EACC Arrests Man Accused of Posing as Investigator to Extort Sh2 Million Bribe
The matter was reported to the EACC, prompting detectives to launch a covert operation aimed at apprehending the suspect.
The matter was reported to the EACC, prompting detectives to launch a covert operation aimed at apprehending the suspect.
The charges have been brought under the Bribery Act, 2016, a law enacted to combat corruption in both public and private institutions.
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested four senior officials from the Treasury’s Pensions Department over alleged involvement in a bribery scheme amounting to more than KES 10.5 million. The suspects Wilkins Mugatsia, Henry Otira, Catherine Murage, and Bryson Mark were apprehended following months of investigations into reports of systemic corruption within the department….
Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) have raised alarm over a growing trend of normalizing corruption in county governments, citing repeated adverse audit reports by the Auditor General. In Kiambu County, the trend appears particularly alarming, with each successive financial year under the current administration attracting negative audit findings.In her most recent report, the Auditor General decried…