The higher echelons of government are not the only areas susceptible to corruption. Graft also weakened stringent traffic regulations, which lowered road accidents by 40 percent between 2004 and 2005. A study found that public transport vehicles involve

By Mutegi Njau

During this year's World Cup soccer matches, Kenyans - like many other Africans – learned for the first time the names of countries new to the tournament, such as Croatia, Serbia and Montenegro and Trinidad and Tobago. Around the same time, they learned of a country named Armenia for a totally different reason: corruption. Two alleged brothers from Armenia came to Kenya in mid-2006 purporting to be investors. However, they were in fact looting the government of security equipment and documents, such as airport security passes, police identity cards and Kenyan passports. A police raid on their home recovered commando police uniforms, a cache of arms from the presidential guard and stolen vehicles. Knowledgeable sources say their activities could only have been facilitated through high-level connections.