| dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of management practices on
sustainability of the youth income generating projects in Soy Sub-County, Uasin Gishu
County, Kenya. It focused on leadership, training, financial management and monitoring
& evaluation aspects in relation to project sustainability. Descriptive survey research
design was adopted with 55 youth groups selected through stratified random sampling
where the chairperson and four members of each group were included in the sample. The
Sub-County youth officer was involved in an interview with the researcher. The
instruments validation exercise was done by the supervisor. Reliability of the instruments
was determined through a pilot study where a Cronbach alpha co-efficient of 0.79 was
obtained indicating that the instruments were highly reliable. Data was analyzed using
descriptive statistics. The results were presented in form of tables and percentages. The
findings were broadly discussed, conclusions drawn and recommendations made. The
study established that training of project managers and members in the day to day
running of the projects should be streamlined to ensure project team focus on purpose,
strategy and sustainability of their projects within the constraints of time, cost, resources
and quality output. It also established that if proper financial records are kept in youth
income projects their sustainability would be promoted. Also for a project to be
sustainable, experience of the project leader in financial management matters was
paramount in youth income projects. Frequent financial reporting on the project progress
has an influence on the sustainability of the youth projects. Constant monitoring and
evaluation greatly influence sustainability of the youth projects. Periodic Monitoring and
Evaluation by expert from the Ministry of Youth or any other area should be incorporate
to assist the monitoring and evaluation of these projects so as to make them give quality
returns. It is the opinion of the researcher that, if the youth groups in Soy Sub-county are
trained on monitoring and evaluation skills their projects would be more effective and
sustainable. | en_US |
