In Kenya, President William Ruto has staked a significant portion of his governance legacy on a structural theory of corruption — that graft thrives not merely in the hearts of officials, but in the shadows cast by fragmented, cash-based systems. By consolidating over a thousand government payment channels into a single transparent platform, introducing a Treasury Single Account, and digitizing public procurement, his administration is testing whether visibility alone can diminish the ancient human temptation to divert what passes through one's hands. The reforms represent a meaningful institu