An analysis of the efficacy of anti-corruption laws in combating syndicated corruption in Uganda

Abstract

Corruption is a global challenge that has pervaded every level of society and is one of the greatest hindrances to development of many countries around the world. It occurs in both the private and public sectors and may be trans-border in some instances. Corruption is committed by individuals, multinationals and states, non-profit and charitable organizations, alone or in collusion with others. It keeps on evolving in nature over time and manifests in various forms like paying a bribe to a traffic Police Officer to more sophisticated forms such as money laundering. Multiple reasons underpinned by different theories have been advanced to explain the causes or driving factors of corruption such as sheer self-aggrandizement and economic hardship but this has not achieved much in containing the vice especially in Sub Saharan Africa.