Survey finds who shines most in the dark path of scandal

The latest Ipsos survey includes a perception index of leaders most implicated in corruption, or what the survey calls “awareness of corruption scandals”.

Leading the pack is Madam Charity, the Lands minister presently on suspension for corruption, at 50 per cent, followed by the Deputy Prezzo, Man Ruto, at 31 per cent.

I suspect the motivation for this could have been former PM Tinga’s unfair and grossly exaggerated description of the Deputy President as “the high priest of corruption”, recently.

So Ipsos wanted to confirm if the people’s perceptions of their leaders matched Tinga’s conclusions.

This was somewhat discounted as only one in every three people think Man Ruto is associated with corruption, as opposed to the tally of one in every two Kenyans who think Madam Charity is implicated in corruption.

Devolution Minister Anne Waiguru follows hot on Ruto’s heels at number three, with 28 per cent, over the scandal at the National Youth Service.

Again, this is a very unfair conclusion given that the minister has been working so hard in so many projects across the nation.

Yet, what stays in the minds of many Kenyans is that little matter in which money was nearly stolen.

Perhaps the respondents were wise enough to remember attempted theft is a crime.