Officers from the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission have arrested three county officers over bribery claims.

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The three from Trans Nzoia County were nabbed asking for a Sh15,000 bribe from a resident.

They were apprehended at Kibos village in Kwanza sub-county, according to the Star newspaper.

They are said to have asked for the money to ignore the man's lack of documents to build rental houses.

Trans Nzoia West OCPD Jackson Mwenga said the the officials, whom he did not identify, would be investigated.

Governor Patrick Khaemba warned county employees against engaging in graft.

"The EACC must continue investigating and anyone found culpable must be dealt with according to the law," he said as quoted by the Star.