{"id":49777,"date":"2024-06-06T10:03:05","date_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:03:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/index.php\/2024\/06\/06\/parliament-police-officer-arrested-for-extortion-2\/"},"modified":"2024-06-06T10:03:05","modified_gmt":"2024-06-06T10:03:05","slug":"parliament-police-officer-arrested-for-extortion-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/parliament-police-officer-arrested-for-extortion-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Parliament police officer arrested for extortion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><strong><span>Police officer stationed <\/span><span>at parliament police station <\/span><span>has been charged with extortion, <\/span><span>Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission reports.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>Corporal John Mwai Mbili, a police officer at the Parliament Police Station, is facing corruption charges after allegedly attempting to extort Ksh. 40,000 from a suspect with an outstanding matter at the station.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>The incident has sparked significant concern over corruption within the police force and highlights ongoing efforts to combat such practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>The complainant, who had been previously arrested, was directed by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) to be released and have the matter settled out of court. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>Despite this directive, Mbili reportedly demanded a bribe of Ksh. 40,000 from the complainant, suggesting the payment was necessary to \u201cfacilitate a smooth closure\u201d of the case. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>He further threatened to charge the complainant with new offences if the payment was not made.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>In response to the complainant\u2019s report, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) conducted an inquiry and subsequently arrested Mbili. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>He was processed at Integrity Centre Police Station and later booked at Kilimani Police Station. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"x-scope qowt-word-para-1\"><span>The officer has been released on bail as investigations continue, underscoring the ongoing vigilance and action against corruption within the police force.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/parliament-police-officer-arrested-for-extortion-2\/\">Parliament police officer arrested for extortion<\/a> first appeared on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kbc.co.ke\/\">KBC<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Police officer stationed at parliament police station has been charged with extortion, Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission reports. Corporal John Mwai Mbili, a police officer at the Parliament Police Station, is facing corruption charges after allegedly attempting to extort Ksh. 40,000 from a suspect with an outstanding matter at the station. The incident has sparked [&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-49777","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\/49777","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=49777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chezaspin.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}