa for processing.