Some Kenya Bureau of Standards (KEBS) personnel are allegedly harassing traders in Kirinyaga and taking bribes from their establishments.
The Ministry of Interior should look into allegations that certain KEBS officers are working with police officers to intimidate and extort traders from Kagio, Kutus, and Kandongu.
“On Thursday they collected over Ksh.1 million in cash at Kiamaciri Police Station from us after arresting us in our premises yet nobody was taken to court,” a trader said angrily.
Residents in Kutus town, Gichugu, who were upset, claimed that after being arrested, they were transferred to the Kutus Police Station and that the KEBS personnel had just entered their business to demand money.
“I was forced to part away with Ksh.100,000 when they insisted that when I’m taken to court I will be fined over Ksh.1 million,” a trader from Kutus stated.
In a Monday speech in the Kagio area, Kirinyaga County Commissioner Hussein Alasow Hussein advised the locals not to give cash to any government official.
The county commissioner stated that in response to citizen concerns about some well-known beers being fake, he is working with his security staff to make sure beer distributors distribute the correct brand.
