1. Posted on Thursday 8 April 2010 - 13:51

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   raphie

   

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   Ryekola Raphie, AfricaNews reporter in Kampala, Uganda

   Kenya's Internal Security Ministry, George Saitoti, has announced an ambitious plan to rid itself of corruption by 100 percent within 100 days. The plan when implemented will crack harder on drug barons, cattle rustlers, highway bandits, carjackers and other criminals as part of the programme.

   

   "We want to reduce corruption by 100 per cent in the next 100 days," a tough-talking Internal Security minister told senior officials of his ministry who included Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere and Provincial Commissioners. He further directed that unnecessary road blocks set up by the police be removed with immediate effect, and that the war on bootleg liquor be stepped up.
   
   "We have to get rid of this problem that has tarnished our image internationally," Prof Saitoti told his officers during a breakfast meeting on Thursday in his Harambee House office, Nairobi.
   
   According to the United Nation Office of Drugs and Crime, Mombasa port is a key route used by international drug cartels to bring narcotics, mostly heroin, into the country.
   
   Prof Saitoti has also appealed to members of the public and those running private companies to desist from giving bribes in return for favours from public officials.
   
   Police Commissioner Mathew Iteere told the minister that roadblocks had been reduced to just 34 across the country, the number deemed necessary by Vigilance House to keep crime in check.
   
   Iteere also reported that crime had reduced countrywide by 15 per cent in the last three months based on the comparison between the number of cases reported to the police in the same period last year. He also added that "We're also working to eradicate the new wave of carjackings where motorists are waylaid at their gates,"
   
   As part of the plan, all district commissioners have been supplied with computers which will soon be interconnected, the minister said.
   
   "Additionally, the capacity of the government printer has been increased by 50 per cent following the activation of the new security press," said Prof Saitoti.
   
   "We can now be able to print all government documents, including those that require special security features, without having to go out to the market."
   
   The minister spoke under the cloud of allegations of corruption, high staff turnover and low morale at the National Campaign Against Drug Abuse, which falls under his ministry.

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1. Posted on Friday 27 April 2012 08:11

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   LarryPage

   

   
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   Reduce corruption by 100%? Now that seems to be impossible. Reducing it by 10% is already hard,how much more with a 100%reduction. And if they're bragging on the ability to print all government documents including those that require special security features then think again. Corruption can be done using printer inks..

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