Kakamega Civil Registration Dept. officials arrested over bribery allegations

Two officials from the Kakamega Civil Registration Department were arrested on Tuesday for allegedly soliciting and receiving bribes from applicants seeking civil registration documents.

Boniface Mutsunga, the Civil Registrar stationed at the Kakamega Huduma Centre, and Amos Yegon, a Civil Registration Officer, are alleged to solicit bribes to expedite service delivery.

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) said the bribes paid were reportedly funnelled through a privately operated M-Pesa payment Till Number, pointing to a coordinated bribery syndicate.

At the time of their arrest, the officials had allegedly just received Ksh.2,500 to facilitate the processing of a birth certificate.

The suspects were detained at Bungoma Police Station awaiting further processing at the anti-graft agency's Western regional offices in Bungoma.