EACC Arrests Immigration Officer Over Alleged Ksh20,000 Passport Bribe
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested an immigration officer accused of soliciting a Ksh20,000 bribe to help fast-track the processing of a Kenyan passport.
The officer, attached to the State Department for Immigration, Border Control and Citizen Services, was arrested following a complaint filed at the EACC’s Lower Coast Regional Office in Mombasa.
According to the commission, the officer allegedly demanded the money in exchange for facilitating early fingerprint processing and speeding up the complainant’s passport application.
Preliminary investigations reportedly established that the officer had requested and agreed to receive Ksh20,000 in relation to the passport application.
EACC subsequently launched an operation to verify the allegations. The operation culminated in the officer’s arrest after investigators established the alleged bribery transaction.
The commission said the arrest followed a complaint received at its Mombasa office and that investigations into the matter are continuing.
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