A benign reform has been gleefully exploited by fat cats
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitaskMathew Lempurkel was meant to be missing August’s election since he was in prison after being convicted of assaulting the woman who unseated him asthe last time Kenyans went to the polls, in 2017. In December, however, a judge agreed to release him pending an appeal. Mr Lempurkel, a populist who is also on trial for hate speech, has been cleared to run against his former victim.
Kenya has made impressive strides in improving political accountability in recent years. Anti-corruption agencies and prosecutors have shown greater stomach for pursuing the powerful. Stroll through the corridors of the anti-corruption courts and the list of well-connected defendants is striking. On May 30th, for example, Mohammed Swazuri, a former chief of the National Lands Commission, was facing fraud charges.
Corruption helps bigwigs too. Transparency International, a watchdog, rated the courts as Kenya’s “most bribery-prone institution”. It is easy to slip cash to a court clerk to make a file disappear or a witness turn up on the wrong day, giving grounds for another adjournment. Magistrates, who hear most of the corruption cases, are often thought to be buyable.
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