Politics and policy
Economy under threat as government loses fight against corruption
Lawyer Patrick Lumumba was short-listed to head the Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission based at Integrity Centre in Nairobi. The anti-graft body has not won any convictions against suspected corruption perpetrators despite its decade-long existence. Photo/FILE
Posted Friday, March 19 2010 at 00:00
Legal backing
More interventions that carry legal backing include the passing of the Anti- Corruption and Economic Crimes Act by Parliament in 2003 and the Public Officer Ethics Act-2003.
The Government Financial Management Act of 2004, the Public Procurement and Disposal Act of 2005, the Witness Protection Act of 2007 and the Proceeds of Crimes and Anti- Money Laundering Act of 2009 complete the list of the government’s legislative initiatives to fight graft.
Cabinet committee
Administrative actions include the cabinet committee on corruption, the National Anti- Corruption Plan, the National Anti- Corruption Steering Committee and the Public Complaints Standing Committee or the office of the Ombudsman.
These are bodies established through government policy and intended to fighting corruption.
The government established the National Anti Corruption Campaign Steering Committee in 2004 to lead the fight against graft by way of creating awareness and educating Kenyans on how to eliminate graft.
It was intended at complementing the work of KACC.
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It is shameful and unacceptable for those greedy individuals tarnishing the good name of kenya through corruption. Since most of them are known, why cannot they be prosecuted and thrown in jail?
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The problem, as Githongo put it in "Its our turn to eat", if the people believe the BIG MAN at statehouse is eating, nothing is going to stop them from doing the same.
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