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More laws won’t help the anti-graft war without political goodwill, experts warn

Attorney General Githu Muigai (right) flanked by former Constitution Review of Kenya chairman Professor Yash Pal Ghai during an administrative action Act workshop in Nairobi on March 21 2016 .PHOTO DAVID NJAAGA

The Government must implement existing laws to fight corruption effectively, legal experts have said. The experts were reacting to revelations that the Cabinet has approved new draft laws in the proposed Bribery Bill, 2016, and the Witness Protection (amendment) Bill, 2016.

Attorney General Githu Muigai has finalised review of the two Bills, which are ready for publication. In separate interviews with The Standard on Saturday, Transparency International (Kenya) chief Samuel Kimeu, university scholar Dr Godwin Murunga and former anti-graft czar and public governance expert John Githongo, said the Executive, the Legislature and the Judiciary must do more to enact existing laws.

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