Kenya ranked position 13th in new African Governance Report
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Staff reporter GAROWE ONLINE
- Posted On 26-01-2023, 01:27PM
NAIROBI, Kenya - A new 2022 report by the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG) has ranked Kenya 13th in 2021 up from 18th in 2020. This shows that the country has improved in its overall governance across Africa, scoring 3.1 points to 58.7 out of 100.
According to the index, Kenya’s performance has improved in three out of four categories from 2012 to 2021, namely participation, rights & inclusion, foundations for economic opportunity, and human development.
Mo Ibrahim, Founder, and Chair of the Mo Ibrahim Foundation said that “Our continent is uniquely exposed to the converging impacts of climate change, more recently Covid-19, and now the indirect impact of the Russia-Ukraine war. These are challenging times. More than ever, commitment to strengthening governance must be renewed unless we lose all progress achieved.”
Kenya performed well in areas such as personal liberties, equal access to services, proper business environment, good infrastructure, quality education, and access to health services among others.
Insecurity, corruption, and lack of transparency within the public sector are still some of the things hampering Kenya’s performance.
Despite the improvement during the decade, the index report reveals that Kenya’s pace of improvement has slowed down over the most recent five years (2017-2021).
In the continent, Mauritius took the first position in the governance index, Seychelles came second and Tunisia came third.
Closer home, Tanzania was ranked at 21 while Uganda took position 31.
The 2022 IIAG results show that even though the average continental level of Overall Governance is better in 2021 than in 2012 (+1.1), progress has flatlined since 2019.
Driving this stagnation is the deterioration of both the Security & Rule of Law and Participation, Rights & Inclusion index categories, due to an increase in armed conflicts, violence against civilians, and democratic backsliding across growing parts of the continent, the index notes.
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