2023
DOI: 10.52326/jss.utm.2023.6(2).12
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Public Administration and Governance in African Perspectives: Challenges and Recommendations

Abstract: The democratic transition on the African continent has been accompanied by problems of poor governance, poor administration, third terms and centralized power, electoral administration conundrums, and corruption. This paper examines the overarching problems in Africa, including electoral challenges, the third term and centralization of power, societal, social, and economic governance, and the death of ethics. This is a desktop study, also known as a conceptual study, that is based on Asante's Afrocentricity Th… Show more

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“…In Zimbabwe, issues relating to poor governance are believed to be caused by rule of law, grand corruption, monetary mismanagement, politically motivated violence, undermining oversight organizations such as civil society and political parties (Kgobe and Mamokhere, 2023). In countries like Uganda, provides that deterioration of the level of integrity is caused by lack of professional ethics and accountability (Olum, 2014;Basheka, 2014).…”
Section: Interrogating the Practice Of Integritymentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…In Zimbabwe, issues relating to poor governance are believed to be caused by rule of law, grand corruption, monetary mismanagement, politically motivated violence, undermining oversight organizations such as civil society and political parties (Kgobe and Mamokhere, 2023). In countries like Uganda, provides that deterioration of the level of integrity is caused by lack of professional ethics and accountability (Olum, 2014;Basheka, 2014).…”
Section: Interrogating the Practice Of Integritymentioning
confidence: 99%
“…This is a serious integrity issue in public service especially in LGAs that require serious intervention. This is due to poor control measures, a thing which is affirmed by Humanitarian Foresight Think Tank (2016) in Ndevu and Muller (2017) and Mbandlwa et al (2020) in South Africa and Kgobe and Mamokhere (2023) in Zimbabwe. This findings also corroborate Hoekstra and Heres (2016) findings that too much autonomy welcomes un-integrity practices.…”
Section: Interrogating Factors Compromising Integrity In Tanzaniamentioning
confidence: 99%