The Constitution of Kenya, 2010 provides, under Chapter 6, for leadership and integrity of all public officers. The Chapter is predicated upon the assumption that State officers1 are the nerve Centre of the Republic and carry the highest level of responsibility in the management of state affairs and, therefore, their conduct should be beyond reproach. This means that under the Constitution Kenyans decreed that those whose conduct does not bring honor, public confidence and integrity have no place in the management of public affairs. This is to ensure that that those entrusted with the management of public affairs and resources are persons of good character, probity and uprightness.
The chapter lays down the principles upon which the State Officers should conduct themselves. According to Black’s Law Dictionary2, “As occasionally used in statutes prescribing the qualifications of public officers, trustees, etc., the term Integrity means soundness of moral principle and character, as shown by one person dealing with others in the making and performance of contracts, and fidelity and honesty in the discharge of trusts; it is synonymous with “probity,” “honesty,” and “uprightness.”