This archive report was first published on 13 September 2019.
On September 12, 2019, detectives arrested a police officer attached to the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) offices in Mombasa county for allegedly stealing Sh416,000.
The money was part of an exhibit in a case being handled by the officer, identified as Lilian Joan Simiyu.
According to a police statement, Simiyu is also alleged to have destroyed evidence to be used in the case.
She is being held at Mombasa Central police station as an investigation continues into the alleged theft and will be arraigned in Mombasa once the probe is complete.
