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EACC arrests Kangema magistrate, probation officer over bribery in criminal case
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— Jul 22, 2026
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission arrested Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi and Principal Probation Officer Julius Irungu Njogu in Kangema for allegedly soliciting and receiving a 150,000 shilling bribe to influence a criminal case, tied to a litigant due for sentencing in July 2026. The undercover operation at a Kangema restaurant highlights graft vulnerabilities in the lower judiciary and coincides with wider tensions between lawyers and the judiciary.
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EACC seeks recovery of Kisumu prison land
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— Jul 21, 2026
The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has filed civil proceedings to recover 7.6 acres of Kenya Prisons Service land in Milimani, Kisumu, valued about 790 million shillings (roughly 4.3 billion with developments) after alleging it was illegally excised and subdivided into private ownership from a 16-acre public reserve. Investigations point to a 1989 scheme involving a former Assistant Minister and other officials who allegedly used forged documents to transfer the land, now developed as Winam Estate/Grace Ogot Estate.
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