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Public Procurement: Lessons from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda

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  • Walter Odhiambo
  • Paul Kamau

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This paper presents a comparative analysis of the public procurement system in three East African countries: Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. In response to both domestic and international pressures, these countries have recently undertaken important initiatives to make their public procurement systems more efficient and transparent in line with international procurement guidelines. The experience of the three countries with the reforms has been quite varied. While Tanzania has moved fast with the reforms and has already put in place a legislative framework for public procurement, Kenya and Uganda have yet to enact procurement legislation. In Kenya, a number of significant changes have already been effected through a ministerial gazette notice pending the coming into force of a Procurement Act. There is also an urgent need for strengthening institutions involved in public procurement, as these institutions tend to lack technical and human resource capabilities.Although the current East ... Ce Document technique présente une analyse comparative des systèmes nationaux de passation des marchés publics dans trois pays d’Afrique de l’Est : le Kenya, l’Ouganda et la Tanzanie. Pour répondre aux pressions nationales et internationales, ces pays ont récemment pris l’initiative de rendre leurs systèmes de marchés publics plus efficaces et transparents, conformément aux principes directeurs internationaux relatifs à l’attribution des marchés publics. Les réformes ont pris une tournure différente dans chacun de ces trois pays. Alors que la Tanzanie a bien avancé et déjà mis en place un cadre législatif en la matière, le Kenya et l’Ouganda se doivent encore de promulguer leur propre législation. Au Kenya, un certain nombre de changements ont été obtenus grâce à l’annonce des marchés dans une gazette officielle, en attendant l’entrée en vigueur d’une loi sur les marchés publics. Il est également urgent de renforcer les institutions impliquées dans le système des marchés publics ...

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  • Walter Odhiambo & Paul Kamau, 2003. "Public Procurement: Lessons from Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda," OECD Development Centre Working Papers 208, OECD Publishing.
    • Handle: RePEc:oec:devaaa:208-en
    DOI: 10.1787/804363300553
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