Officer denies receiving cash in his account
National Police Service Commission chairman Johnston Kavuludi chairs a vetting session in Eldoret on March 19, 2015. FILE PHOTO | JARED NYATAYA |
What you need to know:
- Homa Bay OCPD claims he had no idea how the amount got into the bank and did not know who transferred it.
- Mr Ombiro had been hard pressed to account for Sh310,000 deposited to his to Equity Bank account in August, 2014.
A senior police officer on Friday disowned a bank statement showing that he received a huge amount of money in his account.
Homa Bay OCPD Elijah Ombiro who appeared before the National Police Service Commission said he had no idea how the amount got into the bank and did not know who transferred it.
Mr Ombiro had been hard pressed to account for Sh310,000 deposited to his to Equity Bank account in August, 2014.
“Money? In my account? I am not aware of it. I don’t even know (the) Mr Richard Nyaga said to have transferred the money to me,” said the officer.
His Nyando counterpart Elias Gitonga amused the panel when he said some Sh300,000 he had deposited in his account was a token from his father-in-law. He also had to explain how he bought 9.5 acres.
The vetting begun on Friday in Kisumu and will see 108 senior officers in Nyanza appear before the board in the next five days.
