On Thursday, detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detained three traffic police officers for collecting bribes along the busy Naivasha-Mai Mahiu Road.
Corporal James Njeru, Police Constables Dickson Njagi and James Mwai, and Corporal James Njeru are claimed to have solicited Ksh.15,000 from motorists in an hour before their spectacular arrest, which saw the rogue cops fire in the air.
Citizen Digital has recently obtained body cam footage from an EACC detective capturing the arrest, which is straight out of a movie.
After completing due reconnaissance and validating their suspicions, EACC detectives are seen in a car moving towards the rogue detectives in the video.
The EACC detective then hits one of the officers with the vehicle’s door, leaving him sprawled on the ground. He then charges at the traffic officer, identifying himself as an EACC detective and cuffing the rogue cop.
The EACC detective is doing this while his colleagues pursue the two other traffic officers who chose to run rather than engage the sleuths.
According to an EACC source, the anti-graft body initiated the operation after receiving many complaints from motorists on the Naivasha-Mai Mahiu road.
“During the operation, a scuffle ensued when two other police officers resisted arrest and escaped into the nearby bushes aided by one who was firing at EACC detectives who were pursuing them,” according to a source at the EACC.
“During the scuffle and shooting, the two fugitive police officers took away some of the money that had been recovered by EACC detectives amounting to about Ksh.15,000 collected in one hour.”
Following their arrest, the three officers were led to the EACC headquarters’ Integrity Police Station to record statements.
They are being held at the Kilimani Police Station pending their arraignment.
Twalib Mbarak, CEO of the EACC, has subsequently urged Inspector General of Police Japhet Koome to disarm all traffic police officers across the country, claiming that some rogue traffic cops are utilizing state-issued firearms to confront EACC detectives when they are discovered soliciting bribes on the roadways.