ODPP officer sent on Compulsory leave for receiving 20k bribe
A senior prosecutions officer at the Office Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP) has been sent on Compulsory leave after he was arrested by sleuths from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) while receiving Sh20,000 as part of Sh40,000 bribe to fast-track a case in Kilgoris Narok county.
In a statement to the Press, the Director of Public Prosecutions Renson Ingonga directed that Japhet Ouko Mayore Isaboke a counsel at the Kilgoris office proceed for the leave immediately pending investigations.
The DPP has directed that Japhet Ouko Mayore Isaboke proceeds to a compulsory leave with immediate effect as per the Human Resource Policies and Procedure manual of 2022 pending internal investigations,” The DPP stated.
Ingonga said his office will cooperate with the investigating authorities and pledged that appropriate action would be taken including prosecution after the probe is over.
“The DPP undertakes to cooperate with the relevant investigating agency and pledges appropriate action will be undertaken including the decision to prosecute,” Ingonga said.
He said that as an institution they are committed to their clarion call of ensuring prosecution with fairness.
The pronunciation by the ODPP comes after Officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) arrested the Principal Prosecution Counsel of the Kilgoris, Narok County office while receiving a down payment for a bribe he had negotiated.
He was nabbed while receiving part of the negotiated money i.e. Sh40, 000 from Sh50,000 which he had requested from the businessman.
“Officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) have arrested Japheth Ouko Mayore Isaboke, the Principal Prosecution Counsel in charge of ODPP Kilgoris, on allegations of soliciting a Kes50,000 bribe from a businessman in exchange for fast-tracking a court case. The amount was negotiated downwards to Kes40,000,” EACC said in a statement.
The businessman refused to pay the Ksh 40,000 bribe and reported the matter to EACC.
The Commission then conducted an operation that led to the arrest of the suspect yesterday while receiving Shs20,000 as part of the bribe.
He was released on a Sh30,000 cash bail as the police continued with investigations after being held at the Kisii police station.
