PROCUREMENT PROCEDURES COMPLIANCE ON PERFORMANCE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF ISIOLO, KENYA
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Worldwide, many countries including Kenya have initiated procurement reforms culminating into enactment of procurement laws and regulations. In Kenya, despite the existence of the procurement law, there is low level of compliance by the county governments to this law. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effect of procurement procedures compliance on performance of County Government of Isiolo, Kenya. The study was anchored on systematic theory, Institutional theory, principal agent theory, legitimacy theory. This study used a descriptive research design. The target population was 110 county staff comprising of Directors, Supply chain management staffs, Finance Officers and other staff representing various user departments in the procurement committees who are directly involved in procurement activities in the county. The sample size was 44 county government respondents from the above four categories sampled using stratified random sampling technique. The research used questionnaire to collect primary data. The questionnaires were administered to the respondents through a dropped and picked later method. Pilot test was undertaken to establish the validity and reliability of the research instruments by administering questionnaires to 4 (10%) of procurement handlers in the county selected using simple random sampling. The study employed both descriptive and inferential statistics to analyze the collected data. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 26. Multiple regression analysis was used to establish the relationship between the variables. The study findings established and concluded that there is an effect of procurement procedures compliance on performance of County Government of Isiolo. Hence, the study recommends for strong initiation of procurement procedures compliance practices as it improves performance of County Governments. The study, further recommends for more studies to be carried out using similar variables though applying different methodologies.
Key words: Procurement Procedures Compliance, Public Procurement Law, Performance
CITATION: Mohamed, H. M., & Osoro, A. (2024). Procurement procedures compliance on performance of county government of Isiolo, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 11 (2), 1314 – 1327. http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v11i2.2983
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