| dc.description.abstract | Water is a basic need of life, the most precious and important of all natural resources,
without which the human species cannot survive. Governments, NGOs, local and
international organizations from all over the globe have implemented water projects to
encourage safe rural water supply and sanitation in the past few years. The purpose of
this study was to examine the factors influencing performance of community water
projects in Bomet County. It was guided by the following objectives; investigate the
effect of technical competence, stakeholder involvement projects, governance structures
and monitoring and evaluation influence performance of community water projects. The
researcher used descriptive research design. Stratification and simple random sampling
technique was used to obtain 2 Community water projects from each location which will
yield 18 water projects. Morgan’s table for sample size was used to determine the sample
size from the targeted households. A sample of 398 was selected. The data was collected
using questionnaires and interviews schedules and was analyzed and interpreted both
quantitatively and qualitatively using statistical tools such as Statistical Package for
Social Sciences (SPSS). The data was presented using descriptive statistics and
inferential statistics. The findings will be useful to stakeholders in the water sectors such
as the County government, NGOs, donors, community members and other interested
stakeholders in coming up with sustainable interventions to improve water access. It was
found out that there was a significant relationship between technical competence and the
performance of community water projects (P=0.04). A weak positive relationship
between stakeholders’ involvement and performance in community water projects
(r=0.224, p=0.081) which confirmed insignificant relationship between stakeholders’
involvement and performance in community water projects. A two-tailed paired t-test
indicated a strong significant relationship between governance and performance in
community water projects. Further results indicated a positive relationship between
governance and performance in community water projects (r=0.318, p<0.05). It was
concluded that, among the four independent variables under investigation, technical
competence is the factor that had the most influencing effect on the performance of
community water projects in Bomet East sub-county. The study suggest that community
water projects should increase the involvement of key stakeholders such as relevant
government agencies, financial advisers, and other professionals in order to enhance the
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