Prisoners Busy Repairing Mud Houses Meant For New Prison Officers. All Because Of Corruption. (Photos)

Kenya: $20000000 for Affirmative Action and Social Empowerment Fund is what was used in Kenya to buy 47 Women Reps cars under the Devolution Ministry. Empowering the rich to become more richer and poor to become more poorer.

Adherence to good governance creates an environment where corruption struggles to flourish. Failure to adhere to the practices of good governance means stakeholders increasingly demand accountability. Mass action and strikes are organized in protest as citizens begin to lose faith in the ability or willingness of their elected officials. Political instability increases. Investment declines.
The sale of shares by investors decreases the value and rating of companies. Their regulators can deny them licences, a stock exchange listing or the ability to sell products and services. Other organizations refuse to do business with them. And donors or economic organizations grant fewer loans or aid to nations whose governance is murky.

For the Waigurus bleeding Kenya, How hard is it for them to understand corruption threatens sustainable economic development, ethical values and justice, it destabilizes our society and endangers the rule of law. It undermines the institutions and values of our democracy. But because public policies and public resources are largely beneficial to poor people, it is they who suffer the harmful effects of corruption most grievously.

Delays in infrastructure development, poor building quality and layers of additional costs are all consequences of corruption. In the attached photos we can all see the consequences of corruption, and as the government officials whether Jubilee or CORD continue to eat millions from the public purse, prisoners are busy repairing mud houses meant for new prison officers.

Public money is for government services and projects. Taxes collected, bonds issued, income from government investments and other means of financing government expenditure are meant for social grants, education, hospitals, roads, the supply of power and water and to ensure the personal security of our citizens and NOT to purchase vehicles meant for the women reps in the name of taking them around to empower other women. Since when did we start getting empowered through seeing our leaders in vehicles.

Corruption and bad management practices eat into the nation’s wealth, channeling money away from such projects and the very people most dependent on government for support.

Corruption is a train coming right at us. It comes in different ways. In broad daylight. In the dark of night. One thing history has shown us is that the corrupt do not intend to stop if we are in their way. They intend to tempt us, or threaten us, or blame others, or come up with clever ways to make our best intentions quaver away into complacency.

In Kenya, corruption has devoured untold billions of dollars since 2010. It has devoured prosperity. Worst of all, it has eaten away at the hope and self-confidence of Kenya’s younger generations, in particular.
Most of us lament what we see. Impunity. Many do not see an honest way out. All we do is make fun of the scandals.

As Kenyan citizens you have every right to stand up for what is right, but I don’t want any of you to decide to recklessly confront those who would maybe even kill you just to keep themselves out of prison, or out of revenge, or simply to make money. A strategy to fight corruption is required.

Maybe Honesty, Transparency, Responsiveness, Rule of law, Fairness and Accountability is all that we need.

There’s a German proverb that “fear makes a wolf bigger than he is,” but, in fact, the wolf of corruption is a very fearful wolf.