An officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was arrested and charged with soliciting a Ksh20,000 bribe to allegedly compromise a case.
The officer, who is a sergeant, was arrested by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) close to seven years after he committed the crime. "EACC has arrested and arraigned a DCI officer based at Changamwe Police Station in Mombasa County for soliciting a bribe from the complainant as an inducement to terminate a criminal case in which the complainant was allegedly involved," a statement released by EACC read.
The DCI officer reportedly solicited a bribe on June 6, 2018, to derail investigations into a case and had received a down payment to that effect.
The officer was arrested after a complaint was raised by the person said to have been facilitating the bribe.
