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The survey polled a sample size of 5,100 individuals drawn from 510 clusters distributed across all 47 counties.
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Data collection was preceded by a questionnaire design and two days of training held between October 11-12, 2023.
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A traffic police is likely to ask for a bribe three times more than his administration counterpart, a new survey by EACC shows.
According to the Ethics and Anti-corruption Survey 2023, traffic police, county health department and regular police are the three most bribery-prone public institutions.
"There is a likelihood that each time a service is sought in the Traffic police department, county health department and in the regular police one is likely to be asked for a bribe 1.45, 1.05 and 1.02 times, respectively," the survey shows.
"An administration police officer is likely to take a bribe 0.47 times, becoming the fourth public entity with the least bribery index."
According to the survey, the Directorate of Criminal Investigations is the best institution where an officer is less likely to ask for a bribe 0.08 times followed by the Ministry of Interior National Administration (0.23) and the Embu Water and Sewage Company at 0.33 times.
In the survey, EACC said seeking services at the county education department would see one part with a bribe 1 times just like NTSA, offices of National Administration Officers, Youth Fund, Public Service Commission, County Public Service Boards and the National Construction Authority.
"Other institutions taking a bribe 1 times include MCA offices, TSC, Kenya Forestry Service Ministries of Defence, Agriculture and Livestock and Industrialisation and public secondary schools," the EACC survey shows.
"Other government institutions rank would see a Kenyan pay a bribe less than 1 time including CDF offices(0.98), Agricultural department(0.91), Civil Registration(0.88), public hospitals (0.87), NCPB(0.85), Ministry of Health (0.84) and chief’s office/village elder at 0.84 times."
"Others are Registration of Persons(0.81 times), NHIF 0.78 times, ministry of lands and physical planning (0.76), Huduma Centre(0.72), Immigration department (0.71), National Land Commission(0.71) and Judiciary 0.71."
The survey shows that at the county government offices, one is likely to pay a bribe 0.68 times, Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company (0.67), Kenya Power (0.55), County Inspectorate (0.50) and the Kenya Bureau of Standards at 0.50 times.
The survey polled a sample size of 5,100 individuals drawn from 510 clusters distributed across all 47 counties.
Data collection was preceded by a questionnaire design and two days of training held between October 11-12, 2023.
Twenty-five research assistants, supervisors and KNBS coordinators were trained to enhance the quality of data collected.
During the training, the participants were briefed about the EACC mandate, the purpose and objectives of the Survey, data collection methods and the implications of the analysis.
As part of practical training, the research assistants carried out a pre-test of the questionnaire. Feedback from the pre-test helped in the revision and refinement of the questionnaire.
Data collection was conducted from October 13 to November 4, 2023.
Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used. Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) were conducted with household heads with a literature review providing critical insights into topical issues on anti-corruption