Evidence Informed Decision Making and Its Effects on Policy Formulation in Kitui County Assembly; Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorEsther Kitavi, Charity
dc.contributor.authorWilson Muna
dc.date.accessioned2020-12-22T06:47:18Z
dc.date.available2020-12-22T06:47:18Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA research article published in Journal of Public Policy & Governanceen_US
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of evidence informed decision making on policy formulation in Kitui County Assembly, Kenya. The study used descriptive research design. The target population included members of the County Assembly Service Board, Members of County Assembly, and the staff. Semi-structured questionnaire with both closed and open ended questions were used to collect the data. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics, while qualitative data was analyzed thematically. The study established that institutional culture, research design, technical support and the uptake of research results have significant effect on policy formulation.. The study concluded that evidence informed decision making has significant effect on policy formulation at Kitui County Assembly with institutional culture having the largest effect followed by technical support, uptake of research results and lastly research design. The study recommended that the human resource managers of Kitui County Assembly should align the beliefs, views, attitudes and opinions of the staff towards evidence informed decision making for policy formulation. The staff working in different departments at Kitui County Assembly should collaborate to ensure that research evidence has the required attributes that would inform concrete policy formulation. The top management together with the human resource managers at Kitui County Assembly should improve on technical support by organizing for more training of the staff on evidence informed decision making. The communication managers at Kitui County Assembly should establish relevant platforms to disseminate and implement research results for use in decision making.en_US
dc.identifier.citationKitavi, C., E.,& Muna, W. (2020). Evidence Informed Decision Making and Its Effects on Policy Formulation in Kitui County Assembly; Kenya. Journal of Public Policy & Governance, 4(1), 72-87en_US
dc.identifier.issn2616-8413
dc.identifier.urihttps://stratfordjournals.org/journals/index.php/journal-of-public-policy-governa/article/view/635/746
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/21181
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherStratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishingen_US
dc.subjectevidence informed Decision Makingen_US
dc.subjectPolicy Formulationen_US
dc.subjectKitui County Assemblyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleEvidence Informed Decision Making and Its Effects on Policy Formulation in Kitui County Assembly; Kenyaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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