EFFECTS OF BUREAUCRACY ON DISBURSEMENT OF DEVELOPMENT FUNDS IN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN KENYA
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The study investigated the effects of bureaucracy disbursement of development funds by the County Governments in Kenya. The study adopted a descriptive survey research design where the target population was a census of 62 finance-related employees of the County Government of Bungoma. Data was collected using questionnaires as the primary data collection method. The study used census and purposive sampling procedure to identify the county employees working in finance departments. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for the Social Science (SPSS) to ascertain the level of significance of each variable and test the hypotheses. According to the results, bureaucracy has no statistical significant influence on fund disbursement in county governments in Kenya. The study revealed that bureaucracy had a great influence of fund disbursement for county governments in Kenya. From the study it was concluded that efficient funds disbursement in county government is a major factor leading to projects success. The responsibility for county government development and maintenance is fragmented among different government Ministries and departments. This fragmentation has led to inadequate coordination among the various players’ thereby undermining proper maintenance and drop of county government in the county. The study thus recommended that policies should be reviewed to reduce bureaucracies and fund allocation be fast tracked to ensure funds reach their intended recipients.
Key Words: Bureaucracies, Fund Allocation, County Governments in Kenya
CITATION: Namaswa, A. N., & Juma, D. (2019). Effects of bureaucracy on disbursement of development funds in county governments in Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 6 (2), 2079 –2087.
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