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Tough law slaps 10-year jail term on bribe givers

Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission chairman Archbishop Eliud Wabukala with Kenya Association of Manufacturers CEO Phyllis Wakiaga in Nairobi. [Photo David Gichuru]

Anti-corruption chairman Eliud Wabukala has welcomed a new law that seeks to punish bribery offenders.

Retired Arch-Bishop Wabukala said the Bribery Act 2016 addresses the gap in law by providing two general offences, unlike before when it only focused on public officers.   

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