Boniface Mwangi: If you slit Kenya’s throat, it’ll bleed corruption

Everyone walking around, immigration, customs, health officials and police are looking for an opportunity to shake you down.

A friend of mine who is a senior intelligence officer in a neighbouring county, once remarked that Kenya is so irredeemably corrupt that a terrorist could easily drive through our borders, declare he is carrying a bomb, offer a hefty bribe, and be offered safe passage into Kenya for the right price.

Truth is, we are a corrupt nation.  But contrary to common assumptions, scarcity of integrity is not an African problem. If you travel across the continent, you occasionally breeze into a country that is so orderly that you are tempted to cry for your beloved country.