AP officer arrested for taking bribe from chang’aa seller in Meru
What you need to know:
- According to the complainant, the officers had demanded Sh50,000 but he negotiated the bribe down to Sh13,000.
- Simon Kanyaru, a police constable from Anthubeigo AP Post in Tigania West, was arrested while taking a Sh2,000 bribe from Benard Mitheu.
- The EACC official said the officer would be arraigned after investigations are completed.
- He warned public servants to uphold integrity while working, saying corrupt officers would be arrested and prosecuted.
Anti-graft detectives have arrested an Administration Police (AP) officer for soliciting a Sh13,000 bribe from a chang’aa distiller.
Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) Upper Eastern Director Ignatius Wekesa said Simon Kanyaru, a police constable from Anthubeigo AP Post in Tigania West, Meru County, was arrested by the detectives while taking a Sh2,000 bribe from Benard Mitheu.
Two other officers from the same post, including a sergeant, were being sought.
The EACC boss said the officers were abetting chang’aa brewing in Miathene Location despite the President’s directive to fight the illicit alcohol menace.
ASKED FOR SH50,000
According to the complainant, the officers had demanded Sh50,000 but he negotiated the bribe down to Sh13,000.
“The officers had already taken Sh11,000 and they were coming for their balance.
"That is when we laid a trap and managed to arrest one of them,” said Mr Wekesa.
Mr Kanyaru was arrested at Links Bar, just a kilometre from the police post.
The EACC official said the officer, who was taken to the Isiolo Police Station, would be arraigned after investigations are completed.
He warned public servants to uphold integrity while working, saying corrupt officers will be arrested and prosecuted.
