Kenya’s corruption rate has dropped. Kenya has jumped one place in East Africa bribery index, but the people perceive corruption to be more prevalent, with 64 percent of respondents saying it had become worse. Among the East African countries, Uganda remains the most prone to corruption at 26.8 percent, followed by Burundi and Tanzania at 18.6 and 12.9 percent respectively, with Kenya ranking fourth at 7.9 percent prevalence. Rwanda has emerged the least corrupt country in the region for the second year running at 4.4 percent prevalence rate, but showing no improvement from last year’s survey, according to the East Africa corruption index conducted by Transparency International (TI). The report, launched on Friday, finds the Kenya Police in Kenya the most corrupt institution, followed by the Lands ministry, the Judiciary and the registry and licensing services. The Lands registry leads in the amount of bribes that change hands, with individuals reportedly paying an average of Sh8,949 to access services. Judiciary officials demanded Sh8,390 on average, while local authorities, were third, demanding an average of Sh5,637. The police allegedly received an average of Sh4,411. DEVOLUTION The survey was conducted early this year and did not gauge corruption that may have been transferred to the counties, since devolution had not been implemented at the time. TI executive director Samuel Kimeu said the latest bribery index was an indication that ordinary people were finding it more difficult to access basic services, due to corruption. More in Section SATURDAY ESSAY: How Kenya can make the most of its oil More in Section Texas hunters to sell permit to kill rare black rhino advertisement Ad Kenya has jumped one place in East Africa bribery index, but the people perceive corruption to be more prevalent, with 64 percent of respondents saying it had become worse. Among the East African countries, Uganda remains the most prone to corruption at 26.8 percent, followed by Burundi and Tanzania at 18.6 and 12.9 percent respectively, with Kenya ranking fourth at 7.9 percent prevalence. Rwanda has emerged the least corrupt country in the region for the second year running at 4.4 percent prevalence rate, but showing no improvement from last year’s survey, according to the East Africa corruption index conducted by Transparency International (TI). The report, launched on Friday, finds the Kenya Police in Kenya the most corrupt institution, followed by the Lands ministry, the Judiciary and the registry and licensing services. The Lands registry leads in the amount of bribes that change hands, with individuals reportedly paying an average of Sh8,949 to access services. Judiciary officials demanded Sh8,390 on average, while local authorities, were third, demanding an average of Sh5,637. The police allegedly received an average of Sh4,411. DEVOLUTION The survey was conducted early this year and did not gauge corruption that may have been transferred to the counties, since devolution had not been implemented at the time. TI executive director Samuel Kimeu said the latest bribery index was an indication that ordinary people were finding it more difficult to access basic services, due to corruption
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