Kenya: EACC Arrests DCI Officer for Soliciting Ksh20K Bribe to Alter Investigation

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…