How to combat fraud in public offices

Rwanda’s is definitely a success story in a continent epitomised by dysfunctional systems riddled with blatant corruption that hurt businesses forcing investors to cheat in order to survive.

It is prudent to adopt the best practices in combating corruption and fraud risks in work places if Kenya has to develop. To find fraud, one has to know what it looks like. To stop fraud, one has to know what causes it.

Avenues to report such cases should be available; for instance telephone hotlines and special email lines to encourage whistle blowing. Perpetrators must be punished to ensure there is a paradigm shift in terms of the culture. We must get prepared. This is possible in both the private and government institutions; if Rwanda has substantially achieved a good deal of the goal, why not Kenya?

Kihuro is a risk management practitioner at Panafrican Housing Financial institution, Nairobi. jkihuro@yahoo.com