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Mombasa inspector grilled over Sh50 million empire

Bamburi Base Commander Abubakar Bakari. [PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/STANDARD]

MOMBASA: A senior traffic policeman was yesterday at pains to explain the source of his Sh50 million empire as vetting kicked off in the Coast region.

Bamburi Police Station Base Commander Chief Inspector Abubakar Bakari, who was appearing before the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) led by Johnston Kavuludi, could not account for M-Pesa transactions amounting to millions of shillings.

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