| dc.description.abstract | In its mandate to steer the economic growth, Infrastructural development has been one core
development area that has been put on focus by the Kenyan Government. There has been a lot of
investment on Construction and Maintenance of National trunk roads mainly being the main
transport medium inland owing most especially to the unreliability of the Railway Transport
after its collapse within the last two decades. In lieu of this the government has streamlined the
ministry of roads through gazzettement of Key Authorities to discharge its duties. The Kenya
National Authority having been given mandate to manage the National Trunk roads has a duty to
Monitor and Evaluate the Projects it is responsible of managing. There has been inefficiency in
carrying out of proper Monitoring and Evaluation of the road construction and maintenance
projects. Owing to this, information that would be useful and consumed in guiding procuring for
future works during the procurement evaluation process on contractor's bidding for work is
insufficient and works may end up going to an inefficient contractor who could have won a
tender by virtue of bidding lowest. The purpose of this study was to identify the factors that
affect Monitoring and Evaluation of Roads project in KeNHA. The study targeted the population
of roads that have ongoing construction works in this region. A sample of roads that have
ongoing construction works were sampled using simple random sampling and was collected
using questionnaires which were administered to respondents involved in these projects. The
data analysis involved qualitative and quantitative techniques. The study findings indicate that
there is a great influence of availability of resources on monitoring and evaluation of Road
Infrastructural Construction. The study revealed that adequate resources ensure timely
completion of construction projects together with competent project staff. Availability of
monitoring and evaluation personnel influences road infrastructural construction projects.
Personnel are the ones that contribute to the effectiveness since they are needed to perform the
duties. Other monitoring resources have an influence on monitoring and evaluation of road
construction projects. It was found that other resources include time, mode of transport and data
collection tools. Contractors have big influences upon projects and their successes. If the
contractor provides poor workmanship it affects construction projects. | en_US |
