Challenges In The Strategy Implementation Of Mandera County Government

Abstract

The study was aimed at determining the challenges in the implementation of county government strategies with reference to Mandera County. The researcher adapted a descriptive design as there are variables that cannot be quantified. The respondents were senior officers in the county government consisting of the Deputy Governor, Chief of Staff, five Senior Administrators and the Chief Finance Officer.. Data was collected through interviews. Quantitative and qualitative techniques of data analysis methods were used to analyze the collected data .The study found out that organizational structure, organizational culture, capacity of the county government and employee involvement affect strategy implementation. The study recommended that there is need for good structure to support the implementation of the country strategies and the county has developed a culture of implementation of county strategy to ensure that all the strategies adapted by the county is properly implemented at all levels of county government. There is also need for increased cooperation and reduction continued wrangles among the senior officers field by deep traditional difference of two major communities affect the implementation of the county strategies and this is one of the challenges in the implementation of the county strategies. The study further recommends that the county government needs to increase technical capacity for the implementation of the county strategies and it should train the employees to boost the human resource capacity in the county in the implementation of the county strategies. There is also need for proper allocation responsibilities in the implementation of the county strategies and therefore the employees are not clear on what responsibilities they have in the implementation of the county government strategies