EFFECT OF COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN MONITORING AND EVALUATION ON THE SUCCESS OF COUNTY WATER PROJECTS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY
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This research aimed at determining the effect of community involvement in monitoring and evaluation on the success of county water projects in Uasin Gishu County. This study was guided by the theory of citizen involvement. The study focused on water projects funded by the County Government to represent all other projects. The target population of the study was 821 respondents from different sectors which included 520 County Development Committee, 95 Contractors, 30 ward administrators, 57 area chiefs, 7 water engineers, 6 architects, 95 project managers and 11 quantity surveyors. A sample size of 484 respondents was selected using a stratified sampling. These were 226 County Development Committee, 77 Contractors, 30 ward administrators, 50 area chiefs, 7 water engineers, 6 architects, 77 project managers and 11 quantity surveyors. The data was collected from primary sources. The study used structured questionnaires to collect data from the respondents. The study employed both descriptive and inferential statistical methods to analyze data. There was a statistical significant effect of community monitoring and evaluation on performance of county water projects in Uasin Gishu County (β= 0.408, p=0.000<0.05). The study concluded that community involvement strategy has positive effect on the success of water projects. The study concluded that modernization theory can be applied in projects to show how the community members are guided in contributing towards project success. In this way, monitoring and evaluation is important in the board of projects scope, time, cost, quality, human resource, correspondence and risks. It was recommended that to ensure success of the projects, project managers have to mostly involve community members in monitoring and evaluation, employ their workforce from the community and involve community members in planning and budgeting.
Key Words: Community Involvement, Monitoring and Evaluation, Water Projects
CITATION: Maritim, N. K., & Boit, R. (2019). Effect of community involvement in monitoring and evaluation on the success of county water projects in Uasin Gishu County. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (2), 1317 –1328.
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