| dc.description.abstract | Strategy in effect, is management's game plan for the business;
managers develop strategies to guide how an organization conducts its
business and how it will achieve its target objectives. Without a strategy,
there is no established course to follow,no roadmap to manage by, no
cohesive action plan to produce the intended results (Thomson &
Strickland, 1992).
This case study sought to describe challenges In strategic
implementation of slum upgrading policies taking a case of Mathare 4A
slum. Primary data were collected using an interview guide. Using the
guide, researcher was to establish the strategic implementation
challenges experienced in Mathare 4A slum.
Fifteen respondents were randomly selected to participate in the study.
Seven from the Kenya Government ministry involved in the Mathare
slum upgrading, four from the donor agency (KFW) from German
Government and four from Catholic Archdiocese of Nairobi.
The researcher collected secondary data from individuals, government
development plans and statistical abstracts. The collected data was
subjected to content analysis.
The researcher established that slum up grading is a sensitive issue that
has several challenges among them being political interferences,
inadequate resources, delayed work plan, stakeholders influences,
leadership among other issues. The limitations experienced during the
study was the inaccessibility of some of the respondents earmarked for
the research as well as difficulties in accessing the confidential
government reports on Mathare 4A.
The case study offers comprehensive study on challenges of up-grading
Mathare 4A, and the researcher suggests that further similar studies can
be done on other slums in Nairobi and deduce whether the same
challenges that affected Mathare 4A applied to all slums with similar
programmes. Further research can also be done on Government slum
up-grading policies and their challenges to slum up grading especially in
major urban centres in Kenya. | en |
