Perceived Factors Influencing Participation Of Youths In County Development Projects In Sotik Sub –County, Kenya
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Date
2016Author
Kipkorir, Langat J
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The youth in Kenya are one of the major assets for the newly established county governments as
they can contribute immensely towards enhancing governance not only at the county but also the
national level. The challenge however is upon young people to mobilize and organize themselves
in order to meaningfully participate in governance. Leaders at both the national and county level
can on their part ensure youth engagement by creating a conducive environment that allows for
young people’s participation. Contemporary development scholars have been advocating the
inclusion of youth participation in development projects as they believe the avowed objectives of
any project cannot be fully achieved unless people meaningfully participate in it. The purpose of
the study is to investigate perceived factors influencing participation of youths in county
development projects in Sotik Sub- County. This study is striving to determine how youths are
involved in implementation of projects. The objectives of the study are: to evaluate institutional
and regulatory framework; to assess youths decision making; to establish the capacity building and
investigate the level of education in influencing youths participation in development projects in
Sotik Sub- County. The study was based on the Arnstein’s (1969) theory of community
participation and Ludwig’s theory of group functioning. Arnstein proposed a ladder of
participation. Ludwig (1968) theorizes groups as systems. Groups are conceived as entities that
reasonably can be differentiated from their environment and have some kind of boundaries across
which interactions take place with the environment. The study targeted 1250 Youth group officials
and 3750 Youth group members of all registered youths groups in Sotik Sub-County.
Questionnaires was be used to obtain data from the participants. Descriptive survey design was
used because it provided the real picture about the existing conditions without manipulating the
variables. Stratified random sampling technique was adopted to select those who participated in
the study. Descriptive statistics such as the frequencies and percentages was used to analyze
quantitative data. The findings was presented using frequency distribution tables.
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University Of Nairobi
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