Proverbial 40 days run out for bribe-taking Kilgoris Prosecutor

17:02:2025: The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission has arrested Mr. Japheth Ouko Mayore Isaboke, the Principal Prosecution Counsel in charge of the Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions (ODPP), Kilgoris Sub-County, Narok County.

This follows a complaint lodged by a businessman at EACC’s Nairobi office on February 7, 2025, alleging that Mr. Isaboke demanded a sum of Kes50,000 to facilitate fast-tracking a case before Kilgoris Law Court.

The complainant was directed to the EACC’s South Nyanza Regional Office in Kisii due to its proximity to Kilgoris, where the suspect resided. On February 9, 2025, the complainant filed a report and provided a statement at the EACC Nyanza Regional Office in Kisii. 

Subsequently, the Commission set in motion an operation to arrest the suspect. The complainant arranged to meet with the prosecutor at Mwalimu Hotel in Kisii town, where a request for Kes50,000 was made and after negotiations, the amount was reduced to Kes40,000.

On February 12, 2025, at Kilgoris Law Courts after the complainant’s case was adjourned to February 17, 2025, the prosecutor requested a meeting with the complainant on February 16, 2025 in Kisii town at Mwalimu Hotel where the money would change hands.

The complainant coordinated with EACC officers, who pounced on the prosecutor after he had received Kes20,000 as part of the negotiated bribe.

He was escorted to EACC’s South Nyanza Regional Office, where he was processed and recorded a statement. He was later booked in custody at the Kisii Police Station before he was released on a Kes30,000 cash bail pending the completion of investigations.