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Corruption: Are East African leaders doing enough?

Ongoing demolitions targeting buildings built using irregularly acquired certification or built on road reserves and wetlands in Nairobi. PHOTO | ANTHONY OMUYA | NMG

By  ERICK ODUOR

Rattled by runaway corruption, leaders in the region have instituted measures that, if implemented, would see better ratings of their countries in future corruption indices.

So far, only Rwanda has fared well in anti-corruption ratings, emerging number 48 out of 180 in the 2017 Transparency International index.

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