Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies and Performance of Dairy Cooperative Society’s Projects in Nakuru County, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Maswili, Cynthia Mwende | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2026-02-12T08:13:14Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2026-02-12T08:13:14Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2025-08 | |
| dc.description | A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of Degree of Master of Business Administration (Project Management Option) of Kenyatta University. August, 2025 Supervisor Gladys Kimutai | |
| dc.description.abstract | In Kenya, Vision 2030 recognizes the importance of the agricultural sector as being among the core areas that will boost the economy to the next level. To increase the dairy farmers’ market access, dairy cooperative societies were formed by farmers. However, the project performance of the cooperative societies has been wanting. For instance, there have been low profitability levels, a decrease in the quantity and quality of dairy feeds, poor provision of service delivery and poor market infrastructure. These persistent performance challenges despite existing cooperative structures and external support underscore the need to evaluate the role of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategies in improving outcomes. In general, the research project sought to unravel the effect of monitoring and evaluation (M&E) strategies on performance of dairy co-operative societies in Nakuru County, Kenya. Specifically, the study mainly sought to examine the effect of M&E; capacity development, management involvement, stakeholder participation, and planning on project performance of dairy co-operative societies in Nakuru County. Change theory, result-based management theory, and program theory were used as the foundation of the study. The descriptive and explanatory research techniques were adopted, and then census was used to pick all the 17 dairy cooperative societies’ projects which formed a study’s target population. A total of 119 respondents represented a sample size who were obtained by employing simple sampling procedure. The selected respondents included 1 project manager and 6 team members per project. The study relied on primary and secondary data. Comprehensive literature review was conducted to ascertain the research instrument validity as well as engaging and consulting M&E strategist subject experts. Reliability was determined through pilot testing which indicated 0.728 Cronbach’s alpha coefficient value and this was ideal. Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics were both used to analyze the data and depicted by use of figures, tables, and pie charts. The results showed that there is a substantial link that exist between capacity development and performance (P<0.05), management involvement has an insignificant relationship with the performance (P>0.05), stakeholder participation had a strong significant relationship with performance (P<0.05), and M&E planning had an insignificant relationship with performance (P>0.05). The research findings indicated that stakeholder capacity development had the strongest relationship with the performance of the Dairy cooperative project, while M&E planning had the weakest relationship. This led to the conclusion that monitoring and evaluation strategies significantly affected the dairy co-operative societies’ performance in Nakuru County. The research advocated that the management of the Dairy Cooperative Society's project should certify that M&E strategies are in place and adhered to. They should also focus on capacity development, involve management, encourage stakeholder participation, and emphasize planning to improve performance through accountability and evidence-based decision-making processes. This study is beneficial to dairy cooperative managers, stakeholders, scholars, and academicians. | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/32395 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.title | Monitoring and Evaluation Strategies and Performance of Dairy Cooperative Society’s Projects in Nakuru County, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis |