Abstract
Good governance is basically governing in the right and just ways. Good governance relates to good administration at both public and private sectors. Corporate governance is synonymous and the common usage in the private sector. Common characteristics of good governance include transparency, accountability, participatory and rule of law. Rule of law is the focus of this paper. The principle in itself is problematic because of multifarious interpretation Nonetheless, the consensus has been that rule of law is essential in any government and breach of its principles may lead to arbitrariness and breach of fundamental rights. The paper will expound the roles of rule of law in ensuring good governance and how abuse of power and corruption have undermined rule of law seriously and subsequently affect good governance.
Highlights
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) defined ‘governance’ as the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (UNESCAP, 2013)
Equitable and inclusive in good governance is equal treatment is given to people in all walk of life and the government is giving special consideration to the needy while proving the opportunity to many to participate in decision making process
Chhikara argued that good public governance are political stability, accountability of officials, effectiveness of government, quality of regulatory framework, rule of law and control of corruption (Chhikara, 2001)
Summary
The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (UNESCAP) defined ‘governance’ as the process of decision-making and the process by which decisions are implemented (or not implemented) (UNESCAP, 2013). The overall low scores for most of the countries was due to the following; delays in the justice system; high cost of litigation, corruption, long and arduous legal process; low public confidence in the system, unmet contractual obligations, unfair disputes settlement process, fragmentation of judicial system, low funding support and archaic law that is unresponsive to changing environment Another contribution to it is weak law enforcement due to resource constraint, low salaries, unfilled vacancy because of unrealistic qualification and backlog of cases in court. The pairing and connection between good governance characteristics and the postulates of rule of law can be shown as follows: Elements of Good Governance
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