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I sent money for airtime and lunch to my bosses, says officer during vetting exercise

Chief Inspector of Police Jamal Nur before the vetting panel chaired by Johnston Kavuludi at Tom Mboya Labour College in Kisumu on June 17,2016. The commission has finalised the vetting which has so far seen 450 officers vetted countrywide since the vetting began. (PHOTO: DENISH OCHIENG/ STANDARD)


A police officer failed to explain why he frequently sent money to his seniors in the name of airtime and lunches.

The vetting panel chaired by commissioner Ronald Musengi said they would recall former OCPD Musa Kongoli and his deputy Muthiri Mugera to respond after Inspector Gerald Gitau, who was a traffic officer in Maseno, failed to clarify why he had been sending them money.

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