EFFECTS OF PROCUREMENT PRACTICES ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PROJECTS IN KENYA PIPELINE COMPANY LIMITED
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The general objective of this study was to assess the effects of procurement practices on implementation of projects in Kenya Pipeline Company. To achieve specific objectives of this study, Kenya Pipeline Company was selected as a case study because; it was one of the major parastatals in the Energy sector with a significant portfolio of projects. The Corporation had a staff population of 54 personnel in the Procurement Department, out of which 35 sampled respondents were surveyed using a questionnaire. A presentation of the analysed data and the analysis techniques were also provided using both descriptive statistics such as frequency distribution, mean, standard deviation and inferential statistics with the aid of SPSS Version 24. All the objectives include such practices as: Procurement Planning, Procurement Contract Management, Procurement Evaluation; and Procurement Communication. The study demonstrated these practices indeed affect projects implementation at Kenya Pipeline Company and therefore can be inferred on other sectors in Kenya at large. To sum up, the study findings presented procurement practices as one key improvement that can contribute substantially to project success as indicated by a correlation coefficient, r of 0.898 at p-value of .001. Likewise, the overall coefficient of determination, R2 was 0.775 signifying that the procurement practices aforementioned collectively accounted for 77.5% of change in projects implementation at Kenya Pipeline Company. The other remaining percentage of 22.5%, being accounted for by other practices not considered in this study. Projects should therefore be demystified so that they are not made to look as if they are a preserve only of the top and middle level managers at the total exclusion of the lower staff. Paradoxically, these same lower level staffs are the ones expected to use the project once complete.
Key terms: Procurement, Procurement Communication, Procurement Contract Management, Procurement Evaluation, Procurement Planning, Project Implementation
CITATION: Okundi, K. L., & Kitheka, S. (2019). Effects of procurement practices on implementation of projects in Kenya Pipeline Company Limited. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (2), 461 – 479.
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