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Comparison of countries
Kenya
Ireland
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:
77 out of 100
Rank:
10 out of 180
Rank:
27 out of 141
Overall Score:
0,82 out of 1
Rank:
9 out of 142
Overall Score:
95 out of 150
Rank:
49 out of 140
Overall Score:
7,86 out of 10
Rank:
19 out of 119
International Cooperation
UN
AU
UN
GRECO
OECD
FATF
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.
Ireland
  • The UN Convention against Corruption was ratified in 2011.
  • The review under the second cycle of the Implementation Review Mechanism is completed. The country report is available here.
  • GRECO’s member since 1999.
  • The Council of Europe’s Criminal Law Convention on Corruption was ratified in 2003.
  • The Council of Europe’s Civil Law Convention on Corruption was not ratified.
  • The fifth evaluation round is completed. The evaluation report is available here.
  • The OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions was ratified in 2003.
  • The country is undergoing Phase 3 and Phase 1bis evaluation of the implementation of the Convention. The reports are available here.
  • Member of the FATF since 1991.
  • Evaluation Report on compliance with the FATF recommendations is available here.
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).
Ireland
  1. Ethics in Public Office Act, 1995, (English);
  2. Proceeds of Crime Act, 1996, (English);
  3. Standards in Public Office Act, 2001, (English);
  4. Protected Disclosures Act, 2014, (English);
  5. Criminal Justice (Corruption Offences) Act, 2018, (English).
Anti-Corruption Bodies
Kenya
  1. Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission, (English);
  2. Anti-Corruption Court Milimani, (English).
Ireland
  1. Department of Justice
    (An Roinn Dlí agus Cirt), (English);

  2. Garda National Bureau of Economic Crime
    (Biúró Náisiúnta an Gharda Síochána um Choireacht Eacnamaíoch), (English);

  3. The Office of the Director of Public Prosecutions
    (Oifig an Stiúrthóra Ionchúiseamh Poiblí), (English);

  4. Tackling Bribery and Corruption - A Cross-Departmental Approach by the Irish Government to Raise Awareness of Bribery and Corruption, (English).

 
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