Kenyan Corruption and Justice at a Cross Roads

The US Government gives quite a few dollars, like 1.6How can you hide the fact that 1.3 million people live
Billion to the Kenyan Government and it is well knownin slums in Nairobi, the city is covered with them all
that the corruption there is unfortunate, as thearound it. In the Kibera slum there are 800,000
money never really ever gets to the intendedpeople living in a 2.8 square mile area next to a 3
recipients, instead it is stolen by officials and corruptsquare mile golf course. Even the leaders house
people.backs up to the slum, they just do not care. In an
Not long ago the Online Think Tank wrote a Plan ofarticle in Christian Science Monitor it stated:
Action for the Nairobi, Kenya Slum named "Kiberia"Human-rights activists reacted angrily to a vote by
and sent it to the World Leaders at Davos and toParliament in Kenya Wednesday that appears to
those meeting in Nairobi to discuss the povertyshield lawmakers from being investigated for their
issues there and in the rest of Africa.roles in certain scandals. The move bars the
Our .pdf report and the corresponding eBook wasAnti-Corruption Commission from probing cases of
well received by most, but certainly not by thosegraft that occurred before 2003, the year it was set
who have been involved in the corruption, as theup by President Mwai Kibaki. He won office a year
following week a law was past that no "Whiteearlier, in part by pledging to clean up government
People" may visit the Kibera Slum in Nairobi anymore.after two high- profile scandals - known as
I was told this was typical of how things are done.Goldenberg and Anglo Leasing - cost the treasury an
And since the government did not wish to discuss it,estimated $630 million that allegedly went into
they instead will try to hide it all.politicians' pockets.