The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) officers on allegations of demanding and receiving bribes.The two DCI officers are accused of demanding Ksh500,000 from a complainant in exchange for terminating a murder case against him.EACC, in a statement obtained by Kenyans.co.ke, said the two were arrested on Thursday, September 10, following investigations against them."The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested two officers attached to the Directorate of Criminal Investigations (DCI) Kipkelion Sub-County Offices over allegations of soliciting and receiving a bribe," EACC stated."They allegedly demanded Ksh500,000 from a complainant in exchange for terminating a murder case against him," it added.According to EACC, preliminary investigations prompted the Commission to mount an operation targeting the officers.The operation led to their arrest earlier on Thursday, while they were allegedly receiving Ksh120,000 from the complainant.According to the commission, the officers were processed at EACC South Rift Regional Office as investigations into the matter continue.However, they were later released on a cash bail of Ksh30,000 pending the completion of the investigations."The suspect was processed at South Rift Regional Office and later released on a cash bail of Ksh30,000 pending completion of investigations," EACC said.The latest development comes a day after the commission arrested two court officials for demanding bribes, raising concerns over the court's and DCI's independence of maintaini9ng fair judgment without being compromised.The court officials included a Court Assistant attached to the Magistrate's Court in Eldoret, and a Court Process Server attached to the Civil Registry at Nakuru Law Courts.The process server is accused of seeking money from a complainant in exchange for allocating a convenient mention date for a case, while the Assistant is alleged to have demanded and received a Ksh20,000 bribe
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