Sustainable Procurement and Supply Chain Agility of the County Governments in Kenya

Abstract

This study aimed at establishing the influence of sustainable procurement and supply chain agility of the county governments in Kenya. The objectives that guided the research include; to determine the extent of adoption of sustainable procurement by the county governments in Kenya and to establish the relationship between sustainable procurement and supply chain agility of the county governments in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive research design. The study was census of all the county governments (47) in Kenya which constituted the population. The primary data was collected through questionnaires sent via e-mails while some through drop and pick later method. The data was analyzed by descriptive statistics (objective one) and regression analysis (objective two). The outcome indicates that green purchasing, ICT adoption and eco design and packaging were adopted to a large extent whereas supplier partnerships and ethical procurement were adopted to a moderate extent, as per their means, by the county governments in Kenya. The findings also show that sustainable procurement influences supply chain agility of the county governments in Kenya as indicated by the p values lower than 0.05. More specifically, green purchasing, supplier partnership, adoption of ICT, ethical procurement and eco design and packaging influences supply chain efficiency, supply chain responsiveness and supply chain agility in general. The study recommends that the managers at the county governments must adopt sustainable procurement practices (green purchasing, supplier partnership, adoption of ICT, ethical procurement and eco design and packaging) if they need to enhance their supply chain agility (supply chain efficiency and supply chain responsiveness). It is suggested that future studies should focus on sustainable procurement and supply chain agility of either manufacturing firms, Banking sector, Agrochemicals, Pharmaceuticals or even Multinational corporations. This will help in knowing whether the studies will yield the same results.