CORRUPTION PERCEPTIONS INDEX 2016

Report: Weak anti-corruption agencies to blame for Kenya’s low ranking in graft index

In Summary

According to the 2015 Corruption Perception Index released by TI on Wednesday, Kenya retained the same score, 25 points of a possible 100, it had in 2014.
The anti-corruption report also attributed Kenya’s poor ranking on a shrinking media space, lack of public access to information and a Judiciary that is not independent.
President Uhuru Kenyatta’s war on corruption has seen him fire cabinet secretaries named in corruption allegations.
Director of Public Prosecutions Keriako Tobiko said that the fastest it takes to take a corruption case through the courts is five years.READ MORE

PUTTING THE SCORES IN CONTEXT


1	Denmark	90	91	92	91	90	Europe and Central Asia
1	New Zealand	90	88	91	91	90	Asia Pacific
3	Finland	89	90	89	89	90	Europe and Central Asia
4	Sweden	88	89	87	89	88	Europe and Central Asia
5	Switzerland	86	86	86	85	86	Europe and Central Asia
6	Norway	85	87	86	86	85	Europe and Central Asia
7	Singapore	84	85	84	86	87	Asia Pacific
8	Netherlands	83	87	83	83	84	Europe and Central Asia
9	Canada	82	83	81	81	84	Americas
10	Germany	81	81	79	78	79	Europe and Central Asia
10	Luxembourg	81	81	82	80	80	Europe and Central Asia
10	United Kingdom	81	81	78	76	74	Europe and Central Asia
13	Australia	79	79	80	81	85	Asia Pacific
14	Iceland	78	79	79	78	82	Europe and Central Asia
15	Belgium	77	77	76	75	75	Europe and Central Asia

142	Guinea	27	25	25	24	24	Sub Saharan Africa
142	Mauritania	27	31	30	30	31	Middle East and North Africa
142	Mozambique	27	31	31	30	31	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Bangladesh	26	25	25	27	26	Asia Pacific
145	Cameroon	26	27	27	25	26	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Gambia	26	28	29	28	34	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Kenya	26	25	25	27	27	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Madagascar	26	28	28	28	32	Sub Saharan Africa
145	Nicaragua	26	27	28	28	29	Americas
151	Tajikistan	25	26	23	22	22	Europe and Central Asia
151	Uganda	25	25	26	26	29	Sub Saharan Africa
153	Comoros	24	26	26	28	28	Sub Saharan Africa
154	Turkmenistan	22	18	17	17	17	Europe and Central Asia
154	Zimbabwe	22	21	21	21	20	Sub Saharan Africa
156	Cambodia	21	21	21	20	22	Asia Pacific
156	Democratic Republic of Congo	21	22	22	22	21	Sub Saharan Africa
156	Uzbekistan	21	19	18	17	17	Europe and Central Asia
159	Burundi	20	21	20	21	19	Sub Saharan Africa
159	Central African Republic	20	24	24	25	26	Sub Saharan Africa
159	Chad	20	22	22	19	19	Sub Saharan Africa
159	Haiti	20	17	19	19	19	Americas
159	Republic of Congo	20	23	23	22	26	Sub Saharan Africa
164	Angola	18	15	19	23	22	Sub Saharan Africa
164	Eritrea	18	18	18	20	25	Sub Saharan Africa
166	Iraq	17	16	16	16	18	Middle East and North Africa
166	Venezuela	17	17	19	20	19	Americas
168	Guinea-Bissau	16	17	19	19	25	Sub Saharan Africa
169	Afghanistan	15	11	12	8	8	Asia Pacific
170	Libya	14	16	18	15	21	Middle East and North Africa
170	Sudan	14	12	11	11	13	Middle East and North Africa
170	Yemen	14	18	19	18	23	Middle East and North Africa
173	Syria	13	18	20	17	26	Middle East and North Africa
174	Korea (North)	12	8	8	8	8	Asia Pacific
175	South Sudan	11	15	15	14	N/A	Sub Saharan Africa
176	Somalia	10	8	8	8	8	Sub Saharan Africa

The lower-ranked countries in our index are plagued by untrustworthy and badly functioning public institutions like the police and judiciary. Even where anti-corruption laws are on the books, in practice they’re often skirted or ignored. People frequently face situations of bribery and extortion, rely on basic services that have been undermined by the misappropriation of funds, and confront official indifference when seeking redress from authorities that are on the take.READ MORE

Source:https://www.transparency.org/

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