| dc.description.abstract | Kenya, like many countries around the world, is experiencing challenges delivering
to its citizens, facilities, infrastructure and services; at a rate fast enough to satisfy
the public demand. Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) are a possible solution to
curbing the disparity between these levels of supply and demand. While PPPs may
act as an effective aid for government to increase procurement and service delivery,
these initiatives are not without their problems, in fact these partnerships are often
plagued with much uncertainty. The major challenge with PPPs is how to form a
good and successful PPP based on knowledge of critical success factors (CSFs) for a
given geographical location. Unfortunately very little research on CSFs for PPPs
implementation has been done in Kenya hence the purpose of this study is to
investigate the CSFs that determine implementation of PPPs in infrastructural
development projects in Mombasa County such as the construction of a second Nyali
bridge,the Mombasa Port Development Project to reduce congestion at the port,
expansion and overhaul of Moi international Airport, Development of Dongo Kundu
Freeport and southern bypass. The objectives of the study are: to establish the extent
to which commitment and responsibility of public and private sectors promote
successful implementation of PPP infrastructural projects, to determine the extent to
which a transparent and efficient procurement process promotes successful
implementation of PPP infrastructural projects, to establish the extent to which
appropriate risk allocation among partners influence implementation of PPP
infrastructural projects, to assess the extent to which sound legal framework
contribute to successful implementation of PPP infrastructural projects, and to
examine how a good and strong consortium promotes successful implementation of
PPP infrastructural projects in Mombasa County. In developing countries like UK,
China and Australia where PPPs are successful, a lot of research on CSFs such as
sound PPP legal framework, commitment and responsibility of public and private
sectors, and appropriate risk allocation in implementation of PPPs has been done and
put into practice. Descriptive survey design was preferred for this study because of
its ability to deal with various cases and variables, its suitability with quantitative &
qualitative methods and also less time consuming. | en_US |
