- Title
- Evaluating the efficacy of anti-corruption measures in the procurement system: a case study of Marondera municipality in Mashonaland, east of Zimbabwe
- Creator
- Sabilika, Maxwell Seagent
- Subject
- Civil service -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Government purchasing -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Municipal officials and employees -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Municipal government -- Zimbabwe
- Subject
- Political corruption -- Zimbabwe
- Date
- 2012
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MPA
- Identifier
- vital:11679
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10353/d1007620
- Identifier
- Civil service -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- Government purchasing -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- Municipal officials and employees -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- Municipal government -- Zimbabwe
- Identifier
- Political corruption -- Zimbabwe
- Description
- Anti-corruption measures are put forward as a panacea to effective procurement system, among other things, which ultimately improve service delivery. Corruption has demonstrated remarkable durability and flexibility to survive in all socio-economic systems with the conception of a corruption-free economy in reality, is hardly possible. Given this background, this study sought to evaluate the efficacy of the already implemented anti-corruption measures in the procurememt procecesses of Marondera municipality. To understand their effectiveness, relevant literature was reviewed. Different scholars point against the ineffectiveness of these measures, with Corruption Perception Index (CPI) from previous research showing devastating results in Zimbabwean local institutions. A further discussion of corruption cenception, different anti-corruption measures and legal frameworks gave a greater understanding of the area under study. In this study, a sample of 80 respondents was identified and data collected from them using both snow ball and purposive sampling methods. Thirty-five of them were females respondents and forty-five were male respondents from Marondera municipal community, with different demographic characteristics which was used for comparison of responses. Questionnaires and interviews were used as research instruments. Both the Quantitative and Qualitative research methods were used in the anaylsis of the data, to increase validity and reliability of the feelings.
- Format
- 121 leaves; 30 cm
- Format
- Publisher
- University of Fort Hare
- Publisher
- Faculty of Management & Commerce
- Language
- English
- Rights
- University of Fort Hare
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