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Ridding country of corruption sure bet for progress

DPP Noordin Hajji leads the charge in the fight against graft. [Photo/Courtesy]

Former US President Barack Obama commended Kenya for the progress in the fight against corruption during a speech he gave while opening the Sauti Kuu Foundation centre in his father’s home village of Kogelo in western Kenya.

He talked about the enormous strides that have been made in recent times and that the barriers of progress have become less rigid over time, singling out the issues of corruption and ethnic differences. 

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