Kenya: Omtatah Questions World Bank’s Silence On Kenya’s Hidden Borrowing and Public Funds

Nairobi — Busia Senator Okiya Omtatah has challenged the World Bank’s latest assessment of corruption in Kenya, accusing the international lender of focusing on procurement irregularities while ignoring what he describes as a deeper problem involving government borrowing and the management of public funds.

In a statement titled Sen. Omtatah’s Musings on the World Bank’s Recent Misleading ‘Expose’ on Corruption in Kenya, the senator argued that corruption through public expenditure was only part…