Public procurement and disposal act 2005 implementation challenges and effectiveness in the judicial service commission of Kenya
Abstract
This paper identifies challenges and effectiveness of the public procurement and disposal
act (2005) implementation at the Judicial Service Commission of Kenya. To determine
the Factors that might influence the effectiveness of the Procurement and Disposal Act
2005 in the Judicial Service Commission of Kenya. The theoretical background was
established by acquiring information from literature, previous research and professional
journals. The study adopted a case study descriptive research design which includes
making inferences about relationships between variables from concomitant variables. The
design is suitable for collecting data across many units in the organization at one point in
time. The data collected was grouped into two categories and analyzed differently and
separately depending on the category. Factor analysis and regression analysis was used in
the analysis of the data. The study established that the challenges had influences on the
procurement process. Financial, non financial and effectiveness in the implementation of
the procurement function. The paper concludes that other than financial measures, non
financial measures also contribute significantly in the procurement process and
effectiveness in its implementation. The commission faces difficulty in finance making
decisions on taxation and spending on the public the commission is challenged in budget
controls, accounting and external and internal accounting. Financial management
challenges influence keeping track of important information, non transparency. There has
been slight improvement in the accountability, reduction in corruption and governance
has been streamlined. Lack of transparency due to absence of information on rules and
practices operate as a barrier to the implementation, weak oversight, inconsistent
enforcement of the prevailing rules, compliance with procedural requirements,
compromise on the intent and spirit of rules, ambiguities and gaps in the rules and
inefficient costly system. The study recommends that JSC comes up with operational
management strategies and implement them. The study established that inefficiency in
operations has led to increased costs
Publisher
University of Nairobi