Abstract:
One of the major obstacles affecting political and socio-economic development of the developing
countries is corruption. Kenya has equally been affected by this menace overtime since its
independence in 1963. To mitigate this problem, the Government enacted the Anti-Corruption
and Economic Crime Act in 2003 after repealing the Prevention of Corruption Act which had
been enacted by the colonial Government in 1956.The enactment of this new legislation laid the
foundation for fighting corruption using the three-pronged anti-corruption strategy. Initially the
approach used by both colonial and post-independent Governments to curb corruption was based
on the investigation strategy. There was less emphasizes on the use of both prevention and civic
education strategy. Despite the adoption of the strategy in 2003, the levels of corruption in
Nairobi County have remained high before and after the implementation of the strategy. This
study evaluated the implementation of strategy and established that its implementation process
was influenced by several factors. Weber postulates that corruption in bureaucratic step-up partly
occurs when members of a society or organization misuse power and authority to justify their
corrupt behaviour. Further, the Public Choice theory suits to explain that public officials once
appointed in office are likely to maximize their self interest by engaging in corrupt practices at
the expense of the public, a verity which this study established. This study examined and
evaluated the implementation of the three-pronged anti-corruption strategy in the County in the
period between 2003 and 2011. One of the study's objectives was to establish the factors which
influenced the institutional efforts of implementing the strategy in the County.The study was
conducted in Nairobi County because it is the Capital City of Kenya; hence it provided the
requisite population given its cosmopolitan and metropolitan nature than the other Counties.
Further, it is also the centre of most of the public and private entities.
