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KENYA receives an overall "Moderate" rating in the 2006 Global Integrity Index. The Index assesses national anti-corruption policies and practices in countries around the world. For a printer-friendly .PDF version of this report click here.
This peer-reviewed country report includes:
Integrity Indicators Scorecard: Scores, scoring criteria, commentary, references, and peer review perspectives for all 290 Integrity Indicators.
Reporter's Notebook: An on-the-ground look at corruption and integrity from a leading local journalist.
Corruption Timeline: Ten years of political context to today's corruption and integrity issues.
Country Facts: Statistical context for each country.
Global Integrity country reports are generated by an in-country team comprising a lead journalist (who prepares the Reporter's Notebook), a lead researcher (who initially scores the Integrity Indicators), and three to five peer reviewers. Global Integrity staff in Washington coordinate the input from all team members and are responsible for final content. For a full description of our methodology and research process please click here.
Reporter's Notebook
During this year's World Cup soccer matches, Kenyans - like many other Africans - learned for the first time the names of countries new to the tournament, such as Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Trinidad and Tobago. Around the same time, they learned of a country named Armenia for a totally different reason: corruption.
Two alleged brothers from Armenia came to Kenya in mid-2006 purporting to be investors. However, the "Atur brothers" were in fact looting the government of security equipment and documents, such as airport security passes, police identity cards and Kenyan passports. A police raid on their home recovered commando police uniforms, a cache of arms from the presidential guard and stolen vehicles. Knowledgeable sources say their activities could only have been facilitated through high-level connections.
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