Kenya is still losing the war on corruption.
This is according to a report released Thursday by the Africa Policy Institute.
Speaking during the launch of the corruption report the institute's president Dr. Peter Kagwanja said the Grand Coalition Government was not doing enough to fight graft as it had concentrated its efforts on other issues.
According to the report, the rate of corruption had risen in the period after last year's election compared to the same period after the 2002 general election that brought in the NARC government.
"Kenya has slipped into a democratic recession, unable to create strong legal and political institutions to stamp out corruption and promote a culture of accountability and probity", says Dr Kagwanja.
Research reveals that the anti-corruption system in the country is less vibrant than it was five years ago.
The institute's findings also indicate that the power sharing deal brokered after the 2007 general elections has not made it any easier for the government to fight against corruption.
"For all the euphoria around power sharing, the power arrangement signifies the failure of democratic consolidation, which has given impetus to a new wave of corruption", Dr Kagwanja says.
"In order to win the war against corruption, the country needs to recommit to the vision of a strong democracy and civic citizenship to and undertake far reaching political reforms, including constitutional reforms", he adds.
The report also recommends that the country needs to embark on building strong state institutions and citizen's lobbies.
"There is also need for coordination and strengthening of counter-corruption institutions and recommitment to international instruments on combating corruption including implementing the Africa Peer Review Mechanism Kenya report", the report says.
Source: KBC
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