Sleuths from the office of the Director of Criminal Investigations (DCI) based in Thika West on Tuesday arrested five Kiambu county officials over suspected fraud.
According to the DCI, the five suspects were behind the creation of fake Public Service Vehicles (PSV) stickers and giving them to operators. The arrest of the suspects came after the detectives conduct a probe into the allegations.
The arrested officials are George Njoroge Macharia (Accountable documents officer), Esther Njeri Waweru (Cashier), Mary Wairimu Nyota (Cashier), Lawrence Mutwiri Njebi (ICT officer) and Elijah Mungai Mukinya (Accountant)
"Following reported cases of issuance of FAKE PSV by law stickers within Thika West Sub-County, @DCI_Kenya Detectives based at Thika West commenced Investigations and upon completion managed to arrest the following Kiambu County Government officials," DCI tweeted.
DCI added: Elijah Mungai Mukinya- Accountant, Lawrence Mutwiri Njebi-ICT officer, George Njoroge Macharia - Accountable documents officer, Mary Wairimu Nyota-Cashier and Esther Njeri Waweru who is also a cashier.
The detective also nabbed processing units as well as laptops that the suspects are reportedly using to conduct their criminal activities. The officers are set to be grilled before taken to court where they will face several charges.
"Computer processing units and laptops suspected to have been used to commit the crime have been confiscated and are currently being subjected to the forensic audit," DCI posted.