Determinants of implementation of Construction projects funded by Constituency development funds: a case of Public secondary schools Kikuyu sub-county, Kiambu county Kenya
Abstract
The Constituency Development Fund was established way back in 2003 through an Act of
Parliament. It is one of the devolved funds that are allocated to sub-county for development
of projects. The funds were aimed at improving living standards to the concerned
communities and boaster the development initiatives. Hence the purpose of this study was be
to investigate determinants of implementation of CDF funded construction projects a case of
public secondary schools kikuyu sub-county, Kiambu County. The study objective intended
to investigate the following; To determine level of funding by CDF influence on
implementation of CDF funded construction project in public secondary schools in kikuyu
sub-county, To determine stakeholders involvement influence on implementation of CDF
funded construction project in public secondary schools kikuyu sub-county and To
investigate how monitoring and evaluation tools influence implementation of CDF funded
construction projects in public secondary schools kikuyu sub-county. The study adopted
quantitative and qualitative and in particular a descriptive survey research design because it
involved collecting information about people’s attitudes, opinions, and habits on a
phenomenon by administering a questionnaire and interview guide to a sample of individuals
and it describes the characteristics of a population or a phenomena that was studied. The
target population for the study was N=70 respondents. Based on Krejcie and Morgan (1970)
table for determining sample size, for a given population of a sample size of n=59
respondents was appropriate. Data collection instruments tools used were questionnaire and
interview guide technique where by Semi structured questionnaire was administered to the
school principals and the interview guide to the CDF official. Out of the questionnaire
distributed 50 were fully filled with relevant information for analysis, this represents
response rate 94.7%. Data was analyzed through the use of a computer software SPSS. The
data collected was analyzed by descriptive statistics such as frequencies and percentages
were used to describe the data. The analyzed data was presented in form of tables and
Correlation analysis conducted. The study found out that majority of respondents 80%
indicated the level/amount of funding mostly done by the CDF has correlation coefficient of
0.863 a strong positive relationship showing that level of funding determines the
implementation. The study also found out that stakeholder’s involvement is a vital tool in
implementation with 90% giving an affirmation of involvement with a correlation coefficient
of 0.967*. The study also found out that use M&E tools is a crucial in tracking the progress
with 96% asserting its significance and the use of this tools a correlation coefficient of 0.832
is a strong relationship. The study recommends that there is need all stakeholders are
involved in all development plans, increase training use of M&E tools, Lessons learned serve
as a reference and allocated of enough resources for all project implementation.
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University of Nairobi
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