Influence of Participatory Management Practices on the Implementation of Lasdap in Local Authorities in Kenya: A Case Study of County Council of Kilifi
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Date
2013-08-30
Authors
Morintat, Simon Leboo
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The LAs are the providers of key services to the communities under their jurisdiction.
The purpose of this study was to establish the extent to which the County Council of
Kilifi has been able to uphold participatory management principles as required by the
LASDAP framework. The study was to identify any bottlenecks and make appropriate
recommendation so as to be as inclusive as envisage by the Kenya Constitution 2010.
The study was guided by the following objectives: to identify the key areas in which
participatory management is sought at the county council of Kilifi; to establish the mode
of participatory management -:practiced at the County Council of Kilifi; and to establish
the challenges of participatory management at the County council ofKilifi.
This was a descriptive research design where a sample size of 384 was drawn from a
population of council employees and local residents in 31 wards. Purposive sampling
method was used to select the' sample. .Q. uestionnaires were used to collect primary data .
The instruments were tested for both validity and reliability before final administration to
the respondents. Two sets of questionnaires were devised, one for the workers and
another one for th4 general public. Data was analysed with SPSS using descriptive
analysis. Results are presented in tables and charts.
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The study found and concludes that most of the residents of Kilifi County have not been
adequately involved in significant areas that local communities ought to be involved in.
The study also found and concludes that the most significant mode of participation by the
citizens was communication through interest groups. The study further found and
concludes that the challenges that mostly faced the residents while dealing with the
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council in terms of participation in implementation of LASDAP projects were lack of
encouragement, other competing interests, failure to implement the law, lack of support
from elected councilors, lack of awareness, and inflexible structures. The study first
recommends that the newly created Kilifi County should involve the communities more
in areas of implementation of its projects as this has not been adequately done. The study
also recommends that the Kilifi County should improve on the modes of communication
by allowing more channels of communication between the County Government officers
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