Kenya mulls new strategy to fight corruption

Source: Xinhua| 2017-07-04 01:18:00|Editor: yan
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by Chris Mgidu

NAIROBI, July 3 (Xinhua) -- Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta said Monday his government is ready to roll out a new five-year strategy to fight corruption whose focus shall be prevention, recovery and restitution.

Kenyatta said the new strategy will include interventions targeting societal change in attitude towards corruption and the adoption of a progressive value system at all levels of the society starting with school children.

"This is why we have moved to clean up our examinations process and infrastructure," he said in Nairobi.

Other measures to be taken include investing in technology and re-engineering service systems to eliminate opportunities for corruption and adoption of a whole of government approach to fighting corruption.

The president pointed out that due to the challenges the government has faced before, it now supports and champions the approach of partnership in tackling corruption.

"I have insisted that all frontline agencies involved in the fight against corruption must work together under the Multi Agency Framework which I established in November 2015," said Kenyatta.

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