"Every shilling lost to weak controls, to corruption, to poor procurement means a shilling not to going to schools, roads or health clinics," Qimiao Fan, the World Bank's director for Kenya, said.
“These allocations will intensify anti-corruption efforts and reinforce public sector integrity,” Mbadi said.
EACC has defended its performance amid mounting public pressure for more convictions in graft cases, as calls for integrity intensify across the public and private sectors.
IMF has released a long-awaited audit of Kenya’s corruption vulnerabilities, making its recommended reforms a central condition for resuming bailout talks with Kenyan government in February.