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Uganda established several anti-corruption agencies in its efforts to curb corruption. However, contrary to expectations, institutional multiplicity has failed to effectively curb corruption in Uganda. Using a comparative analytical approach, this paper examines factors within and outside anti-corruption agencies in Uganda that have contributed to their failure to curb corruption. This paper argues that anti-corruption agencies have failed to curb corruption in Uganda because they are not supported with strong anti-corruption laws, there isn’t sufficient political will from the political establishment, and the deliberate way anti-corruption agencies were created, structured, resourced, positioned, and supervised has not been effective but rather resulted in wasteful duplication of functions, uncoordinated way of things, blame games, conflicts, and neglect of corruption cases. The paper is...
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Gumisiriza, P. (2018). Anti-corruption Institutional Multiplicity Facade in Uganda. In: Farazmand, A. (eds) Global Encyclopedia of Public Administration, Public Policy, and Governance. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-31816-5_3601-1
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