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Will BBI help to tackle the culture of corruption?

President Uhuru Kenyatta and Former Prime minister Raila Odinga chat at the Bomas of Kenya in Nairobi during the official launch of the Building Bridges to a United Kenya Taskforce Report on October 26, 2020. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

I am convinced that the Building Bridges Initiative (BBI) report will curb corruption in Kenya.  BBI has recommended speedy prosecution and conclusion of corruption cases.

The corrupt have been getting away with their misdeeds by using delaying tactics in courts, waiting for something new to come up to take attention away from them. BBI also proposes stiffer sentences and punitive fines for those found culpable.

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