Procurement Practices and Completion of KERRA Road Construction Projects in Bomet County, Kenya

Abstract

Completion of road construction projects is significant from a global perspective as it impacts directly on the social – economic development as well as infrastructural progression and transportation. The broad objective of implementing road construction projects is to enhance connectivity and enable business and trade within and without any country’s boundaries. As such, road construction projects promote tourism, and provide improved access to necessities like healthcare and education. The 5 projects served as the unit of analysis for this study, which targeted workers and contractors working with KeRRA in Bomet County. The study's target population was 304, with a sample population of 171. This study made use of stratified proportional random sampling, an unbiased sampling technique for partitioning heterogeneous populations into homogeneous groups and then selecting within each subset to guarantee representativeness. A positive correlation between the two sets of data showed by the results. This means that if there is an increase in communication practices, the completion of road projects will increase by 26.6%, if finance practices is well managed, road project completion will increase by 45.4%, if the management puts more effort in tendering process, the project completion rate will increase by 16.7% and if the management focuses more on participatory monitoring and control, then completion of road projects will increase by 4.7%. The study's results indicate that effective communication strategies significantly impact the success of KERRA road construction projects in Bomet County, Kenya. In Bomet County, Kenya, KERRA road construction projects are more likely to be completed when fiscal management strategies are put into place. The highest score went to this variable, which means it's more significant and will have a bigger effect on how these projects turn out. In Bomet County, Kenya, the KERRA road improvement projects are significantly affected by the tendering system. The KERRA road construction projects in Bomet County, Kenya, are coupled with participatory assessment and monitoring processes. The KERRA road construction projects in Bomet County, Kenya, were the exclusive focus of this study, which also examined financial processes, the tendering process, participatory monitoring and control, and the methods for communicating with stakeholders. As a result, looking at the same factors at the federal level is essential. The results of this study and those from subsequent ones may then be compared.