Influence Of Stakeholder Participation In Successful Project Implementation: A Case Of Coast Clay Works Ltd Mombasa County, Kenya

Abstract

Active participation of stakeholders in project implementation plays a key role in development of projects. Where the participation of stakeholders is not satisfactory, confusion, uncertainty and in extreme cases civil uprising is normally the outcome. This study assessed the influence of stakeholder participation in project implementation a case of Coast Clay Works Ltd Mombasa County. The research was led by four objectives namely; to find out how stakeholder participation in project identification influences project implementation in CCW, to determine the influence of stakeholder participation in the funding process towards project implementation in CCW, to determine the extent to which stakeholder participation in the procurement process influences implementation of projects in CCW and to investigate the influence of stakeholders in the Monitoring and Evaluation process towards project implementation in CCW. Literature review was done on the same topic as per the objectives set out. This study used exploratory research design. The target people of this study included the stakeholders involved in the processes of projects. The target populace was 120 respondents. The study employed a simple random sampling in identifying the sample size. In this study the sample selected was 90 respondents which represented 75% of the whole population. This population cut across five departments namely: finance, procurement, sponsors, operations and stores. This study used questionnaires and interviews as the facts gathering instruments. The form comprised of both exposed and close ended queries. Before tackling data analysis, the forms were collected from the field and were reviewed for entirety, coded, and entered into Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) for examination. SPSS version 21.0 analysis program was used to examine the measurable data while content scrutiny was used to scrutinize qualitative data. The study sought to demonstrate a link between stakeholder participation and project implementation which ensures project stability