Corruption in Kenya (original) (raw)

Corruption in the government of Kenya has a history which spans the era of the founding president Jomo Kenyatta, to Daniel arap Moi's KANU, Mwai Kibaki's PNU government and the current Uhuru Kenyatta's Jubilee Party government. In the Corruption Perceptions Index 2021 Kenya is ranked 128th out of 180 countries for corruption, tied with seven other countries, including Bolivia, Azerbaijan, Laos, and Paraguay (least corrupt countries are at the top of the list). It is observed that in Kenya bribery and nepotism as most prevalent forms of corruption according to surveys carried out.

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