Factors Influencing Stakeholders Involvement In Constituency Development Fund (Cdf) Projects

Abstract

The performance of a project towards meeting its intended objectives is dictated by diverse factors. The aim of the study will be to investigate the challenges of stakeholder’s involvement in CDF projects in Ijara Constituency, Garissa County. The specific objectives will be to establish the influence of lack of funds on stakeholder’s involvement in CDF projects, to determine the extent of influence of poor governance on stakeholder’s involvement in CDF projects, to assess the influence of organizational culture on stakeholder’s involvement in CDF projects, and to establish the influence of community participation on stakeholders involvement in CDF projects. The study will use a descriptive survey design using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. This study will target all the stakeholders involved in CDF projects in Ijara Constituency, Garissa County making a total target population of 1251 respondents. The sample size will be 278 respondents. The study will utilize both primary and secondary data. The primary data will be collected using questionnaires. Secondary data such as desktop reviews will be derived from publications, journals, and records on stakeholders. Descriptive statistics data analysis method will be applied to analyze both quantitative and qualitative data. Information obtained from the questionnaires will be edited and coded, and then entered into a computer for analysis using descriptive statistics with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20. The Quantitative Data generated will be subjected to the Descriptive Statistics feature in SPSS to generate mean, and standard deviation which will be presented using tables, frequencies and percentages, while Qualitative data consist of words and observations, not numbers. The study found that lack of funds is often the most critical challenge that a successful stakeholder faces. Without very diligent cash flow management raising of more funds the performance of a stakeholder is affected greatly. The study found that the various stakeholders are involved in decision making in CDF projects in Ijara Constituency in Garissa County. In addition the study established that the respondents disagreed that Ijara Constituency CDF projects are run by people from other areas. The study found that organization culture influence stakeholder involvement in CDF. The study further established that community participation should not be restricted only to implementation of the decisions made but also in the making of the decisions. The study concluded that most of the respondents indicated that lack of funding influence performance of stakeholders in CDF projects. The funds are the major drive towards stakeholder involvement and without them their operations will be hindered. The study further concluded that community participation should not be restricted only to implementation of the decisions made but also in the making of the decisions. The study recommended that Community should be involved in planning and evaluation of any development of locality project and also in CDF committee election process. The community should also be invited to give opinions concerning the running of the programme and in the development of tools. The community should be sensitized on project involvement in the locality.