President Uhuru Kenyatta speaks to Elgeyo Marakwet senator Kipchumba Murkomen as he received a county ambulance purchased with money recovered from a UK company found guilty of bribery to get a Kenyan contract, dubbed the ChickenGate scandal, July 3, 2017. [Photo: PSCU]President Uhuru Kenyatta says his government is now prepared to roll out a new 5-year strategy to fight corruption as captured in the Jubilee Manifesto and in the Medium Term Plan 3 whose focus will be prevention, recovery and restitution.The new strategy will include interventions targeting societal change in attitude towards corruption and the adoption of a progressive value system at all levels of the society starting with school going children.“This is why we have moved to clean up our examinations process and infrastructure,” said the PresidentOther measures to be taken by the government include investing in technology and re-engineering service systems to eliminate opportunities for corruption; adoption of a whole of government approach to fighting corruption (collective policy and administrative measures).He was speaking when he handed over to counties seven ambulances purchased with money recovered from a UK company found guilty of bribery to get a Kenyan contract, dubbed the ChickenGate scandal.Uhuru also said his government will also be working with partners, to significantly upscale its ability to recover proceeds of corruption and crime in Kenya or anywhere in the world.He indicated that because of the challenges the government had faced before, it now supports and champions the approach of partnership in tackling corruption.“I have insisted that all frontline Agencies involved in the fight against corruption must work together under the Multi Agency Framework which I established in November, 2015,” said Uhuru.He thanked the United Kingdom government, whose High Commissioner Nick Hailey, for helping in the establishment of the Kenya Child Protection Unit, the first of its type of support the National Crime Agency has provided anywhere in the world.“This unit has been incredibly successful and has so far led to over 250 children being safeguarded with a number of successful and significant prosecutions," Uhuru said, Monday.The counties which benefitted are Laikipia, Wajir, West Pokot, Kitui, Elgeyo Marakwet and Nairobi.

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