Police constable unable to explain Sh6m mobile phone transactions

Constable Hezekiah Nyamweya (left) and Rubia Boke are vetted in Kakamega County yesterday. [photo: Chrispen Sechere/Standard]

A police constable’s mobile phone transactions totalled Sh6 million in one year. The Vihiga-based officer had a hard time explaining the source of the money, forcing the National Police Service Commission panel to cut short her vetting to allow her present Mpesa statements.

NPSC records show between 2012 and 2013, over Sh6 million was transacted on Evalene Cherono’s mobile phone. Joseph Lemasho Nkoome, a police constable stationed at the Busia weighbridge, also found himself in a tough spot when he was told to explain why in 2013 there were massive money transactions on his mobile phone compared to 2012.