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Engaging in and Coping with Bribery by the Bodaboda Riders in Kisii town, Kenya

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  • Joseph Ouma Oindo

    (Tangaza University College, Kenya)

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This survey was done under the context of the researcher’s experience of an encounter with Kisii County askaris/traffic marshalls demanding a bribe from the researcher in order to be allowed to proceed to the Kisii town’s Central Business District (CBD) while on a motorcycle. This background, therefore, provides the researcher with the motivation to explore how bodaboda/motorcycle riders in Kisii town engage in and cope with bribery. The study utilized exploratory research design while taking Grounded Theory approach to extract data from 100 bodaboda riders in Kisii town. By means of thematic analysis the findings showed that bribery is common among bodaboda riders and bribery amount is moderated not by the respondents’ demographic characteristics – educational level, marital status, gender – but by social interaction or ethnicity which determines whether a rider belongs to the inner circle or outer circle.

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  • Joseph Ouma Oindo, 2021. "Engaging in and Coping with Bribery by the Bodaboda Riders in Kisii town, Kenya," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(3), pages 351-357, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:3:p:351-357
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