"Nation' leads in war on corruption

Nation is the leading newspaper in the fight against corruption, according to a new survey.

The survey, conducted by the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) reveals that 68.6 per cent of readers rely on the Nation to access news on graft.

It is followed distantly by The Standard newspapers with 21.5 per cent of readers saying they rely on it for news on corruption.

Nation’s sister publication, Taifa Leo comes third with 7.6 per cent followed by The People Daily (1.1 per cent) and The Star (1 per cent).

The survey, conducted between August and October last year, reveals that the most listened to radio stations on corruption matters are the vernacular ones (46.2 per cent) followed by Citizen radio (23.6 per cent).

They are followed by KBC Swahili Service (6.5 per cent), Radio Jambo (6.4 per cent), Radio Maisha (5.2 per cent), Classic FM (3.0 per cent), and Q FM (2.0 per cent).

The most watched television station is Citizen TV (59.61 per cent) followed by KTN (18.1 per cent), the survey states.

Others are KBC (7 per cent), NTV (8.5 per cent), K24 (5.9 per cent), Sayare (0.6 per cent) among others.

The survey states radio remains the main source of information in the fight against graft over the last one year as cited by 91.5 per cent of the respondents.

It is followed by television (59.4 per cent), newspapers (39.4 per cent), churches and mosques (25.5 per cent), community meetings (23.3 per cent), public rallies (15.5 per cent) and banners and posters (11.8 per cent).

Radio is the leading main source of reliable information on graft at 68.8 per cent.

The survey quotes an anonymous respondent from Baringo accusing EACC of sidelining the church in the fight against corruption.