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Kenya: Recent High-Profile Convictions Boost War on Corruption
Nation, 13 October 2021
The State appears to be making progress in the fight against corruption and economic crimes such as abuse of public office, theft and mismanagement of public funds. Read more »
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Kenya: AfDB Debars Kenyan Engineering Firm Over Fraud Allegations
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Kenya: How Corruption, Red Tape Blocked Gas Project, Sinking Sh1 Billion
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Kenya: An Economist's View of Corruption
Nation, 28 July 2021
Corruption has become an excuse and justification for Africa's persistent poverty, underdevelopment and low levels of growth. Read more »
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Kenya: Fact Check - Does Kenya Really Lose Sh2 Billion to Graft Daily?
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Latest High-Profile Convictions Boost Kenya's War on Corruption
The government appears to be making progress in the fight against corruption and economic crimes such as abuse of public office, theft and mismanagement of public funds.
Prosecutors have recently secured convictions of high-profile former and current government officials, as well as business people and professionals involved in facilitating corruption.
Among the top government officials convicted are former Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario, Stephen Arap Soi, a retired police boss who was an official in the same ministry, and Sirisia MP John Waluke.
Others are former Kenya Medical Research Institute (Kemri) director Davy Koech, former nominated senator Joy Gwendo, three employees of the Ministry of Education and former Kasarani lawmaker John Njoroge.
Also on the list of recent convicts are Karen Membership of County Assembly David Mberia, former Kenya Reinsurance Corporation director John Faustin Kinyua and Concelia Aoko Ondiek, the widow of a former Ugenya member of parliament, writes Joseph Wangui for The Nation.
On October 5, 2021 the Pandora Papers, a two-year investigation by journalists from around the world, revealed details of offshore hideaways of some of the world's most powerful personalities including President Uhuru Kenyatta and his family.
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It is five years since the Panama Papers exposed offshore companies linked to more than 140 politicians in more than 50 countries. Now in the Pandora Papers, a number of ... Read more »
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The Global Fund says Kenya risks losing over U.S.$445 million aimed at boosting the fight against HIV, tuberculosis and malaria in the country, if corruption allegations at ... Read more »
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The Lifestyle Audit Bill, 2021 seeks to remove restrictions on Kenyans seeking to access information on income, assets and liabilities of persons holding public office as part of ... Read more »
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Due to ongoing corruption investigations, the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission officials took all the records at Kenya Medical Supplies Agency (Kemsa) and stopped payments ... Read more »
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The Council of Governors have allegedly threatened to pull adverts from the Nation Media Group following its sustained exposure of corruption in the counties, sparking outrage, ... Read more »
A banner outside the Ministry of Health warning against corruption (file photo).
