Assistant minister in the Prime Minister's office Alfred Khang'ati gives a keynote address during the release of the East African Bribery Index 2010 July 22, 2010 at Nairobi's Serena Hotel. The Index ranked the police as the most corrupt institution in the country. Photo/PETERSON GITHAIGA
By David Opiyo
The Kenya Police is the most corrupt institution in the country, according to a Transparency International Bribery Index.
The index, which covers five East African countries, shows that the Nairobi City Council, Defence Ministry, the Judiciary and the Lands Ministry are the institutions where graft is most prevalent, in that order.
Burundi was ranked as the most corrupt country scoring 36.7 in the index followed by Uganda (33) and Kenya (31.9) respectively.
Rwanda, with a score of 6.6 is the least corrupt followed by Tanzania at 28.6.
The police came third in the ranking of the most corrupt institutions in the EA region behind the Burundi Revenue Authority and the Burundi Police.
The index released Thursday by TI-Kenya chapter comes three weeks after the coming into effect of the Common Market Protocol, which will free up the movement of goods, service, capital and people across the five countries.
Source: Daily Nation
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