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Uhuru should be ready to jail friends and kin in graft purge

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That corruption in Kenya has taken a turn for the worst could be an under-statement.  Majority Kenyans appear to be resigning to fate of accepting corruption as a way of life. Reality, however, is that Kenya’s corruption cancer has been building up over time. Little mitigation measures have been deployed to stem the graft scourge.
Top level pronouncements aimed at dwarfing corruption have remained but just that. Government is yet to walk the tough talk on the corruption fight. But as inaction builds up, inefficient functioning of the economy, inflation and especially price hikes for key consumer goods have become commonplace.

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