In Summary
- The suspect was arrested in Kariobangi.
- Eacc urged traders facing similar extortions to report and that appropriate actions will be taken against the perpetrators.
Ethics and anti-corruption Commission Eacc has arrested Nairobi County Government employee for collecting bribes from meat traders.
Moses Gachanja meat inspector was arrested in Kariobangi after allegedly asking for 15000 shillings as a condition for inspecting the complainant’s meat.
‘‘EACC has arrested one Moses Gachanja Gachuki, a Nairobi County Official deployed as a Meat Inspector at Kariobangi Slaughter House who demanded a bribe of Kes. 15,000 as a condition for inspecting the complainant’s slaughtered goats. The accused is alleged to be one of many Meat Inspectors in Nairobi County extorting money cumulatively running into millions, from traders before inspecting their slaughtered animals. They are further accused of asking meat traders not to make payment of all fees payable through the designated Government Pay Bill but only deposit a small portion and hand over the rest of the amount in cash to the Inspection Officers.” EACC said.
Eacc urged traders facing similar extortions to report and that appropriate actions will be taken against the perpetrators.
“The complainant refused to succumb to the extortion bid and instead reported the matter to EACC which mounted an investigative operation leading to the arrest of the suspect after receiving the demanded amount. The Commission also recovered additional Kes. 24,000 which the suspect had received from another trader. Upon the arrest on Tuesday, he was escorted to Kilimani Police Station where he was held pending today’s processing at EACC Integrity Centre Police Station. He will be arraigned upon completion of the remaining investigative process.’’ The commission added.
