And although the policewomen said they had additional sources of income, the vetting team found that those financial transactions did not match the M-Pesa and bank statements that were submitted to the commission.
The Court of Appeal judges concluded on December 18 last year that the women, who had served in the police force for a total of 31 years, had handled huge sums of money whose origin they could not explain.
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For instance, Leiro’s bank account showed that at one time she banked Sh300,000 in six instalments of Sh50,000.
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Sale of watermelon
In her defence, she told the panel that the extra income was from the sale of watermelon she was growing on a 10-acre land at Pekerra Irrigation Scheme in Nakuru County; a project she said fetched her between Sh150,000 and Sh200,000 every season.