KENYA Country Profile

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General Information Sources

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• African Economic Outlook: Kenya Profile 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2009.
• Transparency International Kenya: The East African Bribery Index 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Kenya 2009.
• Reuters: 'Most Kenyans want leaders to step down over graft', 23 February 2009.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Kenya 2008.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2008.
• BBC News: 'Kenya 'fraud' minister told to go', 3 July 2008.
• BBC News: Country Profile Kenya April 2008.
• BBC News: 'Kenyan leaders agree on cabinet', 3 April 2008.
• CNN: 'Kenya Parliament takes step toward power-sharing deal', 11 March 2008.
• CNN: 'Kenya peace deal faces parliament test', 6 March 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• Library of Congress - Federal Research Division: Country Profile Kenya 2007.
• The Guardian: 'Kenya's elite escape action over corruption', 14 September 2007.
• The Independent: 'Report Reveals Scale of Corruption in Kenya', 1 September 2007.
• Reuters Africa: 'West Rebukes Kenya Parliament over Corruption', 15 September 2007.
• Deutsche Presse Agentur: 'Kenyan Leader Shoots Down Controversial Graft Bill', 28 September 2007.
• East African Business Week: 'Corruption Halts Regions' Business Potential', 8 October 2007.
• The Steadman Group: Public Opinion Poll, March 2006.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2006.
• The Economist: 'Caught in the Act', 28 January 2006.
• BBC News: 'Corruption Besets Kenya Business', 25 January 2005.
• The World Bank & IFC: Investment Climate Assessment - Kenya 2004.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.
• BBC News: 'Corruption Costs Kenya $1bn a year', 23 May 2003.

Corruption Levels Sources

Judicial System

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2009.
• Transparency International Kenya: The East African Bribery Index 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Business Daily: 'Judge on graft charge over sale of prime NSSF land', 30 December 2009.
• Daily Nation: 'Kenya moves to seal graft avenues', 14 December 2009.
• Afrobarometer: Summary of Results Kenya 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Kenya 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2008.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
• Library of Congress – Federal Research Division: Country Profile: Kenya 2007.
• Voanews: 'Kenya still Beset by Widespread Corruption', 24 July 2006.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.

Police

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2009.
• Transparency International Kenya: The East African Bribery Index 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2008.
• US Department of State: Human Rights Report - Kenya 2008.
• Afrobarometer: Summary of Results Kenya 2008.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• Voanews: 'Kenya still Beset by Widespread Corruption', 24 July 2006.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.

Licences, Infrastructure and Public Utilities

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Transparency International Kenya: The East African Bribery Index 2009.
• Bloomberg: 'Kenya Suspends 50 Officials Over Corruption, Kenyatta Says', 24 December 2009.
• Voice of America News: 'Most in Kenyan Cities Have No Access to Clean Water', 12 September 2009.
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: 'Kenya: Nairobi water board sent packing following reports on malpractices', 7 August 2009.
• Daily Nation: 'Govt admits corruption in water sector', 23 june 2009.
• Reuters: 'Scandal-hit Kenya seeks aid for 10 million hungry', 16 January 2009.
• AFP: 'Kenya to probe suspected maize scam', 14 January 2009.
• BBC News: ''Food graft' row splits Kenyans', 13 January 2009.
• Afrobarometer: Summary of Results Kenya 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• BBC News: 'Corruption bests Kenya business', 25 January 2005.
• Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission: Annual Report 2004/05.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.

Land Administration

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International Kenya: The East African Bribery Index 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Barometer 2009.
• Business Daily: 'Judge on graft charge over sale of prime NSSF land', 30 December 2009.
• AFP: 'Kenya president brings graft-tainted minister back to cabinet', 24 January 2009.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Kenya 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• Paul van der Molen and Arbind Tuladhar: Corruption and Land Administration 2006.
• Southall, Roger, Review of African Political Economy: The Ndungu Report: 'Land & Graft in Kenya', Issue 103, March 2005.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.
• For a Change Magazine: Tackling Corruption in Kenya, December 2001/January 2002.

Tax Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Transparency International Kenya: The East African Bribery Index 2009.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2004.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.
• BBC News: 'Corruption costs Kenya $1bn a year', 23 May 2003.

Customs Administration

• The World Bank & IFC: Doing Business 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2008.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• The Philadelphia Inquirer: 'Crumbling roads tell tale of corruption', 26 April 2000.

Public Procurement and Contracting

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• World Economic Forum: The Global Competitiveness Report 2009-2010.
• AFP: 'Kenya president brings graft-tainted minister back to cabinet', 24 January 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• BBC News: 'Kenya 'fraud' minister told to go', 3 July 2008.
• Bloomberg: 'Kenya's Finance Minister Resigns Over Hotel Scandal', 8 July 2008.
• The World Bank & IFC: Enterprise Surveys 2007.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2006.
• The Economist: 'Caught in the Act', 28 January 2006.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2004.
• Transparency International: National Integrity Systems Country Study Report Kenya 2003.
• Dagbladet Information: 'Korruption: Den korrumperede klapperslange', 02 May 2000.

Environment, Natural Resources and Extractive Industry

• Voice of America News: 'Most in Kenyan Cities Have No Access to Clean Water', 12 September 2009.
• IRC International Water and Sanitation Centre: 'Kenya: Nairobi water board sent packing following reports on malpractices', 7 August 2009.
• Daily Nation: 'Govt admits corruption in water sector', 23 june 2009.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• The Guardian: 'Kenya's Elite Escape Action over Corruption', 14 September 2007.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2006.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2006.
• Paul van der Molen and Arbind Tuladhar: Corruption and Land Administration 2006.
• World Press Review: 'Kenya: Corruption Scandal', Vol. 50, No. 10, October 2003.

Public Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2009.
• Inter Press Service: 'Kenya: Anti-Money Laundering Bill Passes, But Does Govt Mean Business?', 29 December 2009.
• Kenya Broadcasting Corporation: 'Police top public complaints list', 15 December 2009.
• Daily Nation: 'Kenya moves to seal graft avenues', 14 December 2009.
• The Kenya Weekly Post: 'Public Complaints Office Complains!', 18 August 2009.
• AFP: 'Kenya president brings graft-tainted minister back to cabinet', 24 January 2009.
• BBC News: 'Corruption charges for Kenya MPs', 2 December 2008.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2008.
• Afrobarometer: Summary of Results Kenya 2008.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Kenya 2008.
• Lexadin: The World Law Guide - Legislation Kenya 2008.
• Daily Nation: 'Amnesty panel to be set up for the repentant', 22 August 2008.
• BBC News: 'Kenya 'fraud' minister told to go', 3 July 2008.
• Bloomberg: 'Kenya's Finance Minister Resigns Over Hotel Scandal', 8 July 2008.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• Business Daily: 'Ringera says Agency has performed its anti-graft role', 19 September 2007.
• The Nation: 'KACC has done little in graft fight - Maathai', 16 September 2007.
• AfricaFocus Bulletin: 'Kenya: Corruption Fight Stalling', 11 February 2005.

Private Anti-Corruption Initiatives Sources

• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2010.
• Reporters Without Borders: Kenya Country Report 2010. 
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press Index 2009.
• Reporters Without Borders: Worldwide Press Freedom Index 2009.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Kenya 2009.
• BBC News: 'Kenya sleaze book sparks shop ban', 27 February 2009.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2008.
• Transparency International: Global Corruption Report 2008.
• Freedom House: Freedom in the World - Kenya 2008.
• The Bertelsmann Foundation: Transformation Index - Kenya 2008.
• US Department of State: Investment Climate Statement - Kenya 2008.
• BBC News: 'Kenyan PM welcomes ex-graft chief', 20 August 2008.
• Reuters: 'Exiled anti-corruption fighter to return to Kenya', 14 August 2008.
• BBC News: 'Kenya's vibrant and critical media', 4 January 2008.
• Transparency International Kenya: Kenya Bribery Index 2007.
• Freedom House: Freedom of the Press - Kenya 2007.
• Global Integrity: Kenya Country Report 2007.
• The Herald Tribune: 'World Bank Should Link Loans to Press Freedom-A Kenyan example', 5 April 2006.