DCI Officer Caught Demanding Bribe From Resident Who Was Conned Ksh115,000
The distraught victim approached the officer who told him that the bribe was necessary to expedite the tracking down of the fraudsters.
Viral Tea Ke Writer 
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) on Wednesday, April 10 announced the arrest of a Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) detective who demanded a Ksh10,000 bribe from a resident in Nyandarua County.
In a statement, EACC revealed that the officer attached to Ngano Police Station demanded the amount from the said resident who lost Ksh115,000 in mobile money to fraudsters.
The distraught victim approached the officer who told him that the bribe was necessary to expedite the tracking down of the fraudsters.
A person paying for an item with his phone. /FILE
"The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC), through its Central Regional Office in Nyeri, on Wednesday morning arrested Luke Nyasangah, a DCI Officer based at Ngano Police Station, Nyandaraua County, for demanding Ksh10,000 bribe from a local resident who had lost Ksh115,000 in mobile money to fraudsters, and needed police assistance to recover the funds," stated EACC in part.
"The suspect told the complainant that the bribe was mandatory to facilitate tracking of the fraudsters."
The officer has since been put in custody at Charagita Police Post pending further processing.
This comes days after EACC arrested a police officer attached to Kahawa Police Station after demanding and receiving a bribe from a trader as protection to allow her to operate the business of selling illicit brew.
The officer was booked at the Kilimani Police Station pending further action.
This is notably not the first time EACC has collided with DCI in a bid to eliminate corruption from all authorities and all forms of government.
On December 2, 2023, two DCI officers were jailed after they opened fire at their EACC counterparts in a bid to escape arrest, with EACC stating that the officers attached to the Kabete Police Station were accused of attempting to take Ksh1 million from a Japanese national by force.
The duo had accused the foreigner of being in the country illegally when they were caught red-handed by the detectives but responded by firing gunshots to distract them in their line of duty.
Chief Magistrate Thomas Nzioki found the two officers guilty of receiving a bribe, concealing evidence, and obstructing EACC officers on lawful duty.
On November 29, 2023, the Court sentenced the first officer to pay a fine of Ksh1.9 million or in default serve five years in jail while the second officer was fined Ksh400,000 or serve one year in prison.
