FACTORS AFFECTING MONITORING AND EVALUATION IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT PROJECTS: A CASE STUDY OF KISII COUNTY
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This study sought to investigate factors affecting of monitoring and evaluation in county government projects initiated by Kisii County government. The study was carried out within Kisii County; thus the elected members of county assembly (MCA) and resident engineer formed target population. There were 45 elected members of county assembly and one resident engineer per constituency from this a random sample of 40 personnel were sought for the study. The study employed questionnaire interview format as its primary data collection method. The study informed both the county and national government of factors affecting monitoring and evaluations in county government projects funded by county and played vital role in strategic planning for county infrastructure development. The study established that involvement of community on monitoring and evaluation in Kisii county government projects constituted the core of a monitoring and evaluation framework which enhanced a participatory process of selecting legal procedures for stakeholders involved with project implementation. The study established that there was an effect of budgetary allocation on effective monitoring and evaluation which enhanced adequate provision for monitoring and evaluation activities through evaluation planning budget which carefully estimated actual expenditure on the evaluation of more projects to be monitored. The study established that the skills of a project manager affected monitoring and evaluation through technical capacity as a huge determinant of how monitoring & evaluation’s lessons were produced, communicated and perceived. The study established that legal procedures affected monitoring and evaluation in those legal procedures. Kisii county employees were supportive towards monitoring and evaluation practices and that the legal procedures in projects which were undertaken in Kisii were supportive of M & E practices. The study recommended that; The Kisii county officers should allocate sufficient financial resources to enhance on monitoring and evaluation of projects implemented by county government through organizational policies and discipline to enhance the process. Proper rules, laws and regulation should formulated by the county governments in order to enhance people in rural areas in implementation of sustainable projects in Kisii county. Proper infrastructure should be established in Kisii County to be used on enhancing monitoring and evaluation of county government projects in Kisii County.
Keywords: Community Involvement, Budgetary Allocation, Project Manager Skills, Legal Procedures
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