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Don't touch our Mpesa statements, cops lament

A statement by National Police Service Commission (NPSC) directing all officers lined for vetting to produce MPesa statements for the last two years has caused panic.

From next year, officers from the ranks of constable to chief inspector will be vetted by the commission headed by Johnstone Kavuludi.

The commission requests the public to volunteer information about the officers as one of the requirements preluding actual vetting. The officers are supposed to produce bank statements, academic and professional papers as well.

But it is the MPesa obligation that is giving many officers sleepless nights with some contemplating early retirement, rather than face the risk of being exposed.

MPesa allows users to deposit, withdraw, transfer money and pay for goods and services easily with a mobile device.  It is believed that many police officers use it to receive bribes. Early this month, Commissioner Mary Owuor gave officers set for vetting 14 days to prepare their MPesa statements alongside other requisite documents.

The officers are also required to indicate the property they own, either individually or jointly.

“We also require you to compile a list of all your beneficiaries, tell us if you have received some hand out, and anything else you own,” said Owuor during a sensitisation meeting in Narok Town.

Officers told The Nairobian they had no problem with furnishing the Commission with all details apart from MPesa statements, which they fear could be used against them.

They wondered why the Commission exempted their seniors from the same requirement.

The commission has already vetted officers of the rank of Superintendent of Police (SP) and above. Focus now shifts to the lower cadre of the National Police Service with traffic police officers to targeted first.

“This MPesa requirement is really disturbing us. If it is applied, then most of us will not meet the threshold,” lamented an officer.

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