An Assessment Of The Effects Of Procurement Plan Implementation Practices On Performance Of County Governments In Kenya: A Case Of Kisii County Government

Abstract

Resource allocation practices, procurement method utilized, procurement approval obtained, and integration practices implemented play an important role in the performance of county governments, Kenya. For Counties to continue providing services there has to be a procurement plan and ways of implementing it. Countiesin Kenya have trouble in implementing procurement plans. In light of this, therefore, the study sought to fill the gap by assessing the effects of Procurement PlanImplementation practices on the performance of County Governments in Kenya, (Case of KisiiCounty Government). The specific objectives were to analyze the effects of resource allocation practices, to establish the contributions of Procurement methodutilized, to establish the effects of Procurement approvals obtained, tofind out the effects of integration practicesimplementedand to determine the moderating effects of Government policies and regulations on the relationship between procurement plan Implementation practices and performance of Kisii County government, Kenya. This study focused on the Implementation theory and Resource-based view theory. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted, with a target population of4935 employees in Kisii County Government. Yamane formula was used to determine the sample for the study n= 370 respondents. Questionnaireswere used to collect primary data. The collected data was analyzed using quantitative technique. The data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistical measures of central tendency such as mean and percentages. The information arising from analyzed data was presented in tables and figures. Resource allocation practices, procurement method utilized, procurement approval obtained and integration practices implemented found to have an effect on the performance of Kisii County Government, Kenya. From correlation analysis, it concluded that procurement approval obtained and integration implemented during procurement plan implementation was positively and significantly correlated to performance of county government and statistically significant respectively. The study recommended that the county should adopt information technology in its dailyoperations to support information sharing. The County should fasttrackdisbursement of funds budgeted for procurement plan implementation to avoid delayed service delivery to customers.Further studies would be more appropriate in areas that compare the effects of Procurement plan implementation practices on the performance of Parastatals and National Government Ministries, Kenya. This would seem likely to lead to new insights and therefore deepen the effort, which have been made in this study.