A prison warder who has been impersonating the Inspector General of police on Facebook has been arrested in Kisumu.
Bevil Ogeda Ouko, attached to Kibos Main Prison, was also found with phone registered as Joseph K. Boinnet.
He had also opened a 'fake Facebook account' pretending to be the IG.
“Bevil is the holder of ID number 23608256 and has been using cell phone number registered as Joseph K. Boinnet for the illegal activities. He has also been using an alternative number, ,” a statement from police headquarters said.
The officer was arrested while on paternity leave.
“The suspect has been creating senior government officials' false Facebook accounts instead of correcting and reforming convicts. He has been assisting them in planning robberies from therein and usually leaves the phones with a robbery convict known as Davy whenever he is out of the institution,”
the statement read.
“Its also believed he has defrauded or attempted to defraud several people through false recruitment and employment.”
He is set to be arraigned in court next week.
In 2013, a college student was arrested for impersonating former Inspector General of Police David Kimaiyo through a Facebook account.
Jackson Siro, aged 20, a first-year student at Kenya Technical Teachers College, Nairobi pleaded guilty and asked for forgiveness.
Police imposter Joshua Waiganjo was in 2015 jailed for five years after he was found guilty of impersonating an assistant commissioner of police.