Failure to tame corruption Mwai Kibaki

the forty shilling coin president mwai kibaki s portrait inscription

michela wrong describes situation thus:

whether expressed in petty bribes average kenyan had pay each week fat-bellied policemen , local councillors, jobs boys doled out civil servants , politicians on strictly tribal lines, or massive scams perpetrated country s ruling elite, corruption had become endemic. eating , kenyans dubbed gorging on state resources well-connected, had crippled nation. in corruption indices drawn anti-graft organisation transparency international, kenya routinely trail[s] near bottom ... viewed less sleazy nigeria or pakistan ...

the daily nation, in article published on march 4, 2013 titled end of decade of highs , lows mwai kibaki summarised thus:

for leader popularly swept power in 2002 on anti-corruption platform, kibaki s tenure saw graft scandals hundreds of millions of shillings siphoned public coffers. kibaki s national rainbow coalition — took power authoritarian rule of daniel arap moi—was welcomed promises of change , economic growth, showed better suited treading established paths.

the initial response corruption solid ... became clear after while these scams reached way president himself, said kenya s former anti-corruption chief john githongo in michela wrong s book s our turn eat. notorious of raft of graft scandals multi-billion shilling anglo leasing case, emerged in 2004 , involved public cash being paid complicated web of foreign companies range of services—including naval ships , passports—that never materialised.