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Availability of Anti-Corruption Mechanisms to Fight Corruption in Selected Public Institutions in Lusaka, Zambia

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  • Dorothy Mzumara

    (University of Zambia, School of Education, Lusaka, Zambia)

  • Dr. Daniel Ndhlovu

    (University of Zambia, School of Education, Lusaka, Zambia)

Abstract

The study examined availability of anti-corruption mechanisms to fight corruption in selected public institutions in Lusaka, Zambia. The study was guided by one objective which was to assessadequacy of the available anti-corruption mechanisms to fight corruption in selected public institutions in Lusaka, Zambia. The research design that was used for the study was hermeneutic phenomenological research design. The sample size consisted of 14 participants while interview guide was used to collect data which was analysed thematically. The findings of the study showed that the available mechanisms were inadequate to fight corruption due to inconsistency in domestication of provisions of the Anti-Corruption Conventions and Protocols and delay in enacting Access to Information Bill. The findings further showed that lack of a Planning Section in the anti-corruption commission’s structure to identify donor institutions for additional funding and lack of minimum mandatory sentence for corruption offences in the Anti-Corruption Act No.3 of 2012 make the anticorruption mechanisms Zambia has put in place inadequate to fight corruption in selected public institutions. The study recommends among others that progressive and consistency in domestication of the provisions of the United Nations Convention against Corruption, African Union Protocol on Preventing and Combatting Corruption and Southern Africa Development Community protocols into the Constitution of Zambia and Parliament to expedite enacting the Access to Information Bill

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  • Dorothy Mzumara & Dr. Daniel Ndhlovu, 2021. "Availability of Anti-Corruption Mechanisms to Fight Corruption in Selected Public Institutions in Lusaka, Zambia," International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), vol. 5(3), pages 526-532, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:bcp:journl:v:5:y:2021:i:3:p:526-532
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