Effect of Project Risks on Performance of Kenya Power’s Last Mile Connectivity Project in Murang’a County, Kenya
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Date
2020
Authors
Sandeep, Dhanjal
Ngugi, Lucy
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IOSR Journal of Business and Management
Abstract
Background: Government projects in different countries often underperform in terms of cost, time and quality
of their deliverables. In the case of Kenya Power’s Last Mile Connectivity project, the situation is not different.
While the aim of the project was to increase accessibility to electricity among rural Kenyans by 2020, quite a
high population in the rural areas still are still not connected to the national grid. The fundamental question
therefore, which calls for research, is what project risks have been affecting the performance of the Last Mile
Connectivity project in the different parts of the country? However, empirical studies that have been conducted
on project management practises and project implementation lacks sufficient insights pertaining to the project
risks involved in the LMC project and their effect on the project performance particularly in Murang’a County.
Thus, there is inadequate empirical insight to inform any intervention to enhance the performance of the
project. To address these empirical inadequacies, this research assessed project risks and performance of Last
Mile Connectivity project in Murang’a County.
Methodology: The study used descriptive research design. Positivism research philosophy was applied. The
target population for the study involved all the 62 key personnel responsible for implementation of Last Mile
Connectivity Project in Kiharu Constituency, Murang’a County from whom data was collected using semistructured questionnaire. The data was analyzed through descriptive and inferential statistics analysis.
Results: Majority of the respondents agreed that political risks, environmental risks, socio-cultural risks and
inflationary risks existed in the implementation of the LMC project in Kiharu constituency. Political risks and
socio-cultural risks were found to have a significant negative effect on project performance while environmental
risks and inflationary risks had insignificant effect on the project performance.
Description
A research article published in IOSR Journal of Business and Management
Keywords
Project Performance, Socio-Cultural Risks, Environmental Risks, Inflationary Risks, Political Risks
Citation
Dhanjal Sandeep, et. al. “Effect of Project Risks on Performance of Kenya Power’s Last Mile Connectivity Project in Murang’a County, Kenya.”IOSR Journal of Business and Management (IOSR-JBM), 22(10), 2020, pp. 46-52