Vetting: How Coast police tried to alter M-Pesa records

Sergeant Kadenge Kazungu, an officer in the Voi Highway Patrol Unit adjusts his head gear before the National Police Service Commission (NPSC) Vetting Panel. Traffic police officers in Coast region are allegedly erasing or tampering with their M-Pesa records to conceal questionable money transactions.  (PHOTO: KELVIN KARANI/ STANDARD)

The National Police Service Commission yesterday revealed that police officers in Mombasa altered their M-Pesa records before their vetting.

The vetting panel noticed discrepancies from the statements submitted by the officers and those from the mobile service provider.