Despite President Uhuru Kenyatta’s renewed effort to fight graft, Transparency International’s corruption index shows that the country is getting worse.
The TI global Corruption Perceptions Index (CPI) released on Tuesday shows Kenya has dropped one point in the global Corruption Perceptions Index for 2018.
The country has obtained a score of 27 out of 100, a decline from 28 points scored in 2017.
“In the past five years, Kenya’s score has ranged between 25 and 28, having scored 28 in 2017, 26 in 2016, and 25 in 2015 and 2014, demonstrating that efforts to tackle corruption have borne little results,” TI Chair Delia Rubio said.
The report places Kenya at position 144 out of 180 countries.
“The analysis shows a disturbing link between corruption and the health of democracies, where countries with higher rates of corruption also have weaker democratic institutions and political rights,” Kimeu said in the statement.
In light of this, Kenyans have taken to social media, Twitter to be specific, to share some of the vices they have witnessed over the past few years.
Here are some of the tweets:
Ruto's daughter is officially Ambassador of Kenya 🇰🇪 to Poland 🇵🇱
We are not surprised we are still waiting for more.
But us this what we expected in return? #CorruptAndDangerous@HassanAliJoho @JunetMohamed @RailaOdinga @OAmollo pic.twitter.com/yC1716tJc7— Mugambi Harmaton 🇰🇪 (@TryMugambi) February 15, 2019
Still waiting for Weston Hotel to come down that's when I'll know fighting corruption and impunity is real in Kenya. Thank you SANY#CorruptAndDangerous#MainaAndKingangi#NiajeNiaje#sany#MaishaConcertFriday
— Daudi 🇰🇪 (@MEMEolgst) February 15, 2019
#CorruptAndDangerous
Someone say Hi to @MigunaMiguna .. Greetings from a his crush @wash1z #MenConference2019
😂😂😂😂😂😂 pic.twitter.com/wxb4ZRrVHn— Kenya (@KenyaFire) February 15, 2019
EACC summons Tourism CS Najib Balala over alleged irregular award of Sh100 million contract to American Society of Travel Agents-Kenya, for 2017 Expo. pic.twitter.com/xc7j3CJMxL #CorruptAndDangerous
— Eliud Njirusky (@EliudNjirusky) February 15, 2019
Congratulations Gavana #CorruptAndDangerous pic.twitter.com/e2uhPDGLK2
— Eliud Njirusky (@EliudNjirusky) February 15, 2019
We are quick to demolish "vibanda" for common mwananchi who earns the living in the right way but building obtain through corruption still stands. Who are we lying to that we are fighting corruption. #fakeleaders #CorruptAndDangerous pic.twitter.com/lGuVKp8LxA
— Betty (@BettyWambui18) February 15, 2019