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Tale of EACC chairman's seat jinxed from the beginning

Current EACC Chairman Phillip Kinisu. (Photo: Boniface Okendo/Standard)

The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) chairman’s position has been a revolving door since its inception in 1997.

EACC’s new boss Phillip Kinisu might count himself lucky if he leaves office without ‘force’ after all his predecessors unceremoniously placed a full stop to their tenure for being unwanted. The history of Kenya’s urge to fight graft dates back to 1956. This noisy history began with the Prevention of Corruption Act. This law would guide the country in the graft war for 41 years, when it was amended to form the Kenya Anti-Corruption Authority (Kaca).

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