By Al Jazeera English
Published December 12, 2011
Poor Kenyans, are being priced out of the justice system in a country in which bribery has become the norm.Kenya’s judicial system is riddled with corruption.
Al Jazeera English, whose series, Africa Investigates, premieres on December 14, 2011, says a disturbing number of key players in the legal system of Kenya can be bribed or bought.
In a report titled Kenya: Justice For Sale, Al Jazeera English quotes a recent report by Transparency International as saying that nearly 10% of all bribes find their way to the judiciary.
In 2003 a radical shakeup of the judiciary saw 23 judges and 82 magistrates sacked over high-profile corruption allegations. More reforms are promised but, as this final episode in the current series of Africa Investigates reveals, so far little has changed within the Kenyan judiciary’s culture of corruption.
Kenya: Justice For Sale screens daily for a week starting from December 14, 2011 at the following times GMT: Wednesday: 22:30; Thursday: 09:30; Friday: 03:30; Saturday: 16:30; Sunday: 22:30; Monday: 09:30; Tuesday: 03:30; Wednesday: 16:30.
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