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  • Newspaper

    Transparency International Launches Anti-Corruption Campaign in Kenyan Schools

    Kenya

    Press

    - All Africa

    Anti-corruption watchdog Transparency International has launched a campaign in Kenyan primary schools to teach students about the problems of corruption, Kenya's Capital FM reported Thursday.

  • Newspaper

    Kenya: Education Minister cautions against fraud

    Kenya

    Press

    Brian Omino - The Star

    The Kenyan Minister of Education has asked all education stakeholders to report any forms of malpractice in the ongoing "Form One" replacement exercise. The Minister stated that all admission letters are released to students free of charge and therefore parents/guardians should not be duped into parting with presents, tokens and appreciation or inducements to receive these letters.

  • Educational corruption in Kenya's Free Primary Education Program

    Providing free primary education (FPE) and ending corruption were key election pledges made by former President Mwai Kibaki of Kenya during his inaugural speech on December 30, 2002. Although FPE is being implemented to achieve universal primary...

    Odero, Jared O.

    2013

  • Newspaper

    Higher education minister fired

    Kenya

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Last week, Kenya fired its Higher Education Minister who had been suspended from cabinet last year following allegations of graft.

  • Newspaper

    Education Official Denies Sh9 Million Aids Cash Fraud

    Kenya

    Press

    Carole Maina - Nairobi Star

    An official at the Ministry of Education was yesterday charged with Sh9 million fraud. It is alleged that the official in question acquired over Sh2.2 million fraudulently in April 2009 and gave a false impress of over Sh7 million in May of the same year.

  • Newspaper

    I will not resign over fraud charge – Education Minister

    Kenya

    Press

    Sam Kiplagat - Daily Nation

    Nairobi — Higher Education minister has said he will not resign over a Sh96m fraud charge leveled against him in court.

  • Newspaper

    Massive graft' turns off Canadian aid tap

    Kenya

    Press

    - Daily Nation

    Kenya is no longer a country of focus for aid from Canada, the country's new High Commissioner has said, due to massive graft. He cited the scandal surrounding the Sh103 million embezzled from the Free Primary Education programme.

  • Newspaper

    Honorary degrees "abused" – claim

    Kenya, Tanzania UR

    Press

    Gilbert Nganga - University World News

    Universities in two East African countries, Kenya and Tanzania, have come under fire for prolifically awarding honorary degrees – in some cases allegedly for money and in others in return for influence.

  • Newspaper

    Ministers boycott cabinet

    Kenya

    Press

    - BBC News

    Allies of the Kenyan Prime Minister have said they will boycott cabinet meetings until a dispute with the President has been sorted. The two men clashed after the Prime Minister suspended two ministers accused of corruption - only for the President to reverse the decision hours later.

  • Newspaper

    Corrupt primary heads turn public schools in Kisumu into academies

    Kenya

    Press

    Dickens Wasonga - African Press Internationa

    As schools re-opened countrywide last week, parents with children in public primary schools within Kisumu municipality now want the government to rescue them from the hands of rogue head teachers who have turned the schools into private academies to aid them mint cash.

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