In a survey conducted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission between September 18 and October 24 and which sampled 5,977 households in Kenya’s 47 counties, the Interior ministry has been ranked as most prone to corruption, followed by ministries of Health and Lands.
In the most corrupt institutions category, Kenya Police was ranked first followed by National Police Service Commission (13.7 percent), Public Hospitals (9.8), Kenya Revenue Authority (8.2), National Land Commission (7.3), National Transport and Safety Authority (4.9) and Immigration Department (4.3).
At county level the department of finance and planning was rated as the most prone to corruption at 18 per cent. Other departments the survey said were prone to corruption in the counties are health facilities, roads, lands survey, and housing, the public service boards, as well as licensing departments.
[Source: The Daily Nation and The Standard]
