Some 85.5 per cent of Kenya’s 53 million citizens claim to be Christians, and 10 per cent of these attend church regularly. Our constitution emphatically enshrines equal protection for all religions and we have virtually no history of religious persecution of any faith. However, we submit that rampant corruption indirectly translates to immense pseudo-religious oppression of some citizens. On paper, corruption is heavily legislated, the BBI juggernaut being the latest claimant to possessing a snake-charmer’s solution for sleaze. The Public Officers’ Ethics Act, Public Procurement and Disposal Regulations, Public Finance Management Act, Anti-corruption and Economic Crimes Act and other constitutional legislation made decent attempts before it.

Source: Standard Digital December 31, 2020 08:03 UTC