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Termites at Work: Transnational Organized Crime and State Erosion in Kenya

The threat posed by organized crime is not confined to serious crimes such as racketeering, the global drug trade, or human trafficking.

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Kenyan Civil Society Group files case challenging Election Process - Uncac Coalition, March 16, 2013

Nairobi, 16 March 2013.

Members of Kenya’s civil society filed a case in the Supreme Court today, challenging the legitimacy of the March 4th 2013 General Election.

“Our case is not about who’s won, but how the public has lost – we lost the promise of a transparent, accurate and effective process,” said Gladwell Otieno, Executive Director of Africa Centre for Open Governance (AfriCOG) who filed the case. Otieno spearheads the Kenyans for Peace, Truth and Justice (KPTJ) coalition, which includes members and individuals from Kenya’s civil society.

Civil society recommendations in reaction to new G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan 2013 - 2014

We (the Civil Society Organization ) recently learned that there will be an important G20-related civil society meeting in Moscow on 11-13 December 2013. To bring anti-corruption messages to that meeting, Transparency International and Global Witness have put together the attached statement in reaction to the new G20 Anti-Corruption Action Plan. The Coordination Committee of the UNCAC Coalition has endorsed the letter for UNCAC Coalition sign on.

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Online Tools to Fight Corruption: Two Case Studies from Morocco and Kenya

Mamdawrinch.com is an interactive website aiming to encourage citizen participation in the fight against corruption in Morocco. It enables Moroccans to report acts of corruption, file complaints, and share information anonymously and in the language of their choosing – Moroccan dialect, Arabic, or French.

Integrity: Constitutional Commissions and the Role of the Commission of Administrative Justice

It is no accident that efforts to promote transformative leadership, ethics and integrity in public service is fast devolving into contestations on whether or not it is within the mandate of the Commission on Administrative Justice (CAJ),(the Office of the Ombudsman)and other constitutional commissions and independent offices to vet public servants for elective and appointive offices.

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Public Participation Under Kenya's New Public Financial Management Law and Beyond

Public Participation Under Kenya's New Public Financial Management Law and Beyond is a joint policy brief by a broad range of civil society organizations, that reflects their concerns about the implementation of Kenya's new Public Financial Management Act, 2012. The brief forwards ideas pertinent to the drafting of appropriate regulations needed to implement the law, specifically those related to public participation in financial matters.

UN tackles organised crime, but will the public know the results?

By on 18 October 2012 in Anti-corruption Conventions

Transnational organised crime has a turnover estimated at US$ 870 billion annually. That doesn’t count the misery and suffering it causes. Organised crime is intertwined with corruption and like corruption has to be dealt with on a global level, through international cooperation.

Anti-Corruption Non-Profit "Kuhonga" Goes to Great Lengths to Fight Corruption

The founders of Kuhonga, proudly refer to it as their corporate baby, referring to the day they incorporated their fledging organization and started to working on “A crazy idea that just might work,” according to Nathan Wangusi a Kenyan expat and CEO of Kuhonga.

Open Government Partnership: African Nations Commit to New Levels of Transparency

This post was co-written by  Carole Excell, Senior Associate, The Access Initiative World Resources Institute and  Gilbert Sendugwa, Coordinator and Head of Secretariat for the Africa Freedom of Information Centre,

The Open Government Partnership (OGP) boasts some pretty lofty and much-needed goals. The global initiative aims to secure concrete commitments from governments to promote transparency, empower citizens, fight corruption, and harness new technologies to strengthen governance. It was officially launched September 20, 2011 by eight founding governments: Brazil, Indonesia, Mexico, Norway, Philippines, South Africa, United Kingdom, and United States.

Transnational organized crime - the globalized illegal economy - Source United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

The fictionalized images of organized crime are far from the truth. The reality is less Hollywood and far more about fluid organized criminal networks profiting from the sale of illegal goods wherever there is a demand. These international illegal markets are anonymous and more complex than ever and each year generate billions of dollars.