Two weeks ago Kenya's Corruption perception Index recorded a two-point improvement last year according to the latest report published by Transparency International.
The country was initially ranked 145 in 2016 and 143 in 2017 out of 180 nations.
This meant a score of 28 percent in in 2017 index compared to 26 percent in 2016 index.
However, the situation on the ground could be different as suggested by EACC Chief Executive Officer, Halakhe Waqo.
The CEO said that a survey conducted by the commission has shown that the perceived levels of corruption in the country increased by 5.4 percent to 79.3 percent.
"This is an indication that the proportion of people who paid bribes when seeking services from public offices increased to 46 percent up from 38 percent in FY 2015/2016." Mr. Wako said.
The Ethics And Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) in its process to combat and prevent corruption in the country recovered assets properties and cash amounting to over ksh7.8 billion in the Financial Year 2016/2017.
According to the commission's Annual report for 2016/2017 financial year, 8,044 analysed reports were received by the commission.
According to the CEO, the number of corruption reports had increased from 7,929 in FY 2015/2017 to 8,044 in FY 2016/2017.
This was an increase of about 1.5 percent.
"We carried out 25 proactive covert investigations which resulted in averting a possible loss of public funds at approximately ksh 6.2 billion," said the CEO.
All this is an indication that corruption is still rampant and widely practiced across the country.
Out of the 8,044 analysed reports in FY 2016/2017,3,818 were received at the EACC head office,2,782 at regional offices while 1,444 at various Huduma centres.