Influence of Citizen Participation on Health Sector Policy Development in Garissa County, Kenya

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dc.contributor.advisorDavid Minjaen_US
dc.contributor.authorMohamud, Osman Mohamed
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-08T08:42:26Z
dc.date.available2021-11-08T08:42:26Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionA Research Project Submitted to the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Department of Public Policy and Administration in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master Degree in Public Policy and Administration of Kenyatta University, March 2020en_US
dc.description.abstractWhile studies closely related to citizen participation have been undertaken in some other counties in Kenya, Garissa County have experiences decline rate on policy development in health care sector for many years now. The statistics in Garissa indicate that the county is facing lots of challenges related to health issues. Therefore, the main objective of the study was investigate citizen participation and policy development in devolved governments in Kenya. The specific objectives of this study was to establish how stakeholder’s participation, transparency of information, citizen awareness and consultative frameworks influence policy development in devolved governance in Kenya. This study seeks to benefit Garissa County Government, policy makers and the Government of Kenya in terms of policy development or action plan and future researchers as point of reference. This study was grounded on stakeholder’s theory. Descriptive research design will be used. Data was collected from 48 MCAs, 42 county officials and 1143 members of public in Garissa County. Simple random sampling was used to sample 30% of the target population. The sample size was 370 respondents. Data was analysed through the use of descriptive and inferential analysis. The findings of the study indicated that explanation on the need for a healthcare service or project was not always done. Public approving healthcare project on merits was found to be highly practiced but there was a great concern on citizen participating in the implementation of the projects. It was clear that a small percentage of women and youth were involved in public forums, approval of county projects and participation in gauging the county project status. Majority of the respondents agreed that health care planning is done in clear and transparent manner. The findings indicated that there are no proper forms of communication to the citizen on matters relating to healthcare sector in Garissa County. It is clear from the findings that citizens were not aware of some of the projects related to Healthcare for it was true that they were not consulted in the planning and setting up policies related to health care. To completely eliminate the constraints to women’s participation in policy development, retrogressive beliefs should be written off and gender roles realigned to enhance women’s empowerment and aggravate women’s participation, the issue of girl child education needs to be fostered to help curb illiteracy levels amongst womenfolk, enlighten women and the public in general through a thorough civic education exercise. The study recommends that public forums on policy development should always be publicized. The study also recommends that explanation on health care policy implementation by the county officials should be done always.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/22947
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherKenyatta Universityen_US
dc.subjectInfluenceen_US
dc.subjectCitizen Participationen_US
dc.subjectHealth Sector Policy Developmenten_US
dc.subjectGarissa Countyen_US
dc.subjectKenyaen_US
dc.titleInfluence of Citizen Participation on Health Sector Policy Development in Garissa County, Kenyaen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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