A new book, titled Ethics of Life will officially be launched in Nairobi on Friday, October 27.
Chief Justice Martha Koome, Nairobi Governor Johnson Sakaja, and his predecessor Ann Kananu and PLO.
Lumumba is among the keynote speakers expected to grace the event.
The book is the latest piece of work that unravels the impact of corruption in Kenya and why everyone has to come out and fight the vice.
It is authored by Joseph Patterson Okhako who has been an anti-corruption crusader.
The book entails the story of a young boy (Joseph himself) who grew up as an orphan in Western Kenya, braving the effects of corrupt practices that continuously rendered the community around him helpless.
Joseph grew up with the help of well-wishers who did not have any relationship with him.
He believes that his book will serve as an inspiration to those in leadership and those who have given up on speaking about corruption as a vice.
“The book draws aspiration from the birth of this boy to his present life and what the boy has gone through in the fight against corruption! What the boy has gone through in the fight against impunity, what the boy has endured to inculcate ethical conduct in both public and private sector institutions,” he said ahead of the launch.
While corruption took too much from what would have been his fortune, his determination to be part of the people who fight it has made him one of the most prominent scholars in the country.
“This animal made my life unbearable for over twenty years! Ladies and gentlemen, I saw corruption in its raw form! In its full regalia; If you believe in the Bible as I do, and the depiction of Satan as demonstrated in the book of Revelation, then believe me, just depict corruption to have the seven horns and several tails and be very scary as the Bible depicts Satan! Yes! I saw it live! I met Satan in the form of corruption during my engagement in the public service,” he adds.
Joseph is the Chief Executive Officer at the Ethics Institute of East Africa, which is a product of his initiative to help the East African region reduce corruption and unethical conduct in both public and private sector institutions.
He believes that corruption is the source of most evil acts across the world
“We believe that without corruption, there will be world peace, without corruption, there will be no wars between Russia and Ukraine, and neither shall we have wars in Middle–Eastern nations!”
“We all know that without corruption we will not have to fight against each other after every election.
Corruption is the mastermind of all these problems in the world,” he says.
He is challenging Kenyans to be proactive in the fight against corruption.
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