Editor's Review

Departments under the Interior docket such as Kenya Police and Immigration have been reported to be the most prone to corruption.

A report from a corruption survey conducted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption (EACC) has ranked the Ministry of Interior and Coordination of National Government as the most corrupt of dockets.

Whilst all the government ministries could be breeding grounds for the vice, the CS Kithure Kindiki-led docket stood out owing to several factors.

As per the scientific research, kickbacks and bribery constitute the major part of the corruption reported in the ministry.

The report indicates unethical practices and corruption stand at 42.4% in the critical docket, making it the most corrupt of all.

Trailing in second place is the Ministry of Health (19.7%); in third place is the Ministry of Lands and physical planning (11.7%).

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Others are Ministry of Education (8.3%) and the Ministry of Defense (7.6%).

EACC chairman Eliud Wabukala. Photo: Twitter.

Of all the government departments, those under the Interior docket are the ones topping the charts, as per the report.

With 82.1%, the Kenya Police is ranked the first among the state departments and agencies where one is most likely to encounter corruption and unethical practices followed.

In second place is the Registration of Persons (25.2%), then Immigration Department (17.3%).

Other departments are the Directorate of Land (8.5%), the Department of Devolution (7.9%), the National Land Commission (6.8%), the Department of Education (6.7%), and Kenya Defense Forces (6.4%).

Appalled by the findings, the EACC chair Eliud Wabukala has called on the stakeholders to tighten the fight against corruption.

"I call upon all stakeholders as they read this report, to endeavor to work with the Commission to
eliminate corruption and unethical practices in our country," Wabukala.