One of the most promising aspects of Uhuru Kenyatta’s second term in office is the progress made in the fight against corruption. Over the past 15 months, Kenya has seen a raft of current and former senior figures arrested and tried for graft, something that would have been difficult to imagine just a few years ago.
This has been accompanied by a new, muscular approach to private sector corruption, with over 4,000 buildings, constructed illegally on riparian land, scheduled for demolition.