100 police officers in EACC graft report

NAIROBI: More than 100 police officers of various ranks will be expected to leave office for their involvement in corruption.

The Ethics Anti Corruption Commission (EACC) said the names of those affected had been sent to Inspector General of Police Joseph Boinett for action.

They will join other public officials who are being pushed to step aside to allow investigations by EACC. In their report, EACC said most of the officers are already fighting cases in courts.

Apart from the officers, National Police Service Commission Chairman Johnstone Kavuludi and commissioner Ronald Musengi are also mentioned in the report.

If they step aside, the commission will be left in a quagmire for lack of leadership and quorum.

Mr Kavuludi is accused of abuse of office, financial impropriety and misappropriation. He reportedly did not account for various trips made abroad.

CONCLUDE INVESTIGATIONS

Mr Musengi on the other hand is accused of irregularities in the procurement of Malili Ranch. An official at the commission, James Muhoro, is also under probe for alleged impropriety in the partitioning of their offices in Westlands.

"There is a procedure of dealing with commissions. We are ready if and when they say what is there," said Kavuludi.

President Uhuru Kenyatta gave EACC 60 days to conclude investigations.

"The investigating authority must ensure that the Director of Public Prosecutions has received the subject files without delay," President Kenyatta directed when he presented the confidential EACC report including their names to Parliament on Thursday.

The multi-agency task force comprising officials from the office of Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) and EACC has been constituted.

The task force was set up during a meeting between DPP Keriako Tobiko and EACC Chief Executive Halakhe Waqo on Monday.

The team is believed to comprise over 100 officers who are expected to chart the way forward.