{"id":2438,"date":"2025-02-11T10:51:56","date_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:51:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/?p=2438"},"modified":"2025-02-11T10:51:59","modified_gmt":"2025-02-11T10:51:59","slug":"kenyans-paying-up-to-ksh-162k-in-bribes-for-jobs-and-services-eacc-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/2025\/02\/11\/kenyans-paying-up-to-ksh-162k-in-bribes-for-jobs-and-services-eacc-report\/","title":{"rendered":"Kenyans Paying Up to Ksh.162K in Bribes for Jobs and Services \u2013 EACC Report"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Nairobi, February 11- A new report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has revealed the hefty bribes Kenyans are forced to pay to access services in public institutions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>National Ethics and Corruption Survey 2023<\/strong> highlights corruption trends and unethical practices in public service delivery.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the report, Kenyans paid an average of <strong>Ksh.162,260<\/strong> to secure employment, underscoring the severe unemployment crisis in the country. Other notable bribes included <strong>Ksh.74,428<\/strong> for a passport, <strong>Ksh.20,300<\/strong> for a police abstract, and <strong>Ksh.17,000<\/strong> for a government tender.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Institutions with the Highest Bribery Demands<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Among public institutions, the highest bribes were paid to:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>National Transport and Safety Authority (NTSA) \u2013 Ksh.81,801<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Judiciary \u2013 Ksh.49,611<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kenya Bureau of Standards \u2013 Ksh.40,000<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>County Government Offices \u2013 Ksh.26,223<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kenya Power \u2013 Ksh.23,738<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>County Public Service Boards \u2013 Ksh.17,000<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Immigration Department \u2013 Ksh.12,570<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kenya Revenue Authority \u2013 Ksh.11,430<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Police \u2013 Ksh.11,115<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bribery Rates by County<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>At the county level, the highest bribes were recorded in:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>West Pokot \u2013 Ksh.56,695<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Nairobi \u2013 Ksh.37,768<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Murang\u2019a \u2013 Ksh.18,378<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Kisii \u2013 Ksh.16,810<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Uasin Gishu \u2013 Ksh.11,136<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reasons for Bribery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The report found that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>38% of Kenyans<\/strong> said bribery was the only way to access services.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>20%<\/strong> reported that officials directly demanded bribes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>19%<\/strong> paid to speed up service delivery.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>10.5%<\/strong> paid to avoid conflicts with authorities.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The national average bribe surged from <strong>Ksh.6,865 in 2022 to Ksh.11,625 in 2023<\/strong>, reflecting a growing corruption burden on citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nairobi, February 11- A new report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has revealed the hefty bribes Kenyans are forced to pay to access services in public institutions. The National Ethics and Corruption Survey 2023 highlights corruption trends and unethical practices in public service delivery. According to the report, Kenyans paid an average of Ksh.162,260 to secure employment, underscoring the severe unemployment crisis in the country. Other notable bribes included Ksh.74,428 for a passport, Ksh.20,300 for a police abstract, and Ksh.17,000 for a government tender. Institutions with the Highest Bribery Demands Among public institutions, the highest bribes were paid to: Bribery Rates by County At the county level, the highest bribes were recorded in: Reasons for Bribery The report found that: The national average bribe surged from Ksh.6,865 in 2022 to Ksh.11,625 in 2023, reflecting a growing corruption burden on citizens.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2439,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2438","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2438"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2440,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2438\/revisions\/2440"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2439"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2438"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2438"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news.moradiofm.co.ke\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2438"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}