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Amount of bribe paid for services in Kenya shoots up

High levels of unemployment in the country, especially among the youth, is fanning bribery. GRAPHIC | FILE

By  KEZIAH KINUTHIA

The average national bribe paid for services in Kenya has increased sharply amid a scramble for tenders and jobs, new data by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) shows.

The average bribe paid for services nationwide climbed to Sh7,081.05 in 2016 from Sh5,648.58 in 2015, representing a 25 per cent jump.

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Note: The results are not exact but very close to the actual.

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