ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses public administration and corruption in Uganda. It addresses the corruption malaise in Uganda's public administration, corruption is a universal problem that is noticeable in every society. The chapter also discusses the context of Uganda's administrative system is briefly examined before a conceptual understanding of corruption and the determinants of this malaise. It describes the consequences of corruption on the delivery of public services, before turning to an evaluation of the anticorruption strategies from both the legal and institutional points of view. The chapter focuses on possibly new efforts that are needed to sustain the fight against corruption, with emphasis placed on noise-based as opposed to alarm-based approaches. Public corruption involves the misuse of public office for private gain. Public administrative systems of the Weberian mode were based on a clear separation of public and private interest.
