A dramatic moment was witnessed at Lumumba Drive in Kasarani after EACC officers pounced on a police officers who was soliciting for a bribe from a liquor store.
In a video that has been making rounds on social media, the police officer, who has been identified as Paul Kamau Mbugua, could be heard wailing uncontrollably as he tried to resist arrest.
It took efforts of several EACC detectives to eventually handcuff him and bundle him in a vehicle that was waiting by but the suspect continued wailing.
According to a statement from EACC, the police officer, who is based at Kasarani stadium police station, was demanding for Kshs30,000 bribe so as to release the victim’s brothers.
“EACC has arrested one Paul Kamau Mbugua, a Police Officer stationed at Kasarani Stadium Police Station who demanded Kes. 30,000/= from the complainant with the intent that, in consequence, he would release two brothers he had arrested and detained at the Police Station from the previous day, for an unknown offence, without booking them in the Occurrence Book (OB),” EACC stated.
EACC says it received a complaint on Friday and investigations began. Mbugua was arrested soon after receiving the bribe.
“He was escorted to Kilimani Police Station where he is currently detained pending further processing today at EACC Integrity Centre Police Station.
“During the arrest, a minor scuffle ensued after the police officer started wailing uncontrollably when the EACC detectives informed him that he was under arrest. Attempts by the wailing suspect to resist arrest were unsuccessful. Detectives confiscated the suspect’s Taurus Revolver Pistol S/No. Q130360 and ammunition, which they later handed over to the OCS EACC Police Station,” the statement further read.
DRAMA as a police officer based at Kasarani Police Station is arrested by EACC officers while taking a bribe from a liquor joint along Lumumba Drive, Roysambu. pic.twitter.com/DbBOOLE8cv
— EDGAR 🇰🇪 (@edgarwabwire_) January 26, 2024
