{"id":119746,"date":"2025-08-14T11:11:49","date_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:11:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2025\/08\/14\/eacc-arrests-kibra-police-officer-who-demanded-sh4000-bribe-to-arrest-defilement-suspect\/"},"modified":"2025-08-14T11:11:49","modified_gmt":"2025-08-14T11:11:49","slug":"eacc-arrests-kibra-police-officer-who-demanded-sh4000-bribe-to-arrest-defilement-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/eacc-arrests-kibra-police-officer-who-demanded-sh4000-bribe-to-arrest-defilement-suspect\/","title":{"rendered":"EACC arrests Kibra police officer who demanded Sh4,000 bribe to arrest defilement suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 14 \u2014 Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested a police officer attached to Sarangombe Police Post on allegations of soliciting and receiving a bribe in connection with a defilement case.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to the anti-graft agency, Police Constable Philip Ochieng Adongo allegedly demanded Sh4,000 from a complainant as an inducement to arrest a suspect accused of defiling the complainant\u2019s daughter.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe matter had earlier been formally reported at Sarangombe Police Post under OB No. 16\/18\/07\/2025,\u201d EACC said on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>EACC officers conducted an operation on Wednesday that led to the arrest of PC Adongo alongside a civilian identified as George Otieno Oywer.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-image is-style-default\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalfm.co.ke\/news\/files\/2025\/08\/image.png\"><\/a>Detectives also arrested a civilian identified as George Otieno Oywer\/EACC<\/div>\n<p>EACC alleges Oywer received the bribe from the complainant on behalf of the officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBoth suspects were escorted to the EACC\u2019s Integrity Centre for processing,\u201d the agency added.<\/p>\n<p>The Commission reiterated its commitment to tackling bribery at service delivery points, saying such action is critical to restoring public confidence and enhancing service delivery to all Kenyans.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>NAIROBI, Kenya, Aug 14 \u2014 Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested a police officer attached to Sarangombe Police Post on allegations of soliciting and receiving a bribe in connection with a defilement case. According to the anti-graft agency, Police Constable Philip Ochieng Adongo allegedly demanded Sh4,000 from a complainant as an [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-119746","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","entry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack-related-posts":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119746","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=119746"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/119746\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=119746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=119746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=119746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}