JUDICIARY: EACC Arrest TWO Judicial Officers For Ksh5,000 Bribe
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two judicial staff members on charges of soliciting a bribe to expedite the retrieval of a case file.
The arrest happened less than a week after Chief Justice Martha Koome stated that the Judiciary would collaborate with the National Intelligence Service (NIS) and the EACC to combat corruption.
According to an EACC statement, two people were detained on Wednesday, March 26: a Senior Court Assistant and a Customer Care Officer.
The two are accused of demanding a Ksh5,000 payment from a court user at the Mbita Law Courts.
The agency said it started investigating after receiving a graft accusation on March 24.
The allegation stated that a Senior Court Assistant at Mbita Law Courts demanded a bribe to retrieve a succession case file from the court registry.
TWO JUDICIARY STAFF AT MBITA LAW COURTS, HOMA BAY COUNTY, ARRESTED FOR BRIBERY
— EACC (@EACCKenya) March 28, 2025
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) yesterday, 26th March 2025, arrested Jared Nyauncho, a Senior Court Assistant and David Tunya, a Customer Care Officer, for soliciting and receiving a… pic.twitter.com/7RYOnSJcBT
The complainant, who had previously attempted to collect the file, is reported to have gone so far as to pay officials in order to obtain the material, but he later complained to EACC.
According to the EACC, a Customer Care Officer accepted the Ksh5,000 on behalf of the Senior Court Assistant.
The two were arrested and transported to Mbita Police Station for processing before being released on Ksh20,000 cash bail pending the outcome of the investigation.
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On Tuesday, CJ Koome admitted that the country’s third arm is under intense scrutiny and issued directives to all court staff in a bid to improve public perception.
According to Koome, she will be employing NIS and EACC to fight graft in the ranks of the court system.
“We are now complementing the complaints approach with an intelligence-based model that involves working closely with the EACC and the National Intelligence Service,” CJ Koome announced.
“The Judiciary is a corruption-free zone… And in this regard, we have adopted a zero-tolerance policy on corruption, and we are determined to enforce it without fear or favour,” she added.
JUDICIARY: EACC Arrest TWO Judicial Officers For Ksh5,000 Bribe
