How Much Is That Kenyan Judge in the Window?
Kenyan newspaper The Daily Nation published in October a price list for what it costs to bribe judges in that country and claimed that as many as half of the judges in the country were corrupt and could be bought.
According to the report an appeals judge would want US $19,800 for a bribe, whereas a mere magistrate could be had for about $50.
The Daily Nation’s story was based on a report commissioned by Kenya’s Chief Justice Evans Gicheru. Kenyan president Mwai Kibaki promised to crack down on judicial corruption during his successful election bid in December 2002.
The BBC reports that Evans told corrupt judges that they should do themselves a favor and resign now or face prosecution,
Those who are corrupt know themselves. The option is theirs, they can get out quietly without causing ripples but those who want hard-tackling we are prepared. We will wait for them to go, but for those remaining, I’ll advise the president to set up a tribunal.
Source:
‘Price list’ for Kenya’s judges. The BBC, October 3, 2003.
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