Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i was spot on last week when he decried red tape as the major bottleneck in the implementation of government projects at both national and devolved units' levels. Red tape breeds corruption, and this in a way explains the high level of corruption as bureaucrats cite protocol and reasons why some "facilitation fee" is necessary to get things moving. The Kibaki administration came up with a rapid results initiative aimed at improving service delivery free of inefficiency and corruption. This seems to have been put aside given the high level of corruption and stalled projects. As Matiang'i stated, there is a need to urgently unlock some of the challenges in the implementation of projects.

Source: The Star April 29, 2019 03:00 UTC