Chasing shadows as thieves become heroes

Corruption is so entrenched in Kenya’s culture that what is reported from time to time is just a fraction or mere spillover of an otherwise ever-expanding pool of very well-crafted schemes for extortion and theft of public funds.

Political statements or half-hearted condemnations will never uproot or even threaten a practice that is so deeply institutionalised. Even lawmakers, most of who bought votes with ill-gotten cash, are not ashamed of using their positions to enrich themselves by hurriedly enacting legislation that legitimises their sinfully exorbitant entitlements from the public purse, in open violation of the Constitution.