Three police officers captured on video taking bribes will face disciplinary action from the Internal Affairs Unit of the Kenya Police Service.
The three officers were captured in a video that went viral by a civilian having invented an almost foolproof method for taking bribes.
The grainy video shows three uniformed traffic police officers at work on a relatively busy Kangundo road.
As is the norm, they wave vehicles down to a stop but in this case, do not even approach the slowing cars and matatus.
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Traffic Police Officers at work/Photo Courtesy
Instead, one of two civilians runs to the vehicles and takes what is assumed to be a bribe.
At no point does the police officer interact with the driver or the conductor in the case of a matatu.
This seemingly reliable arrangement all came down crashing after it was caught on tape with the video trending on social media over the weekend.
The IAU director Mohammed Amin has urged the public to collaborate with authorities and report cases of corruption.
The Internal Affairs Unit of the police was formed in 20211 and offers a platform, both physical and online, for aggrieved citizens to complain when aggrieved by police conduct.
A 2020 survey by Transparency International revealed that 92% of Kenyans regard the Police Service as the most corrupt public body.
