DETERMINANTS OF YOUTH ACCESS TO PROCUREMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN PUBLIC SECTOR IN KENYA: A CASE OF NATIONAL TREASURY
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The purpose of the study was to establish the determinants of youth access to procurement opportunities in public sector in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were; To establish how financial capability influence youth access to procurement opportunities in public sector in Kenya and to determine how procurement information accessibility influence youth access to procurement opportunities in public sector in Kenya. The study had a sample population of 160 respondents. The sampling frame for this study included procurement personnel from the five selected departments. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics. The study pursued the completed research instruments and document analysis recording sheets. Quantitative data collected using questionnaires was analyzed by the use of descriptive statistics using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (Version 22.0). Content analysis was used to analyze data collected from the unstructured questionnaires that is of qualitative nature. The study contributed the body of knowledge by examining how financial capability and procurement information accessibility that affected youth access to procurement opportunities. The study contributed to the existing literature in the field of procurement by elaborating exiting theories, models and empirical studies on role of access to procurement opportunities in the public sector. The current study should therefore be expanded further in future in order to determine the effect of legal framework, supplier payment, supplier training on access to procurement opportunities in the public sector. The study recommended a similar study on youth enterprises for which data can be available for comparability of the two categories of entrepreneurs.
Key Words: Financial Capability, Procurement, Information Accessibility, Procurement Opportunities
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