The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) on Tuesday, 11 July, led Kenyans in marking the Annual African Anti-Corruption Day. This commemoration provides a platform for anti-corruption stakeholders to reflect on the progress made, the challenges encountered, and the reform opportunities available in the journey towards the elusive but much-desired ethical Kenyan society. The overall objective of African Anti-Corruption Day is to give prominence to the fight against corruption by commemorating the adoption of the African Union Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption (AUCPCC) as a mechanism for fighting corruption in Africa. The AUCPCC has five key objectives in the anti-corruption…
Author: David Wanjala
A significant obstacle to a smooth administrative operation at the Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) in the run-up to and in the near bungling of the August 2022 Presidential Election was the delayed filling of the four vacant positions in the Commission. The now infamous Cherera four were sworn into office in September 2021, hardly a year to the impending General Election of August 2022. The four, including Vice Chair Juliana Cherera, Francis Wanderi, Irene Masit, and Justus Nyang’aya, took up positions that had remained vacant for four years. The previous holders of the positions, including Vice Chairperson Consolata…
