Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) detectives have arrested two Judiciary staff at Mbita Law Courts in Homa Bay County over Ksh 5,000 bribery.
Jared Nyauncho, a Senior Court Assistant and David Tunya, a Customer Care Officer were arrested after demanding the said amount in order to facilitate the retrieval of a succession file at the court.
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“The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) yesterday, 26th March 2025, arrested Jared Nyauncho, a Senior Court Assistant and David Tunya, a Customer Care Officer, for soliciting and receiving a bribe of Kes. 5,000 from a complainant as an inducement to facilitate retrieval of a court file.
On 24th March 2025, EACC received a letter from a complainant alleging that a Senior Court Assistant based at Mbita Law Courts was demanding for bribe in order to retrieve a succession case file from the court registry. The complainant had, on numerous occasions, sought to trace the file at the Law Courts in vain.
The commission conducted an operation that resulted in the arrest of David Tunya, a customer care officer, who accepted a bribe of Kes5,000 on behalf of Jared Nyauncho, who was also taken into custody.” said EACC
The suspects who were taken to Mbita Police Station, were later released on Ksh 20,000 cash bail pending completion of the investigation.
“The two suspects were escorted to Mbita Police Station for processing and later released on a Kes20,000 cash bail pending the finalization of the investigation.” said EACC
