NEVER ENDING CORRUPTION?

By Lucy Muya

Hearing the word Corruption is nothing but a cliche word for Kenyans; an act that has been happening for years in the country.

It starts with the small bribes given to the Kenyan Police by the common mwananchi to the big Sagas ranging from the National Youth Service and the euro bond sagas that have cost the country loss of billions.

Bitterness and anger has raged from Kenyans following Josephine Kabura's interview with the National Assembly PAC who is allegedly the biggest beneficiary in the NYS scandal that involved 1.8 billion Kenyan Shillings transacted from the National youth service.

Its been one big debate in all social media platforms and the media at large that has caused such a big stir and questions on the government's capability of preventing such incidences from occurring.

Some have named the current government as ' the most corrupt government'  that Kenya has ever had.
So what is the issue?

Is it that we are taking things lightly or our government is not doing enough to counter the situation?

Nevertheless,it's not so shocking that this is happening since we've greatly played a role in this unending vice as Kenyans.

Our case might seem different in that we are only involved in handing over small bribes unlike in sagas such as the NYS which involve eloping with large sums of money but at the end of the day they'll still be termed as corruption.

Our everyday claims that corruption shall never end in this country aren't helping us either because obviously that isn't what is expected of us at all, or shouldn't we speak positivism into existence by starting with ourselves and acting rightful in the eyes of the Kenyan Law?

For us to start curbing this venom that's deep rooted in our Kenyan veins ,it should start from our own deeds and actions,in the process minimizing it bit by bit as Bono once said that, " The worst disease in the world today is Corruption, however there is a cure, which is transparency."