Two Mumias Level 4 Hospital staff arrested for soliciting Ksh.200K bribe

Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Wednesday arrested two employees of Mumias Level IV Hospital for allegedly soliciting a Ksh.200,000 bribe from a supplier to facilitate payment for medical equipment.

The suspects, William Mmasava, a supply chain officer, and Linet Kavaya, a biomedical engineer at the hospital, were arrested at the KCB Mumias branch shortly after receiving the amount from the complainant.

According to the EACC, preliminary investigations revealed that the complainant’s company had supplied the hospital with an X-ray scanner valued at Ksh.1.4 million.

The hospital agreed to pay in three instalments and had already settled the first payment of Ksh.500,000 on April 17, 2025.

However, on May 8, the complainant was allegedly contacted by the hospital’s medical superintendent, Dr. Mohammed Munyendo, who demanded a bribe of Ksh.400,000 to facilitate the release of the second instalment of Ksh.650,000.

The following day, the complainant met with an administrator at the facility identified as Braxides Bunoro, who allegedly made a similar demand.

Although the hospital deposited the second instalment into the supplier’s KCB account, the money was inaccessible. Instead, the complainant continued receiving coercive calls from Dr. Munyendo, Mrs. Bunoro and Mrs Kavaya all demanding a bribe to unlock access to the payment.

The complainant filed a report with the EACC on May 16, leading to the arrest of the two suspects just after they received the Ksh.200,000 bribe.

The duo was taken to the EACC’s Western Regional Office in Bungoma for processing and later detained at Bungoma Police Station pending further investigations.