INFLUENCE OF STAKEHOLDERS ROLE ON THE PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND PROJECTS IN WAJIR WEST CONSTITUENCY, KENYA
Yussuf Abdullahi Ali - Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Amos Gitonga - School of Open and Distance Learning, University of Nairobi, Kenya
ABSTRACT
The NG-CDF Projects so far carried out in Wajir West Constituency are performing poorly. It is evident that NG-CDF money is not managed in a transparent manner and that communities are not sufficiently involved in its management leading to loss of funds, numerous incomplete, low quality and irrelevant project across the constituencies in the country. The study investigated the influence of stakeholder’s role on the performance of national government Constituency Development Fund projects in Wajir West Constituency, Kenya. The study was guided by the following objectives to assess the role of stakeholder’s participation in project initiation/identification, project planning, project implementation, project monitoring and evaluation on the performance of NG-CDF projects in Wajir West Constituency. The study was grounded on general system theory, stakeholder theory and resource-based theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The target population for this study was 261 comprising of Community leaders, Constituency Development Fund Committee, Project Management Committee and County officials. The study used a sample of 78 selected using stratified random sampling techniques. Primary data was obtained using self-administered questionnaires. The questionnaire was made up of both open ended and closed ended questions. The drop and pick method was preferred for questionnaire administration so as to give respondents enough time to give well thought out responses. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS Version 25.0). All the questionnaires received were referenced and items in the questionnaire were coded to facilitate data entry. After data cleaning which entailed checking for errors in entry, descriptive statistics such as frequencies, percentages, mean score and standard deviation was estimated for all the quantitative variables. Inferential data analysis was done using multiple regression analysis. Information was presented inform of tables. The study found that project initiation/identification influence performance of NG-CDF projects in Kenya to a great extent. The study also found that financial planning and project time schedule influence performance of national government constituency development fund projects in Kenya very greatly. Further, the findings revealed that implementation has a positive and significant effect on the performance of NG-CDF Project in Kenya. The study found that direction provision and M&E schedule influence performance of national government constituency development fund projects in Kenya to a very great extent. The study concluded that project initiation/identification had the greatest influence on performance of national government Constituency Development Fund projects in Kenya, followed by project monitoring and evaluation, then project planning while project implementation had the least influence on the performance of national government Constituency Development Fund projects in Kenya. The study recommends that There is need to have skilled project managers to ensure that there is efficiency on the performance of CDF projects. The study also recommends that the constituents should play a critical role in decision making because they are the beneficiaries of the projects and know well projects are beneficial to them.
