Martin Mutegi: Suspended Principal Magistrate Charged with Receiving Bribe, Granted KSh 800k Bond

Magistrate charged with receiving a bribe

Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi, attached to Kangema Law Courts, was Monday charged with receiving a bribe. This follows a favourable High Court ruling that paved the way for his arraignment and plea-taking. Mutegi, who had recently been suspended by his employer, was arraigned before the Anti-Corruption Magistrate’s Court alongside his co-accused, a Senior Probation Officer based at Kangema. Mutegi was charged with receiving a …

EACC Busts Court Official While Receiving Ksh180,000 Cash Bribe

EACC has made high-profile arrests involving officers in the corridors of power, with the Kangema Magistrate's July arrest forming the cream of the crop.

EACC arrests Busia court clerk over alleged KSh 180,000 bribe

The EACC has arrested Busia Law Courts clerk Wesley Kipkoech Langat over an alleged KSh180,000 bribe to influence the outcome of a criminal case.

DPP charges suspended Kangema magistrate with receiving Sh150,000 bribe

NAIROBI, Kenya Aug 24 – Suspended Kangema Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi has been charged with receiving a bribe, bringing to court a corruption case that has been unfolding since his arrest by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) last month. Mutegi was arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court on Monday alongside Senior Probation Officer Julius Irungu Njogu, following a High Court decision that declined t…