- EACC said the complainant had gone to the officer for help to recover some Sh115,000 he had lost from his MPesa to fraudsters.
- The suspect told the complainant that the bribe was mandatory to facilitate tracking of the fraudsters.
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A detective was on Wednesday morning arrested for allegedly demanding a bribe.
In the operation carried out by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), the DCI officer based in Nyandaruacounty is suspected of demanding Sh10,000 from a resident.
EACC said the complainant had gone to the officer for help to recover some Sh115,000 he had lost from his MPesa to fraudsters.
The suspect told the complainant that the bribe was mandatory to facilitate tracking of the fraudsters.
He has since been put in police custody pending further processing.
This comes barely a month after a senior KPLC official was arrested in Kwale County for allegedly demanding a Sh100,000 bribe.
EACC's Lower Coast Regional office in Mombasa, arrested the suspect, after receiving report that he had demanded the amount to reconnect a disconnected power meter.
The Commission said he had already received an advance payment of Sh70,000 from the complainant.
The suspect was arraigned before Kwale Anti-Corruption Magistrate Lillian Lewa where he denied the charges.
He was released on a bond of Sh1 million with an alternative of Sh350,000 cash bail.
The case hearing is set for June 25, 2024.
In its report dubbed the National Ethics and Corruption Survey, 2023 EACC revealed counties where one is likely to be asked for a bribe.
They include Kakamega, Kisumu, Trans Nzoia, Narok, Nyamira, Elgeyo-Marakwet, Garissa, Homabay, Kitui and Kiambu.
It also listed some public services where you are likely to be asked for a bribe including seeking police protection, bailing arrested individuals, reporting a crime or writing a statement and undergoing a driving test.
Others are registration of a business, application for Teachers Service Commission (TSC) number, following up on case or seeking to dismiss one, seeking relief food and water, obtaining a tender and registration or transfer of a vehicle.
On the public institutions where bribes are on a rise, the Commission listed traffic police, county health department, county education department, police, National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) and youth fund office.
County Commissioner's, Deputy or Assistant County Commissioner's office, Public Service Commission (PSC), County public service boards and National Construction Authority (NCA).
EACC has urged the public are to continue exposing public officials extorting money from them in order to offer public services.