Kitale: Corrupt traffic police officer arrested with Ksh.3,100 collected in two hours

Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested a police officer they say is notorious for taking bribes on the Kitale-Kapenguria road, Trans Nzoia County.

The sleuths, from the North Rift regional office, nabbed the officer during a sting operation conducted near the Kenya Seed Company area on Thursday.

“The officer has been notorious and has been observed and captured in camera severally and openly collecting money from motorist leading many complaints from the area residents,” a source at the commission told Citizen Digital.

The officer was found in possession of Ksh.3,100 in denominations of Ksh.100 and Ksh.50 notes that he is said to have collected between 8am and 10am when he was arrested.

The anti-graft agency is presently on the hunt for other police officers in the area who escaped the operation and are said to also be a menace to motorists plying the route.