Editor's Review

The DCI officer was taken to Charagita Police Post pending further processing. 

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC)officers from the Central Regional Office in Nyeri have arrested a Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detective over demanding a bribe from a local in Nyandarua County.

In a statement on Wednesday, April 10, EACC said the DCI officer who is attached to Ngano police Station was demanding Sh 10,000 from a resident who had lost Sh 115,000 to fraudsters.

According to EACC, the officer told the victim that the Sh 10,000 bribe was mandatory to facilitate the tracking of the fraudsters.

“The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), through its Central Regional Office in Nyeri, on Wednesday morning arrested Luke Nyasangah, a DCI Officer based at Ngano Police Station, Nyandaraua County, for demanding Kes. 10,000 bribe from a local resident who had lost Kes, 115,000 in Mpesa to fraudsters, and needed police assistance to recover the funds.

"The suspect told the complainant that the bribe was mandatory to facilitate tracking of the fraudsters,” read the statement in part.

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File image of DCI officer arrested by EACC officers over demanding a bribe. 

The DCI officer was taken to Charagita Police Post pending further processing and arraignment in court.

This comes days after EACC arrested Abdi Kiano, a police officer attached to Kahawa Police Station after demanding and receiving a bribe from a trader as protection to allow her to operate the business of selling illicit brew.

The officer was booked at the Kilimani Police Station pending further action.