Monday, October 28, 2024 - The International Monetary Fund has announced plans to send its officials to Kenya to audit corruption cases in President William Ruto’s government.
Speaking during a press
briefing, IMF's African Department Director Abebe Aemro Selassie revealed that
the IMF has welcomed the request made by the state for the Fund to spearhead
the audit and will be sending their officials.
"IMF has welcomed Kenya's
request for a diagnostic assessment. It will be sending a team out to basically
see what areas of weaknesses and strengths Kenya has relative to other
countries in terms of how public accounts are accounted for," Mr. Selassie
stated.
The move by the IMF comes
after the Kenyan Government requested the IMF to conduct an official review of the
country’s corruption and governance issues.
“We need to take the fight
against corruption a notch higher and cast away the spirit of corruption. The
war on corruption has taken a long time. We must ask ourselves where corruption
is domiciled so that we can tackle it head-on,” Prime Cabinet Secretary Musalia
Mudavadi said on October 8.
While the IMF is sending its
officials, it has questioned how efficiently and effectively government
resources are being used in Kenya.
Mr Selassie challenged the
Ruto-led government to promote transparency in how taxpayers' money is used to
build the confidence of Kenyans in its governance.
IMF has further revealed that
they are looking forward to working with the government in a very constructive
way and providing some ideas, and some thoughts on what could be done.
The Kenyan DAILY POST
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