EACC arrests Kangema magistrate, probation officer over bribery in criminal case

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission arrested Senior Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi and Principal Probation Officer Julius Irungu Njogu in Kangema for allegedly soliciting and receiving a 150,000 shilling bribe to influence a criminal case, tied to a litigant due for sentencing in July 2026. The undercover operation at a Kangema restaurant highlights graft vulnerabilities in the lower judiciary and coincides with wider tensions between lawyers and the judiciary.