Narok Senator Ledama Olekina now wants the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission to act on rising corruption in his county.
Ledama agreed with a recent report that placed Narok among the highest-ranking corrupt devolved units in the country.
He questioned what the anti-graft agency was doing about it other than giving Kenyans statistics.
Ledama insisted that EACC should do their job as they are constitutionally obligated.
"Yes it’s true Narok is leading in corruption and bribery and this time it will even be worst but what the heck are you doing about it? Why give us the statistics? Can you stop wasting public funds with your data collection exercise and act as per your mandate!" he said in a tweet.
On December 30 last year, a report by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission revealed that Kenyans were most likely to be asked for a bribe when seeking services in the Narok county government.
Respondents who sought services in Narok registered the highest bribery demands recorded at 31.7 per cent.
Narok was then followed by those in Elgeyo Marakwet County (31.3%), Nakuru County (29.3%) and Kisii County (28.5%).
The report on the corruption index in counties covered 2021.
Service seekers in Narok paid the highest average bribe at Sh 42,652.96 followed by those in Mombasa (Sh 23,387.50), Mandera (Sh13,168.13) and Nyandarua (Sh 11,109.09).
Samburu, Lamu, Laikipia, Kakamega, Isiolo, Embu and Kitui recorded the lowest average number of times a bribe was paid at 1.
Yes it’s true Narok County is leading in Corruption and Bribery @EACCKenya and this time it will even be worst but what the heck are you doing about it? Why give us the statistics? Can you stop wasting public funds with your data collection exercise and act as per your mandate!
— Sen. Ledama Olekina (@ledamalekina) January 10, 2023