As the country continues to grapple with the Coronavirus pandemic, several measures have been instituted to control the COVID -19 Pandemic including investing heavily in terms of finances by the Government since the first case was reported in March…
Henix Obuchunju, a multimedia journalist looks into investigating a story that brings to fore how health workers entrusted with taking care of Kenyans, especially following the outbreak of the COVID-19, and related emergency containment measures by the Government, have…
Transparency International Kenya and Fojo Media institute partnered with five other organizations including: Magamba Network; Africa’s Voices Foundation; Technosol Africa; Innovation for Change (I4C) Africa Hub; and IREX Kenya to have the first ever COVID-19 Virtual Hackathon in Kenya…
Kenya obtained a score of 31 out of 100 having scored 28 points in 2019. Kenya’s score still falls below the Sub-Saharan average of 32 and global average of 43 – a score below 50 indicates serious levels of public sector corruption. The CPI 2020 ranks Rwanda the highest in the East African region with 54 points, Tanzania – 38, Kenya – 31, Uganda – 27, Burundi – 19 and South Sudan scoring 12 points.
COVID-19 and Corruption
The CPI 2020 highlights the relationship between the COVID-19 Pandemic and corruption. Corruption leads to inequitable distribution of resources in response to COVID-19, highlighting the importance of transparency and anti-corruption measures in emergency situations. The report shows that countries that perform well on the CPI, also invest more on healthcare. The research also reveals that countries where corruption is more pervasive are least equipped to handle crises, like the COVID-19 pandemic.
JOINT PRESS STATEMENT Nairobi, Kenya – 8th October 2020: We, the undersigned, organisations and associations, are representatives of various civil society and non-governmental organisations, professional bodies and the private sector in Kenya. We make reference to our previous jointly…
25th September 2020 Recognising the risks posed by procurement fraud to the national COVID-19 emergency response, we, representing civil society organisations and networks, wish to bring to your attention concerns on the recently announced Government of Kenya Economic Stimulus…
Transparency International Kenya (Action for Transparency) collaborated with Kenya leadership Integrity Forum to organize an online webinar conference on 11th July 2020 to commemorate African Anti-Corruption Day under the theme communicated by the African Union Advisory Board on Corruption…
TI-Kenya participated in a National Budget Analysis Café organised by International Budget Partnership Kenya and Institute of Public Finance Kenya in May 2020. National and county civil society partners including 76 civil societies operating in 24 counties came together…
Kenya is one of the most vibrant media landscapes where the journalists work tirelessly to expose corruption and other wrong doings. However, media freedom is not fully practiced as you find that journalists are harassed, threatened and in some…
Transparency International Kenya joined Open Contracting Partnership and Transparency International-UK, to organise a training of journalists and CSO representatives on Open Contracting and Procurement Transparency, during Covid-19 pandemic. The training explored how to spot corruption red flags in public…