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This is an excellent must read if you are interested in the mechanics and history of corruption and state capture in Kenya.
The detail is to die for....
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The detail is to die for....
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Kenya has had 30 commissions of inquiry in a century. Some examples and their costs include:
The Goldenberg Commission Sh503mn (Allowances - Sh303mn)
The Ndung’u Commission: Sh78.1mn (Allowances - Sh 70.7mn)
The Kiruki Commission: Sh19.97mn (Allowances - 13.37mn)
Kenya has had 30 commissions of inquiry in a century. Some examples and their costs include:
The Goldenberg Commission Sh503mn (Allowances - Sh303mn)
The Ndung’u Commission: Sh78.1mn (Allowances - Sh 70.7mn)
The Kiruki Commission: Sh19.97mn (Allowances - 13.37mn)
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State capture is defined as:
… a political-economic project whereby public and private actors collude in establishing clandestine networks that cluster around state institutions in order
to accumulate unchecked power, subverting the constitutional state and social contract...
State capture is defined as:
… a political-economic project whereby public and private actors collude in establishing clandestine networks that cluster around state institutions in order
to accumulate unchecked power, subverting the constitutional state and social contract...
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The success of state capture rests on the ability of a small group of powerful & rich operatives to take over & pervert the institutions of democracy while
keeping the façade of a functioning democracy. Thus, oversight institutions are weakened; law enforcement is partisan...
The success of state capture rests on the ability of a small group of powerful & rich operatives to take over & pervert the institutions of democracy while
keeping the façade of a functioning democracy. Thus, oversight institutions are weakened; law enforcement is partisan...
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Capture depends on control of the Presidency and operates on the rule that no one should be allowed to threaten the President and other men of power. Goldenberg drew in the most powerful men in the Moi government: the President himself, his deputy, his security chief....
Capture depends on control of the Presidency and operates on the rule that no one should be allowed to threaten the President and other men of power. Goldenberg drew in the most powerful men in the Moi government: the President himself, his deputy, his security chief....
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Once the Presidency is compromised by mega corruption – as Moi was by Goldenberg, Kibaki by Anglo Leasing and Uhuru by the Eurobond scandal – the whole government machinery becomes completely permissive towards corruption.
Once the Presidency is compromised by mega corruption – as Moi was by Goldenberg, Kibaki by Anglo Leasing and Uhuru by the Eurobond scandal – the whole government machinery becomes completely permissive towards corruption.
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Control of the judiciary and all independent offices is crucial to successful state capture. If these
cannot be controlled – through bribes, if possible, or coercion if bribes fail – then budget cutbacks can be used to undermine their effectiveness.....
Control of the judiciary and all independent offices is crucial to successful state capture. If these
cannot be controlled – through bribes, if possible, or coercion if bribes fail – then budget cutbacks can be used to undermine their effectiveness.....
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The police are the eyes of the captured state and must be kept sweet, which typically implies looking the other way as the police supplement their incomes by predation. As Mobutu once told his soldiers in the DRC, “You have guns, you don’t need a salary”.
The police are the eyes of the captured state and must be kept sweet, which typically implies looking the other way as the police supplement their incomes by predation. As Mobutu once told his soldiers in the DRC, “You have guns, you don’t need a salary”.
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Big projects are good politics and good business for capture. State capture depends on financing mega-projects and under-spending on services unless these services have ‘high spend’ on equipment.
Big projects are good politics and good business for capture. State capture depends on financing mega-projects and under-spending on services unless these services have ‘high spend’ on equipment.
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The 1st corruption scandal encompassing characteristics of state capture was the Turkwel Gorge hydro power project, 1986 and 1991. Many aspects of the process of contracting entailed rigging and repurposing legal processes for the benefit of President Moi and his cronies.
The 1st corruption scandal encompassing characteristics of state capture was the Turkwel Gorge hydro power project, 1986 and 1991. Many aspects of the process of contracting entailed rigging and repurposing legal processes for the benefit of President Moi and his cronies.
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In 2003, President Mwai Kibaki succeeded Daniel arap Moi. He quickly set up a commission of inquiry into the Goldenberg scandal, ironically just about the same time that his own cronies were busy siphoning monies out of Kenya under the Anglo Leasing scandal.
In 2003, President Mwai Kibaki succeeded Daniel arap Moi. He quickly set up a commission of inquiry into the Goldenberg scandal, ironically just about the same time that his own cronies were busy siphoning monies out of Kenya under the Anglo Leasing scandal.
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Covering up missing Eurobond
... “wildly” inflating the cost of nine projects in the energy sector that showed overruns of nearly Kshs 67bn. Rural electrification of primary schools was said to have cost Kshs 34n rather than the Kshs 9.9bn that had been budgeted.
Covering up missing Eurobond
... “wildly” inflating the cost of nine projects in the energy sector that showed overruns of nearly Kshs 67bn. Rural electrification of primary schools was said to have cost Kshs 34n rather than the Kshs 9.9bn that had been budgeted.
