INFLUENCE OF PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA. A CASE STUDY OF BUNGOMA COUNTY
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The study sought to establish the influence of procurement management practices on performance of county governments in Kenya. Descriptive research design was used for the study. The target population for this study was procurement related staff drawn from the procurement, ICT and finance departments at Bungoma County. There were 90 employees working in procurement related departments as they were arguably in a better position to answer the question in order to address the research problem. Primary data was collected using questionnaires by use of the census. The quantitative data was entered into SPSS for analysis. Both quantitative and qualitative data analysis techniques were used. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics while qualitative data was analyzed by the use of the content analysis. Descriptive statistics such as percentages, means and standard deviations were used to analyze the data while inferential statistics such as correlation and regression analysis was used to test on the relationship between the variables of the study where multiple regression model was used at 5% level of significance. It was noted that there exists strong positive relationship between the independent variables and dependent variable. This indicated that procurement planning, supplier management, ICT and outsourcing need to be adopted to enhance procurement performance in the county governments in Kenya. The county governments should provide more training on their staff on the application of different systems and technologies applicable in procuring goods and services. The study recommended that procurement practitioners involved in procurement should be committed to high standards for professional conduct. Competence is expected of supply management professionals. The current study should therefore be expanded in future in order to determine the other determinants hindering procurement performance in the county governments in Kenya. Existing literature indicated that there was scanty information and a research needed to be undertaken in the private sector for the findings to be generalized.
Key Words: Procurement Planning, ICT Integration, Supplier Management, Outsourcing, Procurement Performance
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