BUT, ISNT BRIBERY A CHEAP WAY OF GETTING THINGS DONE?
No, quite the opposite. We have found in the Kenya Urban Bribery Index that, bribery of public officials is estimated to impose a direct financial cost, an additional tax burden in other words, of just under Ksh. 8,000 per respondent per month. The additional tax burden of central government officials is estimated at Ksh. 5,530 (68%), state corporation officials at Ksh. 1,515 (18%) and local government officials at Ksh. 920 (11%). Bribes to private sector and foreign organizations (embassies and international organizations) officials impose a cost of Ksh. 220 per person per month. Since both individuals and businesses pay bribes, how the bribery tax burden is shared between households income and profits will depend on how much businesses are able to pass on to households in higher prices of goods and services. The average income of the survey respondents is Ksh. 26,000 per person per month, and the average turnover of the enterprises represented in the survey is Ksh. 8.2 million. If th
