Factors affecting the performance of water and sanitation projects in Garissa county, Kenya (a case of Garissa Municipality)

Abstract

This study sought to investigate the factors affecting the performance of water and sanitation projects in Garissa county. The specific objectives were to find out the effect of project planning, expectations of stakeholders, monitoring and evaluation and government policies on the performance of water and sanitation projects in Garissa county. The researcher used descriptive research approach which described the factors and variables of this project. A census approach was used to cover the thirteen wards of Dujis constituency in Garissa county and covered all the 12 water and sanitation projects currently in progress. Fifty respondents were chosen where 10 of the local respondents were selected by purposive method and 40 respondents from the other categories were picked by simple random sampling method. Questionnaires were administered to these groups of respondents to represent the entire population. Primary data was collected by the use of self administered questionnaires and researcher administered for the groups that are illiterate especially the members of the local community who may have problems reading and interpreting the questions as expected by the researcher. The collected data was ana lysed using descriptive statistics and factor analysis for quantitative data, correlation analysis was also carried out on the quantitative data. The researcher used the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS), to process and analyse data. The research results were presented in percentages. and tables. The major finding of this research was that the water and sanitation projects in the county are in good progress both in work in progress and the quality of the projects, the resource utilization, the budgets are adhered to and also projects work as per the timelines set during project planning and as per the timelines and deadlines given by the government.