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How allegiance undermines graft war in Kenya

The arrest of Ronald Kiprotich Melly who had been serving as the Medical Superintendent of Health at Meteitei Sub-County Hospital in Nandi County without requisite qualifications to render medical services is the latest indication of the bottomless depths to which we have sunk as a country on ethical and corruption issues.

Melly’s case is the latest validation of a study conducted earlier in the year by the Aga Khan’s East African Institute (EAI) that revealed 50 per cent of youth in Kenya do not care what means one uses to make money as long as they do not end up in jail.

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