The Impact of Public Participation on Makueni County’s Development Programs - a Case Study of Ivingoni/nzambani Ward, Kibwezi East Constituency
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Date
2018Author
Mutisya, Mutuku, D
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ThesisLanguage
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This study examined the impact of public participation on the development programs of Makueni
County government. The general objective of this study was to assess the impact of public
participation on the development programs of Makueni County government. The central research
question was “has public participation affected the implementation of development programs in
Makueni County?” This study was guided by a conceptual framework for descriptive research.
The study employed both stratified and purposive sampling techniques to obtain respondents’
feedback both as quantitative and qualitative data respectively. Descriptive measures of central
tendency were then employed to analyse quantitative data whilst content analysis was used to
analyse qualitative data. The study revealed that due to inadequate publicity of public
participation opportunities, constituents did not fully embrace it, prioritisation of development
programs has involved the public on lower levels but has ceded ground to technocrats on higher
levels, and that none of the sampled respondents participated in project evaluation of
development programs. The study recommended that the Makueni County government should
publicise more the available public participation forums, amend the structure of the development
program cycle to involve the public in the steps to project prioritisation, and roll out on a wider
scale civic education and training on project monitoring and evaluation.
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University of Nairobi
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