DETERMINANTS OF EFFECTIVE PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE AMONG DONOR FUNDED PROJECTS IN THE PUBLIC SECTOR IN KENYA
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https://doi.org/10.47941/ijscl.280Keywords:
staff competency, resource allocation, procurement planning, contract management.Abstract
Purpose: The purpose of the study was to examine the determinants of effective procurement performance among donor funded projects in the public sector in Kenya with an aim of making recommendations on proper use of effective procurement performance practices.
Methodology: This research study adopted a descriptive research design approach. The researcher preferred this method because it allows an in-depth study of the subject. To gather data, structured questionnaire was used to collect data from 126 procurement staff in the various departments in the ministry of agriculture. Once collected, data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Quantitative data was analyzed using multiple regression analysis. The qualitative data generated was analyzed by use of Statistical Package of Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.
Results: The findings of the study indicated that staff competency, resource allocation, procurement planning and contract management have a positive relationship with effective procurement performance among donor funded projects in the public sector.
Conclusion: Based on the study findings, the study concludes that procurement performance among donor funded projects can be improved by staff competency, resource allocation, and procurement planning and contract management.
Policy recommendation: The study recommended that public institutions should embrace effective procurement performance so as to improve procurement performance and further researches should to be carried out in other public institutions to find out if the same results can be obtained.
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