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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.
Kangema Constituency is an electoral constituency in Muranga County, Kenya.