Former DCIO Arrested During Raid at His Home

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The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Tuesday evening arrested former Likoni District Criminal Investigation Officer (DCIO) Charles Onyango KA'galo over alleged corruption.

EACC Spokesperson Eric Ngumbi confirmed to Kenyans.co.ke that KA’galo was arrested on Tuesday at his rural home in Oyugis, Homa Bay County and ferried to Mombasa. 

The officer was presented before the Mombasa Anti-Corruption Court on Wednesday morning to face charges related to corrupt practices during his tenure, shortly after being detained at Port Police station. 

Chief Magistrate Alex Ithuku granted him release on a bond of KSh500,000, with a surety of the same amount, or the option to pay a cash bail of KSh 200,000 with one contact person.

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EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud during a courtesy call on the Inspector General of the National Police Service (NPS), Douglas Kanja at Jogoo House in Nairobi on January 27, 2025.
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According to the charge sheet, the officer was accused of accepting a bribe of KSh20,000 from a member of the public at a bar in Mombasa, in violation of Section 6(1) read together with Section 18(1)(2) of the Bribery Act of 2016.

The arrest came less than a week after EACC Chairperson David Oginde revealed on January 28 that the National Police Service (NPS) and the National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) were among the most corrupt institutions in Kenya, according to the latest report.

The report revealed that families and professionals associated with individuals working in corrupt institutions are actively abetting graft.

''We have observed an emerging pattern and trend where public officials are enrolling the members of their families. Their children, wives, husbands, and their relatives to be their proxies in stealing from the public,'' Oginde shared.

In its bid to deal with the menace, EACC announced that it will deploy its officers to some of the entities to investigate the instances of corruption.

''We will be deploying our people in these institutions to be able to access the services these people give to the public to find out what happens when a person approaches for example to pay for a licence,'' EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud revealed.

On January 25 this year, another officer attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) was arrested and charged with soliciting a Ksh20,000 bribe to allegedly compromise a case.

The officer, who is a sergeant, was arrested by the EACC almost seven years after he committed the crime.

A recent report by Transparency International on corruption perceptions ranked Kenya at position 126 out of the 180 corrupt countries in the world.

The report added that most Kenyans who engaged in the vice were those living in the urban centres in Kenya and paid bribes in small sums of Ksh50, Ksh100, and Ksh200. 

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New EACC CEO Abdi Mohamud during his swearing in on Monday, January 13, 2025 at the Supreme Court.
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