Political Factors Influencing Performance of Road Construction Projects in Laikipia County- a Case of Nanyuki-doldol Road Construction Project
Abstract
The purpose of this study was to examine the political factors influencing performance of roads
construction in Laikipia County; a case of Nanyuki Doldol road. The objectives of the study
were to determine how political leadership influence performance of road construction projects,
to assess how political environment influence performance of road construction projects, to
examine how political involvement influence performance of road construction projects, to
ascertain how political stakeholder mapping influence performance of road construction
projects in Laikipia County. The study was guided by theory of performance. The study used
descriptive survey design. A pilot study was conducted before the actual study to ensure validity
and reliability of the instruments. The population of the study were the government road
engineer, road constructors, public participants and local community leaders. The population
of the study was 86 representatives including government road engineers, road contractors,
youth representative, women representative, local community leaders, member of county
assembly representative, Member of Parliament representative and county executive member
in transport. From this a sample of 74 was obtained by use of Yamane formula. The respondents
involved in the study were chosen by use of simple random sampling technique to avoid
biasness. Data was collected using questionnaire. Data was analyzed quantitatively using
frequencies and means while qualitative data was analyzed thematically and interpreted in
context. Descriptive statistics such as means and percentages were used to analyze various
variables. From the findings 84% of the respondents believed that political leaders are never
available and are not committed to roads projects while 75% of the respondents believed that
there was high level bureaucracy in the government such that it was not easy to request for a
project, 89% of the respondents believed that political competition delays construction of roads.
Also 37% of the respondents believed that political stakeholder mapping happened before
initiation of roads projects. Lastly 81% of the respondents were not contented with the progress
of the road construction. The researcher recommended that the government should empower
oversight bodies that are not necessarily constituted of politicians to caution halting of projects
during elections, make the tendering process more transparent, penalize contractors who are not
able to complete projects in a timely manner and allocate more funds for completion of the
Nanyuki Doldol Road. The researcher proposes that more studies to be done to ascertain
whether financial constraint is a reason why contractors are not able to complete roads projects
in time
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University of Nairobi
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