The World Bank disclosed on Wednesday that future funding to Kenya will be pegged on compliance to the tenets of good governance and urged the government to get rid of persistent high levels of corruption.
Visiting World Bank, Vice President for Africa Obiageli Ezekweseli says that the Kenyan government has relaxed in dealing with those who engage in corruption hence encouraging vice.
Currently the World Bank has ongoing projects in Kenya worth over 88 billion shillings ($1.1 billion) with another 20 billion shillings ($268 million) set for further spending in the country next year.
But this amount of funding is not certain and will now depend on how well the government tackles graft cases. “Public sector reforms to reduce corruption and increase transparency is the ways to go,” she told a news conference in Nairobi.
Among the reforms that the World Bank proposes include the reduction of discretionary powers by public officials and a reduction in extraneous expenditure.
The World Bank also says that it will not increase the pace of disbursement of over 1 billion shillings ($13million) set for education and other sectors as requested by the government.
Ezekweseli says that the World Bank has set procedures for disbursement most of which are result oriented.
Source African Press Agency
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