Samwel Kumba
2 July 2009
Nairobi — Kenya has been ranked as the country with the highest bribery index in East Africa.
In a survey carried out between April and May 2009, Transparency International established that the bribery index in Kenya stands at 45 per cent.
Uganda's bribery index is 35 per cent while Tanzania has the lowest at 17 per cent.
The survey shows that the police are the most corrupt officials in East Africa.
Releasing the report on Thursday, Transparency International Chief Executive Job Ogonda, revealed that Kenya Police topped the index in the region.
Their Tanzanian counterparts came in second while Kenya's ministry of Defence closed the top three institutions with the highest bribery index.
Among the top ten, Kenya Police scored 66.5 per cent, Tanzania Police 62.56 per cent, Ministry of defence 61.9 per cent and Tanzania's Judiciary and Courts came in fourth at 61.48 per cent.
Uganda Police had an index of 58.93 per cent, Immigration department in Tanzania 55.66 per cent, Kenya's Judiciary Kenya 54.4 per cent, Uganda Public Service 49.5 per cent and the Ministry of defence Uganda 46.4 per cent.
In the survey 3500 households were interviewed in Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania.
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