Impacts of Corruption in Public Sector The Case of Nekemte City Administration Government Offices

Abstract

There has been increasing public concern about the impacts of corruption in public sectors of Nekemte City Administration. Hence, the purpose of this study was to assess the impacts of corruption in the public sectors of the City of Nekemte. To this end, the study used primary and secondary data sources: public sector users, civil servants and public sector officials were primary data sources whereas previous empirical studies and government policy directives were secondary data sources. The primary data were collected through questionnaire, interview, and focus group discussion. The secondary data were obtained through observation and Desktop review. The data were analysed using Component Factor Analysis and Multiple Linear Regressions. The finding of the study confirms that corruption in public sector of Nekemte City Administration is pressing social problem that every household faces after poverty. At 95% (p-v<a=5%) certainty, there is a significant correlation between public sector corruption and economic, meritocracy, and socio-political variables. However, the survey concludes that economic variables are the major factors that account for the increasing trends of corruption in public sectors of the City Administration under the study. The government’s vision of producing an ethical, motivated, competent, and non-corrupt civil service may come about with fundamental improvements in developing realistic pay levels and job security. The study also has confirmed that all the explanatory variables which were included in the model are account for only 57.4 % of the variations suggests that future studies need be conducted to explore some other explanatory variables of corruption to take comprehensive campaign against corruption.