Poverty, Corruption, & Waste: The Paradox of a Wealthy continent Yet the Poorest- Impoverished by the Their Own Leaders
Kenya now ranks number 30 of the most corrupt countries. According to the Transparency International's annual corruption index Kenya’s corruption has only increased. Kenya now ranks 145th out of 174 nations, down from 136 in 2013. Only 1.2 per cent of government expenditure in 2014 could be properly accounted for. The Government could not satisfactorily account for Ksh.450 billion of the budget. Corruption analysts John Githongo argues that Kenya’s corruption have reached a scale of looting that surpasses anything Kenyans have seen before. Under Moi Kenya lost $1billion through the Goldberg scheme alone. Under Kibaki, several corruption deals saw the looting of public funds in grand scale particularly the Anglo Leasing. Githongo notes that the current Jubilee Government headed by Uhuru Kenyatta and William Ruto, “…isn't going to have one Goldenberg or one Anglo Leasing, we have got several going on at the same time in different departments".
Every year Kenya loses more than 30% of its revenues - ranging between Ksh.300billion-340 billion and now Ksh.450billion in 2014. Looking at this trend and given that the same corrupt leadership and system are still governing Kenya, revenue losses will increase to between Ksh.500billion- 700billion in the next few years. Since Independence, Kenya may have lost close to Ksh.100 trillion both in cash and lost opportunities. In the last 15 years alone, Kenya has lost a total of Ksh.4.76 trillion. If well tabulated, these cash would have: employed 2million Kenyans per year; build 290 advanced hospitals (one in each constituency - each equipped with radiotherapy machine, MRI machine, 2 CT scan machine, etc); constructed 400,000kms of road; build 12,000-100,000 factories. No Kenyan will be jobless today.
The Good Governance Team Kenya (GGT-K) is fully aware and knowledgeable of all methods and ways corrupt cartels and State leaders use to siphon away public funds. The Team has developed 20 unique and air tight (more than water tight!) methods to counter corruption. The GGT-K will seek to bring corruption down to zero. No tax-payers money should be lost to corruption. This is why those selected to the GGT-K will have been vetted thoroughly to ensure no one has in the past been engaged in corruption nor will he/she do so once in power.
Watch these links:
- Corruption in Kenya is sliding out of control, veteran anti-corruption activist John Githongo warns
- The real cost of corruption and how much Kenyans have lost
- #CorruptionCentral: Is Kenya losing the fight against corruption?
- Kenya is the verge of facing financial adversity as corruption takes toll on the country
- Corrupt policemen perfect the art of taking bribes
- Graft Diaries: The State House petrol station that never was
- Newspaper -SUNDAY, AUGUST 2, 2015 - Corruption in Kenya 'worse than ever' says veteran campaigner John Githongo
- Francis Atwoli; Usisadi unamaliza nchi ya Kenya
- Maize scam dealers unmasked