Poverty in Kenya widespread economics growth, social stability, overall living standards, which is a noteworthy factor contributing to Kenya's poverty. Corruption remains a severe and non-negligible issue in Kenya. There are 180 countries participating in the assessment of the corruption perceptions index. Kenya has ranked at 143 with the score of 28 in 2017. And the score of Kenya for the past five years have fluctuated between 25 and 28, implying that corruption is still a serious problem. Kenya's corruption is prevalent within all levels of government with various ways. Studies have found that Kenya is the most crime-infested countries in Africa. One
ECOWAS Policy on Science and Technology (ECOPOST) the field of research. ECOWAS was barely more visible in the second "African Innovation Outlook", with just six countries contributing data on research and development out of 19 across the continent: Burkina Faso, Cabo Verde, Ghana, Mali, Senegal and Togo. Nigeria was totally absent and only Ghana and Senegal provided a full set of data for all four performance sectors. Subregional training workshops were organized for countries by ECOWAS in 2013 and 2014 on science, technology and innovation indicators and how to draft research proposals. ECOWAS has taken other steps recently to tackle the lack of technological impact of the