EACC arrests Bomet Assistant County Commissioner over alleged Ksh. 20K bribe

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) officers based in Nakuru have arrested a Bomet County Assistant County Commissioner for allegedly demanding a bribe of Ksh. 20,000.

According to the EACC, the operation targeted Emkwen Division Assistant County Commissioner, Martin Vaslaus Jakoyo, who was apprehended and booked at the Bomet Central Police Station.

A police report from Bomet indicates that the administrator was accused of soliciting Ksh. 20,000 to settle a dispute between two villagers—a case that had already been resolved by the local Nyumba Kumi elders.

Following his arrest, several chiefs from Bomet Central Sub-county, who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the matter, accused the suspect of undermining their efforts to combat illicit brews in the area. They also alleged that he had been using his office to advance personal interests.