Speaking as one who loves Kenya, the line that goes, "Kenya is infamous
for..." made me laugh. The "wananchi" of Kenya are still waiting for
corruption to stop, beginning with the head. Peace.
At 10:39 PM 3/27/2000 -0600, you wrote:
> Kenyan Lawmakers Study Botswana's Anti-Corruption Measures
>
> March 27, 2000 GABORONE, Botswana (PANA) - Kenyan legislators are on a
>five-day visit of Botswana to learn how the country has managed to keep
>corruption at bay since independence in 1966. The legislators, from the
>parliamentary anti-corruption committee, have been holding a series of
>meetings with anti-corruption authorities in Botswana, the commissioner of
>police, President Festus Mogae, former President Ketumile Masire and the
>speaker of parliament, among others. On their return, they will present
>their report to parliament when it reopens after recess. The chairman of
>the committee, Musikari Kombo, told Gaborone-based Kenyans that the body's
>findings and recommendations would shake Kenya because they spared nobody.
>He further added that the committee has already drafted a bill, which will
>be tabled before parliament together with the damning report. Among other
>measures, the bill aims to establish an anti-corruption body headed by a
>director-general with full prosecution powers. The committee was
>established in 1998 to study the extent and magnitude of corruption in
>Kenya, identify the perpetrators and to come up with a bill that would
>effectively deal with corruption in the country. The legislators arrived
>in Botswana Saturday. They chose Botswana because of its reputation as one
>of the least corrupt nations in the world. They felt that Botswana's case
>has a lot of lessons for Kenya, which is regarded as one of the most
>corrupt nations in the world. Though Kenya is infamous for choosing
>committees and commissions whose findings and reports are later neglected
>by the relevant authorities, the visiting lawmakers insisted their
>committee was determined to carry its mandate to its logical conclusion.
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