Welcome to Kenya, where the customer is not always right and has no say at all

Treasury Cabinet Secretary Henry Rotich leaves Milimani Law Court in Nairobi on July 23, 2019, after he was released on a cash bail. PHOTO | DENNIS ONSONGO | NMG

In 2002, Kenya was one of the most optimistic countries in the world. We truly believed that corruption could be fought, uprooted and squashed.

Everyone played a role and felt a part of the fight against corruption. People were rejecting hikes in charges in matatus and even making crooked police officers leapfrog to police stations.