Kenya's corruption scandals are notorious now and ironically even more so since President Kibaki hired his corruption czar, John Githongo (who ended up resigning and fleeing the country). But when ministers start taking money from education funds, what are donors to do about it? For donors to play politics by withholding aid to the Ministry of Education just ends up hurting students even more, but not responding at all also shows the government officials that their actions wouldn't have repercusions. After the latest problems with the coalition government after ministers accused of corruption were suspended and then reinstated, John Githongo thinks that the government is aiming to fray nearer to the 2012 elections. But for now he says:
"At the current time the coalition is held together by corruption- by the fact that you have everybody at the feeding trough and as long as everybody is at the trough and there is still enough to feed on they will hold together despite disagreeing on issues every once in a while."
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