2 DCI Detectives Who Demanded KSh 1m Bribe From Japanese National Jailed For 6 Years

• Corporal Julius Onyango Oguma and Constable Charles Macharia Wanjiru are facing five-year and one-year jail terms respectively
• The two law enforcers stationed at Kabete were found guilty of soliciting KSh 1 million from a Japanese and also shooting at EACC officers who were pursuing them
• The Anti-Corruption court at Milimani handed the option of KSh 1.9 million and KSh 400,000 fines

Nairobi - Milimani Anti-Corruption Court has found two detectives guilty of soliciting a bribe and threatening the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers on duty.

Corporal Julius Onyango Oguma and Constable Charles Macharia Wanjiru were accused of attempting to extort KSh 1 million from a Japanese national whom they accused of being in Kenya illegally.

DCI officers jailed

The EACC officers acting on leads would bust them before opening fire on them, adding to their initial charge count.

The prosecution preferred charges of receiving a bribe, concealing evidence, and obstructing EACC officers on lawful duty, for which the court established they were culpable.

The Anti-Corruption Court sitting in Milimani jailed them with options for fines.

Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzioki sentenced Onyango to five years in jail with an option of KSh 1.9 million,

Macharia was handed one year in jail with an option of KSh 400,000.

In other news, four traffic police officers were arrested a few weeks back over bribery claims.

4 traffic officers arrested

The arrest was part of ongoing initiatives by the anti-graft body to tame traffic corruption.

"EACC arrested four police officers extorting money from motorists on the Thika-Garissa highway. The four are Deborah Ngila (Deputy Base Commander), Rosemary Nyokabi Robert Kabiru and Christine Chebon," EACC said in a statement posted on X.

In Kisumu, EACC arrested Inspector of Police Joash Rotich Koriese of Kisumu Central Police Station, who demanded a KSh 500,000 bribe to withdraw charges against a transporter and release detained goods.

"He attempted to resist arrest by EACC officers," the state agency said.

While calling for the automation of traffic law enforcement as a reform measure, EACC boss Twalib Mbarak noted that corruption on Kenyan roads, which has now changed from bribery to extortion, is denting the country's image and should stop.