Abstract:
The objective of the study is to evaluate the Corruption Prevention Strategy in Curbing
Efficiency in Public Procurement so as to protect public resource from being looted. To this end,
the study evaluates and presents the efficacy of procurement business process evaluation, which
is one major activity in the corruption prevention strategy of the Ambo University, focusing at
public procurement, in curbing corruption in public procurement through the analysis of
primary and secondary data. Primary data were collected from respondents and key informants
drawn from different public and private institutions; and secondary data from pertinent
government offices. The study employs structured questionnaire which was administered on a
sample of 133 employees from the total population of 1151 public organizations to e evaluate the
Corruption Prevention Strategy in Curbing Efficiency in Public Procurement Ambo University.
The study used Statistical Package for Social Sciences data analysis technique specifically
descriptive analysis. The study employs explanations, deductions, percentage, triangulation of
data in its analysis and interpretation of the data in its quest for answers for the research
questions. The finding of the study shows that the corruption prevention strategy of the Ambo
University has efficiency in curbing corruption in public procurement despite the fact that the
strategy has not yet garnered sufficient state sanction, the most significant instrument, behind its
implementation for its furthermost contribution in tackling corruption in the public procurement
domain. Also the strategy needs to be owned and mainstreamed in each and every public
institution so as to fend of corruption using their in-house capacity in a sustained manner, rules
that give lee way to bypass the procurement legal regime need to be reconsidered as they are
abused more often than note. Based on the findings of the study the strength and weakness of
Corruption Prevention Strategy in Curbing Efficiency in the higher education are also identified.
Recommendations are made based on the overall findings for possible action which will help
further improvement based on the researcher view.
