Corruption in Public Procurement: In the Case of Borana and Guji Zones of Oromia Regional State, Ethiopia

Many researchers witnessed that there high incidence of corruption in developing countries public procurement. The same evidence shown/revealed in Ethiopia that corruption in public procurement is second land marking next to land. In Ethiopia, largest regional state Oromia has gave high emphasis for public procurement with this corruption challenges. This study appears to identify cause for the prevalence corruption in public procurement of Borana and Guji Zones of Oromia regional state. In undertaking this study the researchers employed mixed research approaches. Both non-probability and probability techniques are used in determining total population and sample size respectively. And, C. R. Cothari (2004) formula employed for sample selection. Data was obtained both from primary and secondary sources from. The primary data was collected using different techniques from 112 respondents. And secondary data was extracted from different public procurement records. The data collected analyzed using SPSS, Excel, table and bar-graphs. The finding revealed that artificial claims, power concentration in the hand of few government officials, public official private interest, absence of fiducially and balance, abuse of the regulatory diversities and unjustified variations and an unlawfully extension contract are major cause.