Abuse Of Power And Corruption In Kenya: Will The New Constitution Enhance Government Accountability
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2011Author
Akech, J.M. Migai
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This article suggests that corruption in the Kenyan government is
largely an institutional problem, rather than a cultural one. It attributes
such corruption to the predominance of arbitrary power, especially in the
statutory (as opposed to constitutional) order. The statutory order grants
executive, legislative, and judicial actors broad powers without
establishing effective procedural mechanisms to circumscribe their
exercise. In the absence of effective regulation, law often aids the abuse of
power and corruption. Although the new constitution establishes
principles and mechanisms that may enhance government
accountability, the statutory order must be aligned with the values and
principles of this new constitution if abuse of power and corruption are to
be curbed.
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https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1447&context=ijglshttp://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/153404
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Akech, Migai (2011) "Abuse of Power and Corruption in Kenya: Will the New Constitution Enhance Government Accountability," Indiana Journal of Global Legal Studies: Vol. 18 : Iss. 1 , Article 15. Available at: https://www.repository.law.indiana.edu/ijgls/vol18/iss1/15Publisher
University of Nairobi
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