The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two senior officials from the National Government Affirmative Action Fund (NGAAF) office in Kirinyaga over a bribery scandal.
The arrests targeted the NGAAF chairperson and the county coordinator. The duo was apprehended following a report alleging they received a Ksh60,000 bribe.
This illicit transaction reportedly took place on July 14, just days before their apprehension by anti-graft detectives.
This substantial payment, allegedly issued by a government contractor, was intended to improperly facilitate the payment for goods valued at a staggering Ksh2.77 million.
Alongside a third suspect, a procurement officer, the officials had together demanded a total of Ksh270,000 from the contractor before they received the Ksh60,000.
The said third suspect has, however, yet to be apprehended, but he has been ordered to report to the EACC Central Region offices on Monday.
Meanwhile, the other two were booked at Kerugoya Police Station and later processed at EACC Central Regional Offices in Nyeri.
They were subsequently released on Ksh100,000 cash bail each, pending their appearance at the Kerugoya Anti-Corruption Court.
This comes just days after EACC discovered another bribery syndicate at the National Treasury Pensions Department.
On July 17, the commission arrested four officials at the ministry following a two-month undercover operation by the commission.
The operation had been necessitated by a series of complaints from members of the public who had expressed frustration with the pensions department.
The four— two senior pension officers, a chief clerical officer, and an intern— were accused of directing members of the public to pay money through a mobile money paybill account in exchange for expedited processing of their requests.
