%0 Journal Article %1 noauthororeditor %A Nyingi, Phyllis Nyambura %D 2017 %E Dr.A, Arul L.S %J IJIRIS:: International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security %K corruption gold kenya medal wins %N 3 %P 01-10 %T Kenya Wins a Gold Medal for Corruption %U http://www.ijiris.com/volumes/Vol4/iss2/01.MRIS10080.pdf %V 4 %X The culture of corruption has grown roots in Kenyan society at large and has become an endemic. Institutions, which were designed for the regulation of the relationships between citizens and the State, are being used instead for the personal enrichment of public officials (politicians and bureaucrats) and other corrupt private agents (individuals, groups, and businesses). Corruption persists in Kenya primarily because there are people in power who benefit from it and the existing governance institutions lack both the will and capacity to stop them from doing so. This work takes a governance and development perspective to analytically examine the causes and consequences of corruption in Kenya. It identifies the key factors (such as absence of strong and effective democratic institutions, centralised power, lack of public accountability, and impunity) and synthesises and analyses available data, indicators, and other information in that regard. The research attributed Causes of Corruption in Kenya to the following: Bad governance political patronage, Lack of political will, Breakdown/erosion/perversion of societal values and norms. Non enforcement of the law, Tribalism, favouritism, nepotism and cronyism, Weak or absence of management systems, Procedures and practices. Misuse of discretionary power vested in individuals or offices, Weak civil society and apathy. Lack of professional integrity, Lack of transparency and accountability, inefficient public sector and Greed. In addition, the police were reported to be corrupt. It was reported that they arrest criminals not to keep law and order but to extort money. A criminal can do anything in Kenya and go scorts free as long he has the cash to buy his freedom from the police. The study is a literature review with systematic principles (Hagen-Zanker et al., 2012). This approach is designed to produce a review strategy that adheres to the core concepts of systematic reviews – rigour, transparency, a commitment to taking questions of evidence seriously while allowing for a more flexible and user-friendly handling of retrieval and analysis methods (DFID, 2014; Hagen-Zanker and Mallett, 2013; Hagen-Zanker et al., 2012).

@article{noauthororeditor, abstract = {The culture of corruption has grown roots in Kenyan society at large and has become an endemic. Institutions, which were designed for the regulation of the relationships between citizens and the State, are being used instead for the personal enrichment of public officials (politicians and bureaucrats) and other corrupt private agents (individuals, groups, and businesses). Corruption persists in Kenya primarily because there are people in power who benefit from it and the existing governance institutions lack both the will and capacity to stop them from doing so. This work takes a governance and development perspective to analytically examine the causes and consequences of corruption in Kenya. It identifies the key factors (such as absence of strong and effective democratic institutions, centralised power, lack of public accountability, and impunity) and synthesises and analyses available data, indicators, and other information in that regard. The research attributed Causes of Corruption in Kenya to the following: Bad governance political patronage, Lack of political will, Breakdown/erosion/perversion of societal values and norms. Non enforcement of the law, Tribalism, favouritism, nepotism and cronyism, Weak or absence of management systems, Procedures and practices. Misuse of discretionary power vested in individuals or offices, Weak civil society and apathy. Lack of professional integrity, Lack of transparency and accountability, inefficient public sector and Greed. In addition, the police were reported to be corrupt. It was reported that they arrest criminals not to keep law and order but to extort money. A criminal can do anything in Kenya and go scorts free as long he has the cash to buy his freedom from the police. The study is a literature review with systematic principles (Hagen-Zanker et al., 2012). This approach is designed to produce a review strategy that adheres to the core concepts of systematic reviews – rigour, transparency, a commitment to taking questions of evidence seriously while allowing for a more flexible and user-friendly handling of retrieval and analysis methods (DFID, 2014; Hagen-Zanker and Mallett, 2013; Hagen-Zanker et al., 2012).}, added-at = {2017-03-18T18:13:11.000+0100}, author = {Nyingi, Phyllis Nyambura}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2fa4517fb02ae001c1f61f6978bb51caf/ijiris}, editor = {Dr.A, Arul L.S}, interhash = {aa1953afd852439d9987e6962a92bb9a}, intrahash = {fa4517fb02ae001c1f61f6978bb51caf}, journal = {IJIRIS:: International Journal of Innovative Research in Information Security}, keywords = {corruption gold kenya medal wins}, month = {March-2017}, number = 3, pages = {01-10}, timestamp = {2017-03-18T18:13:11.000+0100}, title = {Kenya Wins a Gold Medal for Corruption}, url = {http://www.ijiris.com/volumes/Vol4/iss2/01.MRIS10080.pdf}, volume = 4, year = 2017 }