RELEVANCE OF JOHN RAWLS THEORY OF JUSTICE IN CURBING THE PROBLEM OF CORRUPTION IN KENYA
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2022-11-11
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Tangaza University College
Abstract
Corruption came into existence at the same time with human society. The State of Kenya
has a historical background of corruption since independence of which has brought a lot of effects
in people’s lives. The notion of justice in the Kenyan society has been neglected by ignoring the
fundamental principles that govern any just society. Corruption has become a habit and therefore
a means to earn living at large hence becoming endemic.
Kenya, among other failed nations, has failed in her developmental agenda due to the
establishment of parasitic economic institutions which have failed to produce rewards needed for
people to save, make investments, and innovate. Parasitic political institutions which have been
used to extract public resources for personal gains, support these economic institutions by
consolidating the power of those who benefit from the extraction. These parasitic and exploiting
institutions which are projects for extraction, are the main players in the promotion of corruption.
According to John Rawls, once the sixth chapter of the Kenya’s constitution 2010 which addresses
the issue of leadership and integrity is implemented, just institutions will be established and
maintained. The extracting projects will come to an end.
The rules of justice are essential requirements in any structured society for they help in
regulating its major institutions. The idea of justice as fairness implies the concept of perfect and
justifiable process in handling the contingencies of particular situations. In order to realize this,
both the social and economic processes requires to be fundamentally organized within the proper
circles of political and legal institutions. Without this, the distributing process’s result will not be
fair. This work focuses on analyzing the multiple causes and effects of corruption and also giving
out some pragmatic procedures which will help in bringing back the notion of justice within the
contemporary Kenyan society. This research paper is entirely inspired by John Rawls’ theory of
justice as fairness.
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RELEVANCE OF JOHN RAWLS THEORY OF JUSTICE IN CURBING THE PROBLEM OF CORRUPTION IN KENYA