Corporal Susan Wangari, a traffic officer in
Vihiga appeared before the National Police
Service Commission vetting panel and
defended a transaction of KSh 5 million in five
months despite having a monthly salary of
KSh 40,000.
Wangari told the police vetting panel led by
the commission’s chair, Johnston Kavuludi
that she had made that money from selling
bed sheets, vitenges and lesos from her
working station.
According to the Standard, Wangari
transacted KSh 87,000 in August, KSh 106,000
in September, KSh 194,000 in October, Ksh
102,000 in November and KSh 120,000 all in
2013.
She could not however produce any records
to back up her business claims said to be her
additional main source of income.
Aside from the questionable finances, Wangari
was also at pains to express herself in English
despite having scored a B plain in her Kenya
Certificate of Secondary Education exams.
“You are a superior English speaker and you
have the best grade in that language among
the the officers who have appeared before
this vetting panel. Why do you insist on
speaking in Kiswahili? Unless you did not sit
for these exams yourself?” questioned an
irked Kavuludi.
Wangari scored a C plus in the same exams,
defending that she was a better Kiswahili
speaker.
This however did not go down well with the
panel who refused her request because ‘they
did not do very well in Kiswahili’.
She was eventually allowed to revert to
Kiswahili after much struggling with the
English language.
She was also directed to file a proper wealth
declaration form because she had presented a
faulty document to the panel on the same
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