Fight culture of giving bribes, not just taking

As stakeholders gather at the Kenyatta International Conference Centre for an annual integrity review, it is essential to focus attention on the role the average citizen plays in initiating or perpetuating corruption. A review of what Kenya is doing to fight graft and encourage good governance shall be incomplete if it focuses entirely on change in enforcement agencies, the Judiciary, Parliament, investigative bodies, local authorities, central Government and so on.

The theme of the International Anti-Corruption Day, marked this afternoon with an exhibition, points to the direction where we must expend more effort: ‘Corruption! Your No Counts’. Fighting petty corruption will require the national strategy to incorporate measures aimed at discouraging rampant bribery.