Influence of Managerial Practices on Sustainability of Hiv/aids Programme Among Community Based Organizations in Kericho County, Kenya

Abstract

Managerial practices present the greatest challenge for all organizations including community based organizations. This study sought to establish the influence of managerial practices on sustainability of Human immune virus/Acquired immune-deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) programme among community based organizations in Kericho County, Kenya. The study was guided by the following objectives: To establish how strategic planning influence sustainability of HIV/AIDS Programme among community based organizations in Kericho County, Kenya; to determine how governance influence sustainability of HIV/AIDS Programme among community based organizations in Kericho County, Kenya; to assess how staff training influence sustainability of HIV/AIDS Programme among community based organizations in Kericho County, Kenya and to examine how monitoring and evaluation influence sustainability of HIV/AIDS Programme among community based organizations in Kericho County, Kenya. In this study, a crosssectional survey research design was adopted. Simple random sampling and purposive sampling was used to choose a sample from the members and management respectively to participate in the study. The target population was 859 respondents drawn from the 43 community based organizations engaged in HIV/AIDS programme in Kericho County. The study employed Yamane’s (1967) formula to arrive at a sample of 184 respondents selected from 30 community based organizations. Six sub-county Sub County AIDS control council representatives were purposively selected to participate in the study. The researcher carried out a pilot study in Bomet county on a sample comprising of 20 respondents. The study adopted a semi- structured questionnaire to collect data from the respondents. The instruments were validated using content validity while chronbach’s alpha was used to measure reliability. Data analysis was done using statistical package for social sciences version 21 and the findings presented using frequency distribution tables. Mean and standard deviation were used to analyse descriptive statistics while inferential statistics of multiple regression was used to test the relationship between the variables in the study. Findings from the study is expected to provide insight to various stakeholders in Kericho County on the importance of managerial practices on sustainability of HIV/AIDS programme managed by community based organizations. The study revealed that all the organizations (100%) adhered to the organization’s vision and mission, all of them had written work plans that guided activities implementation and involved all stakeholders when developing the work plans, mission and vision of the organization. The study showed that 36.5% of the respondents had not been trained on any of the managerial practices in the last 3 years and most organizations preferred off-the-job straining mode for their staff as revealed by 42.9% of the respondents. The study also showed that 46% of the respondents indicated that their organizations had standard reporting tools. The present study revealed that 100% of the respondents indicated that the potential users of monitoring and evaluation was the government while only 11.9% of the respondents indicated that the beneficiaries were the potential users of the monitoring and evaluation report. More than 50% of the respondents indicated that their organizations did not have diversified sources of funding to support continuity of their programme when the external funding end.