This archive report was first published on 27 July 2019.
On Friday, detectives from the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) arrested a police constable for allegedly extorting money from bars and wine & Spirit shops in Langata.
According to the DCI, the suspect, Cosmas Mwema, who is attached to the Nyayo Police Post, was in the habit of visiting almost all of the said outlets every Friday to extort money from the operators.
Those who failed to give him money were threatened with arrest.
This comes just two days after another constable from Kamukunji Police Station was arrested and charged with assaulting two officers at the National Treasury offices and extortion.
On July 24, Daniel Arimba Arioba allegedly extorted Ksh. 200,000 from Mohammed Kiptirim arap Cheboi over a forged appointment letter linked to the African Disaster Response and Virus Research Foundation.
On July 27, 2019, Arioba was arraigned in court and pleaded for affordable cash bail, citing his monthly salary of Ksh. 20,000. He was released on a Ksh. 40,000 cash bail.
Mwema is expected to be arraigned in court on Monday.
Published on July 27, 2019, at 19:37:05.
