 Posters urge Kenyans to shun corruption |
The Kenyan government's campaign to tackle corruption has made some progress, says a new report by Transparency International. Corruption remains rampant in Kenya, although this is better than last year, when it was ranked "most acute".
On the international index, Kenya came 129th out of 146 countries surveyed.Of the bottom 18, seven were African, with Nigeria taking 144th spot.
President Mwai Kibaki was elected in 2002 promising to fight corruption.
Haiti and Bangladesh were rated as the world's most corrupt countries.
 | KENYA BRIBERY INDEX Average monthly spend on bribes: $15 Average bribe: $48 4% of bribe requests reported When asked for a bribe, 75% paid Police most corrupt institution Health ministry most improved Kenya ranked 129 out of 146 countries Most computers will open PDF documents automatically, but you may need to download Adobe Acrobat Reader. |
Under the previous government led by Daniel arap Moi, donors cut off aid because of worries about corruption. In July, the UK high commissioner to Kenya launched a scathing attack on the new government, accusing ministers and officials of massive corruption.
The deputy director of Transparency International Kenya said that although corruption was seen as being less of a problem, a lot more needs to be done.
"Recent procurement scandals involving top-level public officials and potential losses of billions of shillings could... reverse the progress made in a flash," said Mwalimu Mati.
Earlier this year, Transparency released a report on bribery in Kenya, which showed that bribery was becoming less common but that the average size of bribes paid had increased.
Despite the government's publicity campaign, when asked for a bribe, 75% of Kenyans paid and just 25% refused, the report said.
Only 4% of requests for bribes were reported to the authorities.
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