Ethics and Anti- Corruption Commission has reported the arrest of a Deputy Land Registrar of Kisamis Lands office in Kajiado West together with her junior for demanding a bribe.
According to EACC,Sheila Nandako and her accomplice Washington Wahome are said to have demanded a bribe of Kes. 148,000/- from the complainant in order to release 74 Title Deeds held by her office without any lawful justification.
The accused were processed at Integrity Centre Police Station on Thursday and later booked at Kilimani Police Station pending further action.
The Anti Corruption Commission says that Kajiado Lands Office is among those with many complaints of corruption in land transactions.
Further, EACC said that the Deputy Land Registrar has allegedly been using her junior Washington Wahome to extort money from citizens seeking facilitation of land transactions.
“In the instant case, the Deputy Land Registrar has allegedly directly and indirectly through the named officer been extorting money from citizens seeking facilitation of land transactions”, read the EACC report.
“The arrest of the two land officials is part of ongoing operations by the Commission across the country to tame and disrupt corruption at service delivery points where citizens seeking services are routinely subjected to extortion by corrupt public officials”, EACC statement further read.
Additionally, EACC called out to Members of the public with reports of suspected corruption by any state or public official are to share with EACC for action in accordance with the law.
