International Journal of Criminology and Criminal Law(IJCCL)

South Africa

Publications

• Review Article   
  The Ugandan Kleptocracy: A Blueprint for State Capture, Administrative Corruption and the Demolition of Democratic Accountability
  Author(s): Muhammed Ally Mukasa*
  
  This article provides a critical qualitative analysis of state capture and administrative corruption as systemic pathologies undermining governance in Uganda. Through a rigorous content analysis of scholarly literature, NGO reports, and legislative documents, the study delineates the conceptual distinctions between these two phenomena: state capture, defined as the covert, collusive influence of private and public actors to shape fundamental state rules and policies for illicit rent-seeking; and administrative corruption, characterised by coercive, low-level bribery where citizens are compelled to pay officials to implement existing rules. The findings reveal a deeply entrenched governance crisis where the fundamental distinction between the ruling party and the state apparatus has been effectively erased. This conflation has led to the executive branch’s dominance over a co- op.. Read More»
  

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