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Title:Of extensive and elusive corruption in Uganda: neo-patronage, power, and narrow interests
Author:Asiimwe, Godfrey B.ISNI
Year:2013
Periodical:African Studies Review (ISSN 1555-2462)
Volume:56
Issue:2
Pages:129-144
Language:English
Geographic term:Uganda
Subjects:corruption
patronage
National Resistance Movement
External link:https://doi.org/10.1017/asr.2013.45
Abstract:This article explores the prevalence of high-level political and bureaucratic corruption in postindependence Uganda, with particular focus on the narrow interests it serves and its impact on development and service delivery. The author argues that high-level political corruption endures largely because it is situated within the framework of 'neo'-patron-clientelism and skewed power relations. Although Uganda's official policy is 'zero tolerance' in regard to corruption, many observers have noticed a lack of 'political will'. This is illustrated by the role of the Inspector General of Government, the selective application of 'zero tolerance' in the case of the National Social Security Fund, the neglect of the findings of commissions of inquiry, and the manipulation of Parliament when it tried to engage the implicated inner-circle over corruption. Grand bureaucratic and petty forms of corruption are equally extensive and challenging, though only the former have been affected by 'zero tolerance' policies. The author concludes, however, that through its interplay of inclusion and exclusion, political corruption has generated contestations which undermine it and challenge the National Resistance Movement (NRM) regime. Bibliogr., notes, ref., sum. in English and French. [Journal abstract]
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