Public Procurement Ethics and Procurement Performance: The Case of Kakamega County Government, Kenya

Abstract

The significance of procurement in public entities has grown globally in recent years (Adams, Muir & Hoque, 2014). Ambe (2012) and Mahmood (2010) attributed this to the huge financial resources spent by governments on public procurement. Public procurement is a process whereby products, services and also public works are purchased by governments and other bodies that are governed by the public law (European Commission, 2015). Public procurement assists countries to generate wealth since it accounts for nearly 16% several countries’ GDPs (Aketch & Karanja, 2013).