Political corruption is the abouse by government officials of the government powers for illegitimate, private gain.All forms of government are prone to political corruption.Political corruption includes bribery, extortion, cronyism,nepotism, patronage,graft and embezzlement. While corruption may facilitate criminal enterprise such as drug trafficking, money, laundaring, trafficking, it is not restricted to those organised crime activisties.In some nations corruption is so common that it is expected when ordinary businesses or citizens interact with government officials. The end-point of political corruption is a kleptocracy, which means 'rule by thieves'.Corruption poses a serious development challenge. In the political realm, it undermines democracy and good governance by flouting or even subverting formal processes.Corruption in elections and in legislative bodies reduces are siphoned off,and public offices are bought and sold. At the same time,corruption undermines the legitimacy of government and such democratic values as trust and tolerance.Corruption also undermines economies development by generating considerable distortions and inefficiency.