Project Management Practices on Sustainability of Last Mile Power Project in Nakuru County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorPerris Chegeen_US
dc.contributor.authorBosire, Carolyne Kemunto
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-07T07:57:10Z
dc.date.available2024-06-07T07:57:10Z
dc.date.issued2019-05
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted to the School of Business in Partial Fulfilment for the Award of Degree in Master of Business Administration (Project Management) of Kenyatta University, May, 2019en_US
dc.description.abstractThe last mile project mandate is to connect electrici y to Kenyans without access to electricity within the country. Globally, projects on Electricity connection have struggled through a number of .challcngcs; In Kenya, one of the major electricity connection projects being undertaken s the last mile project. It is set to enable connection of electricity to 314.200 houscholds to the very rural areas in the country. Despite its efforts towards its mandate. the Last :\1I|C Project has faced several challenges across the Country. Among the challenges are erection of the electricity connectivity on semi-permanent dwelling structures that poses a risk of falling olT. ar}d causing damage or fire, connectivity fees being paid installments through token subscription, inability of some beneficiaries to pay the monthly electricity bills and most connccl.ed meters failing to vend. The general objective of this study is to examine the effect of project management practices on sustainability of the Last Mile power project in Nakuru County. The study sought to examine the influence of monitoring & evaluation. risk management. leadership. stakeholder participation. and their influence on sustainability of the Last Mile power project in Nakuru County. Kenya. The study used descriptive research design and a target population of 14 project managers in and 47 contractors and sub-contractors in Nakuru region. This study adopted census approach and structured questionnaires for purposes of data collection. In order to ensure that data gathering for this study is reliable. the study used crossed verification approach and Cronbach’s Alpha based on the pilot siudy. The research study involved descriptive statistics in describing the core data elements including the use of means, frequencies as well as standard deviation. The research involved conducting a content analysis on the Last Mile project documents. Additionally, SPSS version was applicable for data coding. The study findings were presented in form of tables and thematically in narrative form. The researcher observed all ethical considerations of research and participation in the study was voluntary. The study established that the level of significance of the regression model was 0.1%. This indicates that the collected data was ideal in establishing a conclusive concept regarding the population parameters. In addition. the Pvalue was below 5%. The P-value was greater than the nominal value (12.90 is greater than 2.50) an indication that leadership, risk management, stakeholder participation and monitoring & cvaluation have a significant effect on sustainability of the Last Mile project. This study will help the project mangers of Kenya power last mile project to ensure proper/ timely monitoring & evaluation, risk management, adopt good leadership and involve all stakeholders including the beneficiaries in the project. The findings and recommendation of this study will help Kenya power to address issues posing a threat to connectivity and sustainability objectives. Furthermore. future researchers in the subject area will have this particular study as basis of their study from its findings.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/28310
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectProject Management Practicesen_US
dc.subjectSustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectLast Mile Power Projecten_US
dc.subjectNakuru Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleProject Management Practices on Sustainability of Last Mile Power Project in Nakuru County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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