Thursday, October 28, 2010

It is a cock-and-bull story to declare the corruption in Somalia the worst in the world. what of Kenya?

The annual Transparency International index about corruption indicated Somalia as the worst country where the practice is widespread. Of course a country without a central government is like a household without both parents.

In the first place when I read the report a few days ago, I could not immediately take a side, but over the last few hours I have been thinking deeply about the corruption index that put Somalia the worst in the world. I said to myself what of Kenya?

Contrary to my understanding of the governments in the Eastern African region, the annual index comes with a faltered survey.

There is a time and place for everything but Kenya should be the worst in corruption in the world than in Somalia, Afghanistan or Myanmar.

May be like a malevolent virus, the prevalence rate of corruption in Somalia may be high. But the incidence rate of grand corruption in Kenya cannot come to any comparison.

The Transparency International’s report is just another cock-and-bull story since it failed to declare Kenya’s grand corruption as the worst in the globe.

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Abdullahi Jamaa is a Kenyan freelance journalist with reporting experience especially from the devastated Horn of Africa region. You can contact him by emailing: abdullahijamac@yahoo.co.uk