| dc.description.abstract | The pursuit of bureaucratic accountability and regulatory controls through political-administrative
reforms have become problematic in contemporary public management. Public sector corruption, in
particular, is identified as one of key endemic problems associated with the administrative structures,
norms and processes in many states across the world. This is despite implementation of otherwise
apposite accountability or regulatory reforms in public administration. More especially, in emerging
economies in the global South. Using an analytical framework derived from organization theory and
neo-institutionalism, this thesis examines the implementation of anti-corruption strategies as key
composite of accountability reforms in public administration in Kenya. The broad objective of the
study was to assess the impact of administrative culture in the implementation of anti-corruption
strategies in governmental institutions, with a particular focus on how political-administrative designs,
environments and culture influence compliance systems, the reporting of organizational wrongdoing,
and the normalization of corruption in both the public sector and outside it. It also sought to establish
the extent to which the administrative culture in public administration can influence the work of
accountability institutions and the way in which they implement of anti-corruption strategies. The
investigation also looked at the effect of devolution reforms on accountability systems at the level of
local government and the complexities in inter-governmental coordination and control to which this
has given rise. | |
