Introduction Education existed as early as man's history. There was the African Indigenous Education and then came contemporary education brought about by missionaries. African Indigenous Education was for life. It was availed to all, took place anytime and anywhere-and was relevant to everyday living. African indigenous education was holistic: it enabled children to acquire practical skills such as cooking, hunting, fishing, pottery, birthing animals, preparation and administration of herbal medicine, it provided for effective adjustment and adaptation to the environment. Individuals learnt about weather patterns, landscape, plants and animals. It laid emphasis on virtues such as integrity, honesty, hard work, respect, responsibility and truthfulness, humility, tolerance, love, hospitality, compassion and cooperation among others. It left no room for vices to develop. Vices such as stealing, dishonesty, immorality, disrespect and laziness were discouraged through punishment, naming, shaming and ridicule. Those who imparted knowledge did so by personal example. The source of wealth and property for anyone in society was known by all. Traditional African education was concerned about the character of persons; it was concerned with what kinds of persons were being established in society. Unlike, African indigenous education, missionary education was formal, structured and organized; It was often undertaken in a school in a classroom by a trained teacher. The main objective of the missionary education was to teach how to read and write and spread the gospel. Both indigenous and missionary education aimed at preparing the young generation into a useful adult life, bringing up an individual as a responsible person in the society, equipping individuals with relevant survival skills as per their environment and transmitting culture to the young generation. The teaching of these values was to guard against such vices as jealousy, greed, corruption, telling lies, and uncaring attitudes. Unfortunately, modern educators have placed more emphasis on competence than character The moral fiber in the African society today seems to have weakened, so weak that human dignity, courtesy, honour, hard work, honesty, trust, decorum, courtesy, and respect even for self-have been thrown through the window. Values have been inverted.

Public officers occupy positions of authority and trust and control enormous public resources. They also regulate many socio-economic and political activities. However, the public sector in Kenya has in the recent past been discredited for apathy, laxity, inefficiency, uncivility, wastefulness and unacceptable conduct that greatly impede access to and delivery of public services. The high perception of corruption prevalence in the public service has been costly for Kenya. This has led to loss of public trust and confidence in public service. For this reason, the Kenya government has put in place a multi-layered approach to combat the corrupt and unethical culture in the Public administration. The various approaches put in place bear the fact that corrupt and unethical conduct is both a systemic and personal problem. The paper presents on the various initiatives undertaken by the government in the recent years to institutionalize a culture of ethics and integrity in public administration and seeks to discuss on the missing link. The paper is divided into four sections. The first section highlights the meaning of terms and the relationships thereof. The second part delves into the various efforts undertaken by the government to create a moral and ethical culture in public service and highlights the weaknesses and insufficiency of codes of conduct and partnerships and collaborations and legislating on ethical issues. It notes that as much as such great measures have been put in place, curbing corruption and unethical practices stubbornly remain entrenched in public administration; thus the need to concentrate on two other areas of concern: strengthening leadership capabilities with special reference to leader self-efficacy that the writer considers to be the missing link. The theoretical framework will be based on Social Learning Theory, Social Cognitive theory and Self-Efficacy Theory. Data for this study were collected from academic books, scientific research papers, business journals as well as academic internet sources.