murchr wrote:
Are you not seeing it that nothing stops a thief from stealing. Not laws - they will break them, not boards, they bribe them. It just has to do with the morality of the society.
Uhuru gave a presidential directive stating that all tenders won should be published with the names of directors listed nani anamskiza? Even some days ago he repeated this and its almost like a joke now.
For why tenders read chapter 12 - Part 6 Control of public money- 225 - 226 - 227 of the constitution.
Kenya is not unique. Every country has thieves. In fact other countries have thieves who are much more sophisticated than our politicians.
The difference is that other countries created structures, procedures and institutions to reduce corruption. Some like the UK started 500 years ago.
You cannot completely eradicate corruption. You can
REDUCE IT. You do this by creating structures, institutions and procedures.
An independent board will reduce corruption. As you saw in the last election, Justice Maraga did not succumb to threats or bribery from the candidates. He did the right thing because he has some Independence.
As you can see, the private sector has much less corruption because big companies have structures in place to reduce corruption.
As for tenders, the solution is simple. We don't need tenders. Just eliminate the tender process and ask counties to buy directly from reputable established firms.
This is all simple stuff that a primary school kid can envision. We have to start somewhere. If we just give up as you are suggesting then Africa is doomed to remain the laughing stock of the world forever.