John Njue Njiru, the Deputy Speaker of Kiambu County, is presently under police custody following allegations of soliciting a bribe amounting to Ksh.130,000. Detectives from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) successfully apprehended Njiru, who also serves as the Member of the County Assembly (MCA) for the Hospital Ward in Thika.
Kiambu County Deputy speaker John Njiru arrested by EACC officers for allegedly demanding a bribe of Ksh 130,000.#KBCniYetu ^RO pic.twitter.com/URK44svL5v
— KBC Channel1 News (@KBCChannel1) June 13, 2023
The panel found that in order to "facilitate" and let a woman in Thika to carry out any activity on her Ksh. 15 million land, the MCA required a bribe as well as a free chunk of her prime land.
Kiambu Deputy Speaker John Njue arrested over bribery allegationshttps://t.co/3t3sfTi5jh pic.twitter.com/hg0Cg41bAz
— NTV Kenya (@ntvkenya) June 13, 2023
Anti-graft investigators are now questioning Mr. Njiru at the Integrity Centre Police Station.
