Influence Of County Government Participation In Monitoring And Evaluation On Infrastucture Project’s Performance: A Case Of Ecde Projects, Soy Sub-county, Kenya

Abstract

This study was aimed at establishing the influence of County Government participation in monitoring and evaluation on infrastructural project’s performance in ECDE projects in Soy Sub- County, Kenya. The county projects face delay in completion and increased costs. This can be attributed to lack of participation in monitoring and evaluation. The current study was guided by the following research objectives: to assess the influence of administration of duties on performance of infrastructural projects in ECDE County Projects in Soy Sub-County; to establish the influence of resource controls on performance of infrastructural projects in ECDE County Projects in Soy Sub-County; to examine the influence of mobilization initiatives on performance of infrastructural projects in ECDE County Projects in Soy Sub-County; to assess the influence of information reporting on performance of infrastructural projects in ECDE County Projects in Soy Sub-County. The theoretical framework of this research was steered by the theory of change and the realistic evaluation theory. Descriptive survey research design was adopted in this study. A target population of 215 constituted this study with a sample size of 140 as determined using Krejcie & Morgan table. The questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument with descriptive research design employed where the data was analyzed without affecting it in any way. Quantitative research design was also incorporated and it encompassed the calculation of percentages, mean, frequencies on variables. Frequency distribution was used to present the report through summarizing and classifying the data into meaningful form for easy interpretation. The main findings of the study established were: Administrative duties are important in monitoring and evaluation process and contribute significantly to performance of infrastructure projects, and resource controls is important in monitoring and evaluation of projects and is helpful in enhancing performance. The study further established that mobilization in projects, and information reporting should be part of monitoring and evaluation because both contribute to project performance. The study recommends that county government should embrace social audits, citizen reports and information sharing to be part of monitoring and evaluation initiatives