Kenya President Says Corruption a National Security Threat

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta called corruption a national security threat and said the government of East Africa’s biggest economy is redoubling efforts to root out the vice.

“Corruption is a standing threat to our national security,” Kenyatta said Monday in a televised address, while speaking to business leaders, members of the clergy and cabinet ministers in the capital, Nairobi. “The bribe accepted by an official can lead to successful terrorist attacks that kill Kenyans.”