Senior police officer in Makueni charged with receiving Sh15,000 bribe
John Makumi, the deputy OCS at Salama Police Station, on September 28, 2016. PHOTO | PIUS MAUNDU | NATION MEDIA GROUP
A senior police officer was on Tuesday charged in a Makueni court for receiving a bribe from a matatu driver on Mombasa Road.
Appearing before Makueni Senior Resident Magistrate Richard Koech, Salama Police Station Deputy OCS John Makumi was accused of taking a Sh15,000 bribe to release an impounded matatu.
Mr Makumi was arrested by Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission sleuths on September 20 this year.
On Tuesday, he denied the charges and was released on a Sh30,000 cash bail or a Sh100,000 bond.
The case will be mentioned on October 31.
In the same court, Turbman Lutsulili Mburu, the registrar of births and deaths in Makueni County, and two clerks at the registry, Maxwell Muema and Shadrack Wambua, were charged with collecting a Sh4,600 bribe at a bar in Wote Town.
The trio denied the charges and were each released on a cash bail of Sh20,000 or a bond of Sh100,000.
