• Login
    View Item 
    •   Repository Home
    • Research Papers
    • School of Education and Social sciences
    • Department of Social sciences
    • View Item
    •   Repository Home
    • Research Papers
    • School of Education and Social sciences
    • Department of Social sciences
    • View Item
    JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.

    Institutionalization of Corruption in Kenya: A Review of Disintegration of the Moral Fabric

    Thumbnail
    View/Open
    Full text (420.1Kb)
    Date
    2019
    Author
    Gichohi, C. W.
    Metadata
    Show full item record
    Abstract
    Institutional corruption is a term that was coined by Dennis F. Thompson in 1995 and has since been used by scholars to analyze the seemingly increasing trend of systematically using public offices to influence outcomes for personal gain. Since independence, Kenya has transitioned towards a functional democracy, with the citizenry expectant of transparency and accountability from the public officials. However, corruption has continued to be a major impediment to developments in Kenya and it has been seen as infiltrating through all of the public and private sectors. For every taker, there is a giver and the Kenyan citizens have become partly unconscious and conscious willing participants in this widespread vice. The vice has infiltrated the social fabric of the Kenyan populace and has now become a way of life. The new constitutional dispensation was welcomed with high expectations and hopes for a better Kenya; however, the devolved system of governance has been seen to devolve not only power and resources but also corruption. This article analyzes the entrenchment of corruption in service delivery by both the public and private agencies and the receptiveness and willing participatory nature of the Kenyan people. Through the analyzed data, this article concludes that the rising rate of corruption is a clear indication that the moral fabric in Kenya is slowly disintegrating and corruption is one of the vice products of it.
    URI
    https://karuspace.karu.ac.ke/handle/20.500.12092/2372
    Collections
    • Department of Social sciences [37]

    Karatina University copyright © 2017-2019  | Powered by DSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback | OAI-PMH Compliant
    Theme by Systems Librarian
      

     

    Browse

    All of RepositoryCommunities & CollectionsBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjectsThis CollectionBy Issue DateAuthorsTitlesSubjects

    My Account

    LoginRegister

    Statistics

    View Usage Statistics

    Karatina University copyright © 2017-2019  | Powered by DSpace
    Contact Us | Send Feedback | OAI-PMH Compliant
    Theme by Systems Librarian