| dc.description.abstract | Kenyan schools under the constituency development fund, including schools in
Bumula Sub-County, have the same management programme as adopted from the
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This is because under the
CDF kitty several funded projects have been initiated in schools w he r e some .The purpose of
the study was to investigate the influence of Board of Managements on completion of
CDF Funded projects in public secondary schools in Bumula Sub-county. The objectives
of the study were to establish how interests of Board of Management influence
completion of CDF projects, to determine how project identification by Board of
Management influences the completion of CDF projects, to examine how community
participation in Board of Management’s decision making on completion of CDF projects
and to investigate how management of funds by Board of Management influence
completion of CDF funded projects in public secondary schools in Kenya. The study
employed the Theory of change as postulated by Priscilla Lewis. The study adopted
descriptive research design with a target population of 266 respondents and a sample size
of 202 was chosen using Krejcie and Morgan verification table. Questionnaires and
interview guides were used to collect data which was analyzed descriptively. Data was
presented in tables and percentages. The findings of the study showed that the interests of
Board of Management influenced the completion of CDF funded projects where
recruitment of project staff was biased towards friends and relatives by 66.7% responses,
It was noted that project identification by Board of Management was inclined towards
project completion whereby 49.7% of the respondents stated to little extent, Location
meetings and forums were held and used to select CDF projects in various schools as
method of project identification. Community participation in Board of Management’s
decision making was low to great extent where 38.5% of the respondents disagreed to
have involved the community in project design and implementation of CDF funded
projects. Finally, the management of funds by the Board of Management influenced the
completion of Constituency Development Funded projects in public secondary schools in
Bumula Sub-County in Kenya where 49.7% of the respondents asserted to great extent
that organizational structure and culture of CDF committee in the process of funding
influenced the completion of CDF funded projects and 71.8% of the respondents
asserting to great extent that the same process was influenced by delayed disbursement of
the CDF funds, and long bureaucratic process at the Constituency. The recommendations
that the BOM should develop clear policy guidelines on recruitment, deployment and
employment of project staff for contribution of CDF projects and awareness creation for
the community members and community participation in sharing and formulation of
policies, project design and implementation of CDF funded projects. The BOM to
facilitate induction courses and training level on good financial governance which has a
bearing on knowledge and skills grounded towards project management, Location
meetings and forums should be used to select CDF projects. This would minimize stalled
CDF projects in schools. The study findings may be used by the Ministry of Education to
formulate financial policies related to CDF funds and project management. | en_US |
