Factors influencing implementation of dispensary projects in county governments in kenya: a case of Isiolo county government
Abstract
Community development projects requires the involvement and participation of local
residents in identifying the strategies they wish to use to improve their quality of life.
Participation is seen as developmental, educative, and integrative and as a means of
protecting freedom. County governments is intended to transform the economic wellbeing
of local communities leading to poverty reduction. In addition, it was hoped
that the devolvement of funds in general, would enhance people’s participation in
decision making processes; promote good governance and promote transparency and
accountability. The general objective of the study was to find out the factors
influencing the implementation of dispensary projects in county governments in
Kenya: a case of Isiolo county government. The key limitation that was experienced is
that respondents feared to give information since they did not know why the
information is required but the researcher confirmed to them it is purely for academic
purposes. The study targeted Isiolo county government in Isiolo County. The study
involved all the management employees who included head of department of the
county government. This study assumed that all the respondents responded honestly
to the questionnaire and that the population identified was a represent the entire
country governments in Kenya. This study adopted a descriptive research design. In
choosing the members who were to participate, the researcher focused on the
management and heads of sections. There were 50 management employees of Isiolo
county government and these were the study respondent’s. This study adopted a
census sample design which allowed to use a sample size of 50 respondents. Data was
collected through questionnaire. On data analysis, descriptive statistic which included
frequencies and percentages were used. Quantitative data was represented using tables
while qualitative data was presented in narrative form. The study concludes that there
is no reliable funds to implementation of dispensary projects and that County
government does not allocate large amount of funds for implementation of dispensary
projects. This study concludes that there is no communication between the county
government and the project stakeholders and there is conflict between county
governments and the project stakeholders. It can be concluded that they are many
stakeholders with different interest’s county projects. On the conflict between county
government and national government, the conflict has affected the implementation of
projects. Due to this, it is concluded that the stakeholder’s support and
implementation of dispensary projects is not satisfying. It was recommended that the
county government should endeavor to improve the life of the community by
allocating enough resources to development projects, that the county government
should keep up the good spirit of embracing stakeholders support in order to ensure
fully implementation of development projects and that the county government should
endeavor to maximize their political goodwill for effective implementation of
development projects.
Publisher
University of Nairobi
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