| dc.description.abstract | The Kenya Economic Stimulus Program (ESP) was initiated by the Government to
jumpstart the economy after the 2007/2008 post-election. The purpose of this study is
to determine the factors influencing implementation of ESP projects in reference to
fish farming in Kajiado North, Kenya. In Kenya fish-demand is constantly growing.
Fish supply, however, lags behind owing to declining natural fish stocks. Aquaculture
production in Kenya is still insignificant on a global scale, not following the sector’s
worldwide rapid growth. The projects under study are the fish ponds being
implemented under the ESP programme. 63 farmers were sampled of the total
population who benefitted for the programme. Specific areas of focus was the
influence of government funding, government financial flow process, commitment by
the beneficiaries and social-cultural beliefs on implementation of ESP fish farming
projects in Kajiado North District. A look at the previous studies on ESP have been
diverse with varied focus but failing to identify the factors influencing
implementation of ESP projects in Kenya. Therefore data for this study was collected
through structured and unstructured questionnaires from the farmers. The data was
analyzed based on the themes of the research objectives. Quantitative data was
analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) version 20 and
presented in form of tables and prose form. Qualitative data was analyzed by making
inferences from the expressions and opinions of the respondents around the themes
and presented descriptively through content analysis to draw conclusions and
recommendation. The results have shown Implementation of fish farming under ESP
is highly influenced by the government financial flow, followed by socio cultural
influences, and then commitments by beneficiaries and least by government funding.
The government should consider a bottom up and a full participatory approach when
considering the type of projects to benefit specific areas. This will take care of
different cultural beliefs and practices surrounding the communities in terms of
project ownership and implementation | en_US |
