Parliament police officer under probe for demanding Ksh.40K for ‘smooth closure’ of case
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Corporal John Mwai Mbili of Nairobi's Parliament Police Station is accused of demanding Ksh.40,000 from a suspect. PHOTO: HANDOUT
A police officer attached to Parliament
Police Station in Nairobi is facing corruption charges for attempting to extort
Ksh.40,000 from a suspect with an outstanding matter at the station.
According to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption
Commission (EACC), the suspect was arrested by the police and his file was
forwarded to the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to approve
prosecution.
However, the DPP directed that the
complainant be released and the matter settled out of court.
Corporal John Mwai Mbili is accused of telling
the complainant that he must pay him “something small” to "facilitate a
smooth closure" of the matter, per a report issued on Wednesday by the
anti-graft agency.
“He demanded a bribe of Ksh.40,000 from the
complainant threatening that if the complainant failed to pay, he would charge
him in court with new offences,” said EACC.
The complainant reported the matter to the
integrity watchdog, which conducted an inquiry and later arrested Corporal
Mbili.
He was processed and later booked at
Kilimani Police Station and has since been released on bail pending the conclusion
of the investigation.
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