Corrupt police officers have taken to using fake bail books to pocket money from Kenyans.
This is according to a report revealed by Auditor-General Edward Ouko.
As a result, Sh60 million worth of bail refunds -from just a handful of police stations within Nairobi- cannot be accounted for.
The money is purported to have been refunded to accused persons at Kasarani, Lang'ata, Athi River Weighbridge, Industrial Area, Nairobi Area Traffic and Central Police Stations.
According to the report, however, the said purported refunds lacked the evidence of a signature of the witness, court proceedings, stamp and signature of Court Clerk.
The witnesses' signatures recorded instead, are those of police officers, making it difficult to confirm that refunds were to the rightful persons.
“In the circumstances, the existence and disposition of Sh60 million could not be ascertained." the auditor general said.
In what is turning out to be a grossly corrupt yet well organized system, the police also use counterfeit bail books as an easy way to obtain large sums of money from citizens.
The report revealed that at least 205 counterfeit books were used in eight police stations in Nairobi, The Standard reports.
The fake bail books were allegedly used at Industrial Area, Highway Patrol Unit, Nairobi Area Traffic, Athi River, Axle Load Enforcement Unit, Kiamumbi, Kasarani and Road Safety Unit police stations.
Where the two methods were not applicable, rogue officers took to stealing bail books for unauthorized purposes.
144 cash bail books were missing in Lang'ata, Karen, Buruburu, Athi River, Makadara, Traffic headquarters and Industrial Area Police Stations.
An examination of cash bail records and returns revealed that 592 and 421 receipts were missing in cash bail return records during financial years 2013-14 and 2014-15 respectively.
This, according to the auditor-general means that there are chances that 1,013 cash bail receipts that are missing could have been used for unauthorized purposes.
The shocking report of how deeply corruption is rooted in Kenya shows just but a fraction of billions of shillings that Kenya loses due to impunity.
A report on the audit of the 2013-2014 financial year revealed that Sh66.7 billion shillings of expenditure by ministries and other state departments cannot be accounted for.
See: How Kenya lost Sh66.7 billion in One Year
