By Elimu Assistant Team 
Reasons why corruption is widespread in Kenya today
- Unemployment cases make an individual desperate to secure an employment chance by engaging in corrupt activities.
- The desire for instant services makes some people corrupt.
- Some people feel that they have not been adequately paid for work done and hence engage in corrupt acts to compensate themselves.
- Fear of arrest/punishment makes lawbreakers engage in corrupt deals.
- Some people engage in corrupt deals to be served due to ignorance of their rights.
- Lack of moral integrity by some people.
- Greed makes some people engage in corruption.
- Due to tribal/ethnic affiliations.
- There is a lack of efficient machinery to curb corrupt practices/absence of law to deal with corrupt cartels.
- The Judiciary is not able to deal with injustice/cases take too long to be determined.
- Some government agents abuse the power bestowed upon them.
- The belief of the common person is that the government is a master and therefore has to be corrupted before receiving services.
