Kenya’s Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission on 5 August released its latest National Ethics and Corruption Survey, showing the Ministry of Interior is regarded by 47.8% of respondents as the government department where citizens are most likely to encounter graft. Health and Treasury followed at 19.7% and 5.8% respectively. Police officers were identified as the country’s most corrupt and unethical professionals, cited by 27.6% of respondents, ahead of Kenya Revenue Authority staff at 17.3% and Chiefs at 16.2%. Overall, a quarter of Kenyans said they had been asked to pay a bribe for public services; 43% of those who made payments did so because it was explicitly demanded, while 23% felt it was the only way to obtain the service. The survey also tracked the cost of bribery. The largest average payments were reported at the Kenya Wildlife Service, where individuals seeking services paid about KSh200,000 on average, accounting for 35.73% of all bribe money nationally. Average bribes at the National Social Security Fund and the National Treasury Pensions Department were KSh47,129 and KSh40,000, respectively. Corruption ranked as Kenya’s second-most pressing problem after unemployment, outpacing concerns such as poverty, high living costs and inadequate health care, the EACC said.