As at least 48 people have been reported killed after a terrorist attack in Lamu, a study carried out by Transparency International Kenya (TI Kenya) shows that 61 percent of Kenyans have lost faith in the ability of the national government to maintain security in the country.
Another 53 percent of those interviewed believed that insecurity was the single largest concern the national government had to handle.
Twenty-eight percent rated the national government average on national security while only 11 percent polled for "Good".
Corruption came in second as the area in which Jubilee government had fallen short of national expectations.
The report also showed that the Judiciary had dropped from the most trusted institution, in regard to combating corruption, to the bottom three.
“The last time we asked this question, the Judiciary was the most trusted. Now, only nine percent of Kenyans maintain that belief. A drop I think can partly be attributed to the underhand dealings exposed by the former Chief Registrar, the Judicial Service Commission and the Auditor General,” Kimeu said.
The Coalition for Reforms and Democracy (CORD) has for the last two weeks criticised the Jubilee administration for failing to tame runaway insecurity and corruption as they call for a national dialogue on July 7.
The TI Kenya reports were based on face-to-face interviews conducted with 1,993 respondents in 16 of the 47 counties.
“These counties were purposively selected with the following considerations: former provincial headquarters, counties where TI-Kenya has a physical presence and counties included for regional balance,” Kimeu explained.
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