KANGEMA, Murang'a County — A Senior Principal Magistrate and a senior probation officer have landed in the hands of anti-graft detectives after they were allegedly caught receiving a KSh150,000 bribe from a convicted businessman in exchange for influencing his sentence. AdvertisementThe Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has arrested a Senior Principal Magistrate attached to Kangema Law Courts and a Principal Probation Officer over allegations of soliciting and receiving a bribe to influence the outcome of a criminal case. The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) announced that Hon. Martin Kinyua Mutegi, a Senior Principal Magistrate at Kangema Law Courts, and Julius Irungu Njogu, a Principal Probation Officer, were arrested during a carefully planned operation on July 21, 2026, at a restaurant in Kangema Township. AdvertisementInvestigators say the probation officer allegedly approached the businessman and claimed he was acting on behalf of the presiding magistrate.