| dc.description.abstract | The City Council of Nairobi, which is responsible for the provision of urban services to the ever
growing population, has not been able to keep up with service delivery levels to satisfy the
demand. As a result, the urban environment in the city and its environs has continued to
deteriorate with poorly maintained public toilets, inadequate street lighting and poorly
landscaped urban spaces (streets and outdoor spaces). It is in this light that alternative innovative
and efficient means, for urban service delivery away from the traditional ways are explored and
tested; e.g. Public Private Partnerships.
The main objective of the study was to evaluate the role of Pubic Private Partnerships in the
provision of sustainable urban services, where the provision of core civic functions and service
delivery, by the traditional providers, the City Council of Nairobi (NCC) have not kept pace with
urban growth.
This study has been based on a combination of theoretical frameworks as not one theory was
found to clearly explain the relationship between Public Private Partnerships and the City
Council of Nairobi. These are the Urban Regime Theory, the Classic Economic Theory and the
Concept of Organizational Change. However, the study has mostly relied on the Urban Regime
Theory to explain the involvement of PPPs in urban Service Delivery
Assumptions of this study are that: Urban service delivery will continue to decline unless the
concept of Public Private Partnership is entrenched in the local government system. Lack of a
clear institutional framework is responsible for the inadequate involvement of partnership
institutions in urban service delivery. The policy and institutional framework in Kenya has room
for modification to accommodate partnerships on a large scale in efficient and sustainable urban
service delivery.
The data collected was derived from both primary and secondary sources. Secondary data was
obtained from extensive article review of literature on partnership institutions both locally and
internationally. Primary data was obtained through the use of institutional questionnaires and
checklists to elicit the views on service delivery in the city of Nairobi, the role of PPPs in
provision of selected urban service delivery, namely public toilets, street lighting and open
spaces and street beautification. Separate questionnaires were also administered to fifty
commercial enterprises and to fifty pedestrians within the CBD. Further, the study extensively
reviewed the structure of the City Council of Nairobi. Observations of the physical facilities
under study in the Central Business District were made captured in the form of photographs Of
interest was Nairobi Central Business District Association (NCBDA) that partnered with the
Council in the provision of public toilets, Adopt -a- light in the provision of street lighting and
the various partners in street beautification. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive
statistics that summarized the findings from the study in the form of tables, and graphs or charts. | en |
