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The latest human rights practices report issued by American Bureau of Democracy, Human Rights, and Labor, showed that significant human rights problems existed in some areas, such as limitations on citizens’ ability to change their government due to corruption, fraudulent voter registration, and administrative weakness. Torture and poor prison conditions existed in some prisons. Prolonged pre-trial detention and judicial weakness and corruption were also problems. There were some limitations on press freedom. Pervasive corruption within the government, discrimination against women, and instanc... Read more
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Standard - Nairobi, Kenya
10 December 2005
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Police still tops corruption l
By Judy Ogutu
The Police department has once again led the pack of the most corrupt institutions.
A report by Transparency International (TI) launched yesterday says Kenyans regard the department as extremely corrupt.
The Global Corruption Barometer lists political parties/ parliamentarians as closely following the police. Other sectors under the top seven brackets in the corruption scale are the registry/permit services, customs, legal/Judiciary, tax/revenue, and telephone, water and electricity providers.
The report says that surveys conducted between July 1 and 9 showed that Kenyans are still burdened by bribery.
Kenya has been listed alongside India, Moldova, Togo and Ukarine as countries where families spend between 10 and 20 percent of their per capita income on bribes.
The report notes that a large number of bribes are directly solicited and those who give out do so to receive a service they are entitled to.
Half of the bribes paid were offered, "to avoid a problem with the authorities."
Kenyans are among six countries whose citizens’ believe the vice is declining.
Kenyans, the report says, also have a low opinion of politicians who are ranked just below the police in the extremely corrupt bracket.
The country was one of the 69 countries polled by Gallup International between May and October to assess views on corruption.
About 55,000 people were interviewed. The report indicates Kenyans are less optimistic about the fight against corruption.
TI Kenya Executive Director, Mwalimu Mati urged the Government to protect those who "blow the whistle" about the vice, create a ministerial code of conduct and finance political parties.
Mati also called on Parliament to provide information such as public disclosure of declarations of assets and liabilities of high ranking public officers.
For the second year running, political parties are viewed as the most corrupt sector globally.
Corruption, TI’s global barometer suggests, continues to damage daily lives of people around the world, and impairs their ability to take advantage of basic human rights and services.
Among the 69 countries surveyed, 45 of them ranked political institutions at the top of the corruption chart, while Parliaments/legislatures came second.
Police department comes third while the legal system/judiciary are ranked fourth among those extremely corrupt.
Tax revenue, customs, media, medical services, utilities, education system, military, registry and permit services, NGOs and religious bodies follow in that order.
The release of the report yesterday also marked the United Nations International Anti-Corruption Day.
The global barometer reveals widespread corruption around the world.
In the United States and Germany, those interviewed believed corruption has worsened in the past three years and others expect the trend to continue.
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