The Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) has released a new survey that has listed police officers as the most corrupt and unethical professionals.
The survey released on Tuesday has established that corruption is one of the leading vices dogging the Kenyan employment sector.
Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) officers were ranked second at 17.3%, Chiefs came third at 16.2&, county inspectorate officers (14.6%) and Lawyers (14.1%).
Similarly, county revenue officers, land surveyors, architects, doctors and nurses, bankers, accountants, engineers, teachers, lecturers and journalists were also listed as most corrupt and unethical professionals, respectively.
EACC also noticed that bribes are most likely given in public service offices, as Kenyans are asked to pay bribes to access government services.
Accessing a placement in the Teachers Service Commission (TSC) was found to have the highest likelihood of being asked for a bribe.
Other bribery-prone services include making applications for CDF bursaries, university admission, NSSF cards, SHIF cards, county inspectorate services and county and land survey services.
EACC also said that bribes are most likely encountered in government ministries led by Interior (47.8%), Health (19.7%), Treasury (5.8%), Lands and Housing (4.7%) and Education (4.1%).
The least corrupt offices include ICT & Digital Economy, Tourism, Cooperatives & MSMEs and Trade.
EACC chairperson Dkt. David Oginde said that Kenyans are paying for services that should be free of charge, revealing that the levels of employment in Kenya is at a dire state.
Corruption was ranked the second most pressing problem in Kenya behind unemployment.
Poverty, high cost of living, inadequate health care, poor infrastructure and poor leadership were also listed as the nation’s leading problems.
