The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has issued an arrest warrant for Kinangop Officer Commanding Station (OCS) Walter Obegi, who is on the run after evading EACC detectives on Tuesday over bribery allegations.
EACC has asked the Kinangop North Sub-County Police Commander to look for and arrest the fugitive in a letter dated August 9 and copied to the Central Regional Police Commander and Nyandarua County Police Commander.
“The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission is investigating allegations of bribery and abuse of office against S/No 235776 Chief Inspector Walter Nyabera Obegi, the Officer Commanding Station at Kinangop Police Station (Engineer Town),” the commission stated.
The police bosses were directed to avail Obegi at the commission’s Central Regional Offices in Nyeri on August 14.
“You are requested to summon and avail the officer to appear before EACC Central Regional office situated at the Advocates Plaza behind Nyeri law courts on Monday 14th August 2023 at 10:30 am without fail,” the anti-graft agency said.
The Kinagop OCS was detained alongside his junior, Police Constable Donald Obare Onyango.
Obegi eluded EACC detectives who were hunting him for requesting a bribe of Ksh.100,000 from a local merchant in Engineer Town, Nyandarua County.
This was a condition for allowing the trader to enjoy “business protection” and run his businesses in the town “smoothly” and “uninterruptedly.”
Although the OCS escaped and went into hiding, EACC arrested Onyango, who had received from the complainant Ksh.60,000 on behalf of the OCS, being part of the demanded bribe of Ksh.100,000.
EACC established that Obegi instructed Onyango to collect the money on his behalf and that the OCS had earlier received an initial deposit of Ksh.30,000 from the trader.
