Dr. Justina Namukombo

Dr. Justina Namukombo
Dr. Justina Namukombo
Lecturer
Researcher
Government and Management Studies
Email
justina.namukombo@unza.ac.zm
Research Profiles
https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0622-5629
  • I am a public administration and public policy lecturer and researcher with over ten years of experience in public policy research in the areas of how to improve service provision in government institutions with focus on analysis of existing administrative structures and identifying governance and structural barriers to achievement of efficiency in the provision of public services.
  • In my analysis, I have been applying public administration and governance models to understand the status quo and operations of government institutions and how current administrative structures and governance practices could be improved.
  • My teaching experience and research have managed to bridge theory and practice through extensive interaction with local authorities and communities.
  • Hang'andu, M., Mwale, N., Malambo, Y. Kobombwe and Namukombo, J (2005), Women's Participation in Peace Support Operations: A Case of the Zambia Police Service. Africa Amani Journal, Volume 11 Issue 1.
  • Shikabi, P., Madimutsa, C., Chewe, M., Namukombo, J. And Daka, E (2025), Transformation of Public Administration in Zambia: Approaches, Beneficiaries and Losers. Africa Review. https://brill.com/view/journals/bafr
  • Namukombo J. and Kamata, N. (2024), Dissent and Opposition to One Party State System in Zambia. Was it Ideological? Zambia Journal of History,Vol11No1. https://mines.unza.zm/index.php/zjh/issue/view/136
  • Chewe, M., Madimutsa, C., Daka, E. and Namukombo, J (2023), New Public Governance and Undermining of the Public Interest in Zambia. African Journal of Sociological and Psychological Studies. Vol 3 No 2. http://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-aa_ajosaps_v3_n2_al
  • Namukombo J (2023), Comparisons of Pre- and Post reform Perceptions and Practices on Land Tenure Systems in Zambia and their Implications on Agrarian Policies. Agrarian South Network. Research Bulletin of the Journal of Political Economy. Issue XV11, www.agrariansouth.org
  • Namukombo, J and Madimutsa, C. (2023), Trade Unions and Changing character of working classes in Zambia. Agrarian South Network. http://www.agrariansouth.org
  • Namukombo J (2016), ‘Information and Communication Technologies and Gender in Climate Change and Green economy: situating women’s opportunities and challenges in Zambian Policies and Strategies’, Jamba: Journal of Disaster Risk Studies 8(3),a. 243.http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/jamba.v8i.243 https://repository.nwu.ac.za/handle/10394/25272
  • Peter, K. Lolojih and Namukombo, J. (2014), Democratic Governance and Service Delivery: An Empirical Analysis of Zambian Citizens’ Perception. The Dyke, Volume 8 No 3 of 2014.
  • Namukombo, J and Namangala, K (2014), Creating New Administrative Processes and Structures: How to Achieve Efficiency and Effectiveness in the Zambian Local Government Service Commission. Conference Proceeding Publication. UESTC Press, (Volume 1) Sichuan, China. ISBN 978-7-5647-2652-2.
  • Namukombo J (2012), Explaining Implementation Gap of Antiretroviral Therapy Program in Zambia, LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing GmbH and Co. KG.
  • My doctoral work on land policy formulation processes deepened my understanding of the structures and operations of local authorities and their role in development.
  • I have contributed as a policy analyst to situation analysis work funded by Gates Foundation on the impact of donor funding cut to the Zambian health sector (June – August, 2025).
  • Similar contribution in the same capacity was achieved for the analysis of the macroeconomic impacts of the energy transition in Zambia funded by the climate Compatible Growth and UK AID (2023-2024).
  • My work increasingly examines how local authority structures align themselves to contemporary administrative structures and governance practices for enhancing participation of other actors in development activities.
  • In recent work on land governance structures, I have been interacting with the local authorities and their communities in land alienation processes to promote community participation in decision making and contribute to understanding of governance practices of decentralized systems and their contribution to achievement of sustainable livelihoods.
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