This archive report was first published on 10 January 2020.
On January 9, 2020, a dramatic scene unfolded on the Mwingi-Garissa Highway as Administration Police Service's Border Patrol Unit officers intercepted a government vehicle carrying eight foreigners.
Among the passengers were six juveniles and two adults of Somali origin, all without identification documents. The escorting team, comprising Sergeant Simon Kyalo Mwendwa, Corporal Ibrahim Abdow, and Constable Ali Hassan, were unable to account for the foreigners.
During the inspection, police recovered Sh18,000 in cash from Sgt. Mwendwa, which is suspected to have been payment for facilitating the movement of the foreigners.
According to a police report, the officers were ferrying the foreigners in a GK lorry, which was also transporting other prison officers attending an annual Prison Sports Competition in Nairobi.
The arrest of the prison staffers came a week after prisons boss Wycliffe Ongallo warned about the involvement of prison staffers in criminal activities due to lack of adequate supervision.
