“A COUNTRY OF BRIBES”-KENYA

FREEDOM FOR SALE ONLY IN KENYA.
SHOCKING REVELATIONS
Our own Kenyan musician Eric Wainaina sang a popular Swahili hit, “Nchi ya Kitu Kidogo” (A Country of Bribes) which many Government officials were not happy with since it touched on a subject that they don’t like hearing.
We always hear of Kenya all over the world when it comes to corruption cases, or studies regarding corruption our country must be mentioned with three departments topping the bribery league. They include Kenya’s police, followed by the Ministry of Public Works and the Immigration Department.
Can you believe that if leaks in Kenya’s economy caused by corruption could be plugged, Kenyans’ salaries would increase by 30 percent? Among other worrisome facts, indicate that adults Kenyan cities pay an average of 2,670 Kenyan shillings monthly as a “bribery tax” to the police.

Freedom is on sale in the courts, people have died in hospitals because they didn’t know the right people, for a few hundred Kenyan shillings, drivers go scot-free after committing the worst traffic offences, underpaid civil servants remain aloof until they hear the crinkling of a 1,000 Kenyan shilling note, elected officials skim from the treasury, tons of food imported from relief organizations disappear from government offices without any explanation.