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Comparison of countries
Kenya
Costa Rica
Indices
Overall Score:
32 out of 100
Rank:
121 out of 180
Rank:
41 out of 141
Overall Score:
55 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,45 out of 1
Rank:
102 out of 142
Overall Score:
113 out of 150
Rank:
21 out of 140
Overall Score:
5,28 out of 10
Rank:
82 out of 119
Overall Score:
58 out of 100
Rank:
42 out of 180
Overall Score:
6,76 out of 10
Rank:
105 out of 141
Overall Score:
61 out of 100
Overall Score:
0,68 out of 1
Rank:
29 out of 142
Overall Score:
71 out of 150
Rank:
102 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,51 out of 10
Rank:
30 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
AU
UN
OECD
OAS
Kenya
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • The Agreement for the Establishment of the International Anti-Corruption Academy as an International Organization was ratified in 2010.
  • The AU Convention on Preventing and Combating Corruption was ratified in 2007.
Costa Rica
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2007.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The executive summary is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2017.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 2 evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The report is available here.
  • The Inter-American Convention against Corruption was ratified in 1997.
Main Legislation
Kenya
  1. Constitution: Articles 75-77, 79, (English);
  2. Penal Code: Articles 99, 101, 102A, 127, (English);
  3. Anti-Corruption and Economic Crimes Act, (English);
  4. Public Officers Ethics Act, (English);
  5. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission Act, (English);
  6. Leadership and Integrity Act, (English);
  7. Bribery Act, (English);
  8. Guidelines to Assist Public and Private Entities in the Preparation of Procedures for the Prevention of Bribery and Corruption, (English).
Costa Rica
  1. Criminal Code: Articles 324, 338, 347-355
    (Ley 4573, Código Penal: Artículos 324, 338, 347-355), (Spanish);

  2. Law No. 8422 «On Countering Corruption and Illicit Enrichment in Civil Service»
    (Ley 8422 contra la corrupción y el enriquecimeinto ilícito en la función pública), (Spanish);

  3. Law No. 9699 «On Liability of Legal Persons for Bribery, Transnational Bribery and other Crimes»
    (Ley 9699 Responsabilidad de las personas jurídicas sobre cohechos domésticos, soborno transnacional y otros delitos), (Spanish);

  4. Law No. 10437 «On Protecting of Whistleblowers and Witnesses of Corruption against Retaliation in the Workplace»
    (Ley 10437 de protección de las personas denunciantes y testigos de actos de corrupción contra represalias laborales), (Spanish).

Anti-Corruption Bodies
Kenya
  1. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, (English);
  2. Anti-Corruption Court Milimani, (English).
Costa Rica
  1. General Prosecutor’s Office of Costa Rica
    (Procuraduría General de la República de Costa Rica), (Spanish).

 
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