Tag: Bribe

Businessman convicted for giving Ksh100K bribe to police officer

A businessman has been convicted by a Nairobi Anti-Corruption Court for giving a bribe to a female police officer. According to the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), the businessman identified as Paul Mwangi Warutere gave out a bribe of Ksh100,000. During the hearing, the court heard that the businessman gave out the […]

Nyandarua administrator arrested for soliciting Ksh40K bribe from bar owners, EACC says

Nyandarua Sub-County Administrator Joseph Kamau Gathenge has been arrested over allegations of soliciting a bribe from two local bar owners. According to the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission, the suspect had demanded Ksh40,000 from the traders as a condition for releasing keg cylinders, keg pumps and beer that he had confiscated and detained by his team. […]

Mumias: Cop arrested for demanding Ksh4K bribe to release detained car

A police officer has been arrested for demanding and receiving a Ksh4,000 bribe from a motorist to facilitate release of a car detained at Mumias Police Station in Kakamega County. The officer identified as Joshua Ouma Odour was nabbed by officers from the Ethics and Anti-corruption Commission (EACC) on Thursday, June 22, 2023, following a […]

KPLC workers charged with vandalism of power equipment, receiving bribes

Four employees of Kenya Power and Lighting Company (KPLC) have denied charges of vandalizing two transformers valued at Sh1.9 million in Thika, Kiambu County and selling the energy infrastructure early this year. The accused; David Murithi Githinji, Henry Mbae, Jackson Thuo Macharia and Jared Juma Oyoo who were arraigned before Thika Senior Resident Magistrate Vicky […]

Four DCI officers charged with conspiracy to receive bribe of Ksh1M

Four police officers attached to the DCI Dagoretti branch have been charged before the Anti-Corruption Court with conspiracy to receive a bribe of Ksh 1 million from a Chinese investor. Julius Onyango Oguma, Charles Macharia Wanjiru, Samuel Yunnah Kukhuvilo and Joseph Gikara Gachera denied eight graft charges of conspiracy to commit an economic crime, receiving […]

Police officer arrested while counting the day’s bribe in his house

Authorities in Gigiri, Nairobi have arrested a police officer who took Ksh20, 000 bribe from a Runda motorist on Wednesday morning. Constable Mohammed Sirat had demanded Ksh20, 000 from Michael Kidula Mboya, claiming it was cash bail for a traffic offence committed by Mboya on Limuru Road. Mboya was driving his BMW car towards Westlands […]