The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) yesterday, 26th March 2025, arrested Jared Nyauncho, a Senior Court Assistant and David Tunya, a Customer Care Officer, for soliciting and receiving a bribe of Kes. 5,000 from a complainant as an inducement to facilitate retrieval of a court file.
In a statement, EACC noted that they received a letter from a complainant on 24th March 2025 alleging that a Senior Court Assistant based at Mbita Law Courts was demanding for bribe in order to retrieve a succession case file from the court registry.
According to EACC, the complainant had, on numerous occasions, sought to trace the file at the Law Courts in vain.
“The commission conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of David Tunya, a customer care officer, who accepted a bribe of Kes5,000 on behalf of Jared Nyauncho, who was also taken into custody,” EACC said.
The two suspects were escorted to Mbita Police Station for processing and later released on a Kes20,000 cash bail pending the finalization of the investigation.
“EACC is committed to upscaling timely detection and prevention of bribery at service delivery points to restore public confidence,” it added.
