Staff Technical Capacity, Budgetary Allocation, Stakeholders’ and Management Participation and Performance of Innovative Projects for the Elderly in Kiambu County, Kenya

Abstract

Monitoring and evaluation practices is essential in measuring the achievement of a project. Most organisations, such as NGOs, private business firms, and government institutions, have adopted Monitoring and Evaluation practices to increase project performance. These research wanted to evaluate the performance of innovative projects among the elderly homes in Kiambu County.So as to achieve this, the anlysis sought to examine impact of budgetary allocation, staff technical capacity, stakeholder Participation and management participation on performance of innovative projects for older people. The study was attached on costbenefit analysis, theory of change and stakeholder theory. The survey espoused a descriptive research . The survey population consisted of 21 senior personnel (3 top management level staff in each home), directors, a finance officer/manager, a senior caretaker, and 340 elderly people at the homes. From the target population of 340 key stakeholders, a sample size of 184 and 21 staff respondents was selected. The sample size was distributed proportionately among the four homes and three outreach centres. The researcher used purposive and simple random sampling and to achieve the sample size. Pilot testing was done at Nyumba ya Wazee in Nairobi County. Data was gathered by means of structured questionnaire. Raw data collected was edited and coded to translate query responses into different groupings for analysis. The study utilized inferential and descriptive statistics through SPSS. The study found that stakeholder participation, staff technical capacity, budgetary allocation and management participation have significant and unison impact on performance of innovative projects for the elderly in Kiambu County, Kenya. The research recommends that the government of Kenya should establish a single authority to register and audit the homes for the elderly in the country, as currently, they are registered under different authorities. Further, project managers should ensure there are established sources of finances to ensure the continuity of the projects. Also, the budget should outline how the funds are to be utilised. Also, the stakeholder should be involved in identifying project performance indicators and in decision making.