Browsing by Author "Kioko, Sila Boniventure"

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    Influence of Citizen Engagement in Budget Planning on Devolved Governance Systems in Mombasa County, Kenya
    (IAJAH, 2024-10) Kioko, Sila Boniventure; Moi, Edna
    Public participation was at the heart of the Kenya constitution 2010, which demanded that public participation should be employed in all county governments that were established under the constitution. It was incumbent upon each devolved unit to develop a public participation policy to encourage and guide how the citizenry were involved in planning and implementation of public projects. In Kenya, the primary objectives of public participation in decentralized governance systems were to enlighten, involve, confer, cooperate, and enable the populace through various channels, such as elections or civil society initiatives that solicited public opinion throughout the policy-making process. Public bureaucracy, on the other hand, had a culture that discouraged public participation and instead favored traditional means of exchanging information, such as public hearings, which were frequently one-sided and unfocused on fixing problems. Therefore, through genuine public engagement, it was necessary to change that mentality and guarantee that citizens were partners in the governing process rather than only clients. This study aimed to ascertain how citizen involvement affected budget planning in devolved governance systems; second, to ascertain how citizen awareness affected budgeting and devolved governance and to explore the influence of monitoring and evaluation in budget planning on the performance of devolved governance systems in Mombasa county, Kenya. Stakeholder theory served as the study's foundation. The study used a descriptive research design. The aim of the study was the Mombasa County population of 378,422 households, and the Yamane method was used to choose 400 families as a sample. To improve the validity and reliability of research instruments, a pilot study was carried out. The primary research instrument for gathering both quantitative and qualitative data for the study was a self administered questionnaire. SPSS version 26 was used to analyze the quantitative data both descriptively and inferentially. The results were shown as frequency tables, means, and standard deviations. Themes were used to analyze qualitative data, which were then presented narratively. To carry out the study, the investigator obtained a research authorization letter from Graduate School, Kenyatta University, as well as a research permit from the National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI). The study concludes that citizen engagement positively affect the performance of devolved governance systems in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study recommended that policymakers and governance leaders in Mombasa County should prioritize the promotion of citizen engagement in the budgeting process. This can be achieved through the establishment of citizen engagement forums, public meetings, and town hall meetings where citizens can discuss and provide input on budget proposals.
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    Public Participation in Budgeting and its Influence on Performance of Devolved Governance Systems in Mombasa County, Kenya
    (Kenyatta University, 2025-06) Kioko, Sila Boniventure
    Mombasa County has witnessed challenges in its performance, notably delays in completion of projects and poor access to services. Additional issues include inadequate accountability from the employees. For instance, according to Jura (2025), about 55% of the projects in Mombasa County in the final year 2022/2023 – 2024/2025 were classified as stalled. There is low level of accountability in Mombasa that has negatively impacted service delivery. Lack of accountability in Mombasa County among other performance challenges is intertwined with inadequate public participation in governance process. Therefore, this study aimed to determine the influence of public participation in budgeting on performance of devolved governance system in Mombasa County, Kenya. More specifically, the study sought to establish the influence of citizen awareness in budget planning, citizen engagement in budget planning as well as monitoring and evaluation in budgeting on performance of devolved governance systems in Mombasa County. The study used a descriptive research design targeting 378,422 households and 12 stakeholders in Mombasa County. Through Yamane formula, the sample size of 412 respondents was determined. While households were sampled through stratified random method, census was used to sample stakeholders. Self administered questionnaire was used to collect data with close and open ended questions. The questionnaire was pilot tested among 42 respondents from Mtwapa Township in Kilifi County to determine validity and reliability. The collected quantitative data was analyzed through SPSS version 27 using means and standard deviations as well as multiple regression analysis model and findings were presented through tables and figures. For open ended questions, content analysis was used to explore emerging themes and presented in prose form. The findings were that citizen awareness in budget planning (β=.224, p=0.002), citizen engagement in budget planning (β=.232, p=0.003) and monitoring and evaluation in budgeting (β=.213, p=0.004) were all found to be positive and significant predictors of performance of devolved governance systems in Mombasa County, Kenya. The study concluded that citizen awareness in budget planning, citizen engagement in budget planning as well as monitoring and evaluation in budgeting exert positive and significant influence on performance of devolved governance systems in Kenya. On the first objective, it is recommended that robust monitoring and evaluation frameworks should be established to track the implementation of budget allocations and outcomes. In regard to the second objective, policymakers and governance leaders in Mombasa County should prioritize the promotion of citizen engagement in the budgeting process. As per the last objective, it is recommended that local governments in Mombasa County should prioritize and invest more in capacity building in budgeting processes.