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Nairobi, 1 Nov - (ANA) - Kenya's president Uhuru Kenyatta has launched a website for people to report incidents of corruption directly to him. Users can upload videos, photos and other documents and can choose from a long drop-down list of government departments to complain about. They can also report corruption to him by text message. The campaign group Transparency International says people rarely report bribery and corruption in Kenya because they feel no action will be taken. The East African nation is ranked 139 out of 176 countries on the group's global corruption perceptions index. "The president is committed to clean government and this site advances his intention to act strongly against corruption," the AFP news agency quotes presidential spokesman Manoah Esipisu as saying. The website allows users to remain anonymous should they wish. A few hours after its launch, Mr Kenyatta's official presidential Twitter account tweeted: "Corruption reporting has started off quite well with a good number of well documented incidences being submitted #DigitalPresidency." President Kenyatta is the son of Kenya's founding president and one of the richest men in the country. He won elections in March this year pledging to reunite the country following the disputed elections in 2007 and fight corruption. He denies charges he faces at the International Criminal Court in The Hague of organising violence that followed the 2007 poll. (ANA)