A Principal Probation Officer attached to Kangema Law Courts has been arraigned before the Milimani Anti-Corruption Court over allegations of soliciting and receiving a bribe in connection with a criminal case.
Julius Irungu Njogu appeared before the court and pleaded not guilty to two counts of receiving a bribe contrary to Section 6(1)(a), as read together with Section 18(1) and (2) of the Anti-Bribery Act, No. 47 of 2016.
According to the charge sheet, on 16 July 2026 at Kangema Law Courts in Murang’a County, Njogu, while serving as the Principal Probation Officer at Kangema, allegedly requested a financial advantage of KSh170,000 from Peter Njihia Njuguna on behalf of Kangema Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi.
The prosecution alleges that the money was intended to influence the magistrate to impose a favourable sentence in Kangema Chief Magistrate’s Court Criminal Case No. E645 of 2024.
In the second count, the prosecution alleges that on 21 July 2026,at Kangema Township in Murang’a County, Njogu received KSh150,000 from Peter Njihia Njuguna, allegedly on behalf of Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi, in exchange for a favourable sentence in the same criminal case, in which Peter Njihia had already been charged and convicted.
The prosecution, led by Mr Abdisaalam Bore applied for summons to be issued to Principal Magistrate Martin Kinyua Mutegi to appear before the court for plea taking in relation to the matter.
The accused pleaded for lenient cash bail saying he is a civil servant and not atflight risk, He also told the court that he is a father of three and the first born is in grade 9 and the sole bread winner of the family
Magistrate Harrison Baraza is expected to give bail ruling.
