Corruption in the Kenya Police Force has continued to be a cause of major alarm for the Kenyan Citizens and the Government at large. The Police have mastered the art of soliciting bribes and not even threats and interventions from the Government seem to have quenched their thirst for illegal cash.
It even looks like the Police are time and again perfecting their art of getting bribes as they keep devicing new ways anytime the government comes up with more strict measures to control their appetite for Money.
With all these in mind, what is therefore the best way to deal with rogue and corrupt police officers?
Well, Rongai residents seem to have found the correct medication for bribe thirsty officers.
They on Friday confronted an AP officer whom they accused of soliciting a bribe from a matatu tout.
They confronted the policeman after he kicked the tout for refusing to give him a Sh2,000 bribe.
Locals said the officer attached to Tumaini AP camp has been extorting money from matatu operators who ply the Rongai-Bomas route.
“This officer has been taking bribes from us daily and we have decided enough is enough,” Simon Sitet, a tout, said.
He claimed the officer became aggressive when they refused to give in to his demands.
The officer’s colleagues came to his rescue.
The officers arrested the tout and his colleagues and took them to Ongata Rongai police station..