Browsing by Author "Nyaga, Juster Gatumi"

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    Effects of Stakeholders Involvement on Sustainability of Food Security Projects in Arid Lands, Kenya Nyaga Juster Gatumi
    ((IJMSR, 2022-06) Nyaga, Juster Gatumi; Ngugi, Lucy; Kinoti, Franklin
    : Food security projects are created to accomplish the legislative goals of improving food access in low-income communities. They help develop proactive approaches for the welfare of low-income communities by creating their own comprehensive and sustainable food systems. In this regard, numerous food security projects have been initiated in most Kenyan Counties by both state and non-state prayers in Kenya. However, sustainability of food projects has been a challenge in the sense that some projects remain partially operational after the withdrawal of the main donor while others become defunct. This study therefore seeks to investigate the influence of stakeholder engagement on the sustainability food security projects in arid lands, Kenya. The study is anchored on stakeholder theory. Positivist philosophy is deemed appropriate for this study. Cross-sectional descriptive survey will be used. The study target 413 food security projects implemented by UN Agencies within 8 Counties in Arid Lands in Kenya with a sample of 203 food security projects. Stratified sampling will be used and primary data will be collected using self-administered questionnaire.Descriptive statistics such as mean and standard deviation will be computed to explain the characteristics of the distribution. Correlation analysis and standard multiple regression models will assist to assess the degree of relationship between the study variables. This study will be of significant to ministry of agriculture in enacting policies for sustainable food security; project donors and sponsors in accessing critical information on practices for sustainable of future food projects; relevant UN agencies would obtain information which will help to shape the future of their projects by understanding key issues to be addressed to promote their unsustainability; and finally the study is expected to immensely contribute to literature for use by future researchers and form a base for discussion in the area of project sustainability.
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    Factors Affecting Sustainability of Food Security Projects Among the Masaai Community in Kajiado County, Kenya
    (2018) Nyaga, Juster Gatumi; James, Rosemary
    This study examined factors contributing to food security project sustainability. It will specifically focus on the food security projects in Kajiado County funded between the year 2008 and the year 2013. The choice of the study was that despite of the continuing support and implementation of food related projects in Kajiado County, food security still remains a problem. Most food security projects have a short span, staled, never imparted community, some have collapsed and hence non-sustainable projects. The study adopted evaluation research design. The study total population was 1200 individuals belonging or registered with various groups or organizations within the study area. A sample of 10% was selected to form a sample size of 120 respondents. The key informants selected project groups involved faith based organizations, financial institutions, community based organizations and offices from the Government. This were sampled using purposive sampling method. Face to face interviews and focus group discussions were used to collect the data. The data analysis involved descriptive statistics (means and standard deviation) and hypothesis was tested at 95 percent confidence level. In order to find out the relationship between the study independent variables (community participation and funding levels) and the dependent variables (project sustainability), the researcher used the correlation and regression coefficient. The study found out that community participation affected the sustainability of the project positively. Moreover, funding level would also influence the project sustainability positively which was statistically significant. The results for the goodness of fitness of model indicated that community participation and finance level satisfactorily explained the sustainability of food security projects in the study area. This was supported by coefficient of determination (R-square) of 76%; indicating the model can be used to explain 76% of the variations in the dependent variable. The Analysis of the Variance (ANOVA) results indicate that the overall model was statistically significant and with very strong F statistic of 6.932. The study concludes that food security projects are not sustainable within the study area. Group members who are beneficiaries should participate in project at all the levels to create sense of ownership hence sustainability. Adequate funding should be allocated to the project to ensure project sustainability. Key Words: Sustainability, financial level, community involvement food security projects, Kajiado County, Kenya
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    Moderating Effect of Enterprise Environmental Factors on the Relationship Between Project Management Practices and Sustainability of Food Security Projects in Arid Lands, Kenya
    (rsisinternational, 2022-06-10) Nyaga, Juster Gatumi; Ngugi, Lucy; Kinot, Franklin
    Although inclination with execution related to food projects in many regions has displayed substantial improvements, the tendency with sustainability is relatively unsatisfactory, as less projects shows continuity. Government has put measures by creating partnership to implement food security projects towards improving food access and security among communities in arid lands. However, some projects remain partially operational after the withdrawal of the main donor while others become defunct and variations from one county to another is noticeable. The difference in the levels of sustainability had been hypothesized to be attributed to enterprise environmental factors (EFFs). This study thus sought to examine the moderating effect of EEFs on the relationship between project management practices and the sustainability of food security projects in arid lands in Kenya. The study is anchored on contingency theory. Positivist philosophy is deemed appropriate for this study. Explanatory research design was adopted. The study targeted 413 food security projects implemented between the year 2014 and 2017 and within eight Counties in arid lands in Kenya with a sample of 203 food security projects. The respondents were 243, consisting of project group leaders, UN agencies representative and County government representatives. Stratified random sampling was used to obtain proportionate (obtained suing Slovin’s Formula) samples from each of the eight Counties. Primary data was collected using self-administered questionnaire. Characteristics of the data was explained using means and standard deviation. Various diagnostic tests were carried out after which step-wise regression was applied to test the moderating effects. The results indicated that EEFs moderated the relationship between the project management practices and sustainability of food security projects. The study recommends that project leaders embrace various EEFs such as policies to improve the effects of project management practices on the performance of the food security projects.
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    Project Leadership and Sustainability of Food Security Projects in Arid Lands, Kenya
    (Research Journals, 2022-06) Nyaga, Juster Gatumi; Ngugi, Lucy; Kinoti, Franklin
    Despite the staggering economic, social, and ecological costs of meeting food demand, most food security efforts performed through implementation of various food security projects so far have failed to include sustainability considerations. Although inclination with execution related to food projects in many regions has displayed substantial improvements, the tendency with sustainability is relatively unsatisfactory, as less projects shows continuity. Upon realizing their importance, Counties have put measures by creating partnership to implement food security projects towards improving food access in low-income communities. However, their sustainability has been a challenge in the sense that some projects remain partially operational after the withdrawal of the main donor while others become defunct. This study sought to examine the influence of project leadership on the sustainability of food security projects in arid lands in Kenya. The study is anchored on project management competency theory. Positivist philosophy is deemed appropriate for this study. Descriptive and explanatory research designs were used. The study targeted 413 food security projects implemented between the year 2014 and 2017 and within eight Counties in arid lands in Kenya with a sample of 203 food security projects. The respondents were 243, consisting of project group leaders, UN agencies representative and County government representatives. Stratified random sampling was used to obtain proportionate samples from each of the eight Counties and primary data was collected using self-administered questionnaire. To explain the characteristics of the distribution, the study used means and standard deviation, while to assess the strength and direction of association Pearson’s correlations coefficients was used. Multiple regression models assisted to assess the cause effect association between the variables studied. Various diagnostic tests were carried out. The results indicated that project leadership had significant effects on sustainability of food security projects. The study recommends that project leaders should come up with clear guidelines which ensure they have the required qualifications to direct the project operations and resources.