Effect of Institutional-based Considerations on the Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation Systems in Kisumu County Funded Projects, Kenya

Abstract

The study positioned to find out the effect of institutional based considerations on monitoring and evaluation systems performance in Kisumu County Funded Projects. The study specifically looked at four parameters: Influence of human resource capacity, influence of funding level, influence of participation of stakeholders and impact of quality of data on monitoring and evaluation systems performance in Kisumu County funded projects. The study target population comprised project managers, Project committee members and M & E personnel in charge with project monitoring and evaluation. Descriptive cross-sectional survey study method was employed with a population size of 70 and collection of primary data conducted using a questionnaire. Quantitative technique was employed for data analysis. A quantitative data analysis was done where both descriptive analysis and multiple regression was performed using the Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). For the significance test, t-test was applied in measuring the independent variables. From the study, human resource capacity was found to be significant in its relationship to how monitoring and evaluation systems is performed by institutions since p=0.003˂0.05 also funding had a notable impact on the success of monitoring and evaluation systems performance since p=0.002˂0.05. Involvement of stakeholders and data quality registered a positive influence on monitoring and evaluation systems performance and this was represented with the value of; p=0.010˂0.05 and p=0.001˂0.05 correlatively. The four independent variables showed a positive influence on how monitoring and evaluation is performed within projects which have been funded by the Kisumu County. The study concluded that human resource capacity, funding level, involvement of stakeholders and data quality all had an influence on monitoring and evaluation systems performance.