

Detectives from the Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission (EACC) in Kisumu on Wednesday arrested a Chief for allegedly receiving a Ksh.7,700 bribe to write a succession letter to a local.
Mary Odhiambo Andhoga, the Chief of West Kisumu location, is alleged to have demanded for the bribe to ‘facilitate’ her to pen a confirmation letter from a complainant who needed it for a family land succession matter.
According to EACC Western and Nyanza Region Boss Ignatius Wekesa, the detectives laid a trap and arrested the chief at her home in Kokulo village in Seme Sub-County.
This was after the complainant reported to EACC how the chief had declined to sign a form which had been issued by the lands department until she is given a Ksh.2,200 bribe to complete it.
Wekesa said that the chief further allegedly demanded another Kshs.5,500 to write a confirmation letter to help the complainant’s family process a land transfer.
The complainant is reported to have approached the anti-graft agency after several visits to the office of the administrator bore no fruit.
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The EACC Kisumu boss said the suspect will be arraigned once investigations are complete to face charges of receiving a bribe.
She is currently out on a Ksh.50,000 police bond.
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