INFLUENCE OF STAKEHOLDER COMMUNICATION ON SUSTAINABILITY OF SCPS IN TVETS IN WESTERN KENYA
Calistus Adema Luhombo - PhD Student, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Dr. Clive Malietso Mukanzi - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
Prof. Eng. Thomas Anyanje Senaji - Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kenya
ABSTRACT
Communication is a key component across all factors of their project implementation profile and often seen as lubricant that keeps everything working properly (Eskerod & Jepsen, 2013. The study therefore ascertained the influence of stakeholder communication on sustainability of SCPs in TVETs in western Kenya. This research used descriptive research design which is mainly survey, cross sectional, and correlational. The target population for this study was 12,585 stakeholders as detailed, from the 63 accredited TVETs in Western Kenya. A sample of 375 was deemed fit for the study. The questionnaire was used to collect primary data. Quantitative information was analyzed using both inferential and descriptive statistics. That stakeholder communication has a statistically significant contribution to sustainability of SCPs in TVETs, since a unit change in stakeholder communication is likely to result in the sustainability of SCPs in TVETs in western Kenya by 58.3%. The study recommends that Stakeholders should know what their tasks are, or how to accomplish them and to monitor project progress. It is essential that the project stakeholders know what is expected of them; what they have to do, when they have to do it, and what budget and time constraints and quality specification they are working towards in order to guarantee sustainability of SCPs.
