The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Monday published an audit and research report highlighting the level of corruption and bribery within the National Police Service(NPS). The report released by the EACC at the Embakasi Police Training School found that the average bribe amount paid to regular and traffic police officers increased by 39.1 per cent and 84.2 per cent between 2022 and 2023, respectively.
This saw members of the public paying an average of Ksh11,115 to get a service from the regular police while paying an average of Ksh7,000 to get the same from their traffic counterparts. The audit further revealed that a Kenyan seeking police abstract paid an average of Ksh20,000 in 2023 up from an average of Ksh2,000 paid in 2022.
This is despite the document being part of the basic requirements for service in the police service charter.
EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud during a courtesy call on the Inspector General of the National Police Service (NPS), Douglas Kanja at Jogoo House in Nairobi on January 27, 2025.
