Public Financial Management Practices and Project Perfomance of Infrastuctural Projects in the Ministry of Transport, Kenya
| dc.contributor.author | Mutua, Martin Nzomo | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2025-03-03T08:37:04Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2025-03-03T08:37:04Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2024-11 | |
| dc.description | A Project5submitted to the5school of5business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of Master of Business Administration Degree (Finance Option), Kenyatta5university, November 2024. Supervisor Fredrick W S Ndede | |
| dc.description.abstract | In the Kenyan context, public financial management grapples with a variety of issues, including corruption, suboptimal resource management, misalignment of project priorities, and administrative and managerial inefficiencies Despite the introduction of Public Financial Management Reforms, government ministries in Kenya continue to confront difficulties in project execution and performance, with corruption representing a major area of concern. For the development and maintenance of infrastructure projects in Kenya, the Department of Infrastructure in Kenya has not precisely been able to carry out this exercise. Perhaps because of financial constraints and management issues. The study thus aimed at establishing the public financial management practices and project performance of State Department for Infrastructure Kenya which is responsible for infrastructure development in the country. To achieve this, the specific objectives were as follows: to investigate the effect of legislative oversight, auditing practices, government regulations, and the adoption of IFMIS on the performance of projects within the State Department for Infrastructure. The study applied a descriptive research design with a target population of 234 respondents where stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 70 respondents. The research gathered primary data through questionnaires, with a pilot study involving 10 employees from the KENHA. Analysis was done with software such as SPSS, STATA, and Microsoft Excel. The analysis included diagnostic tests to identify issues like autocorrelation, heteroscedasticity, multicollinearity, and normality. Multivariate regression, correlation analysis, and ANOVA were used to examine the data. Tables were employed to summarize responses and facilitate further analysis and comparisons. The study observed ethical considerations in regard to obtaining research approvals, confidentiality, anonymity and informed consent. The study established that auditing provides insights and recommendations for improving project management and government processes. Government policy provide road map that inform decision-making during the project, efficient public finance management systems have enhanced project performance at the state department for infrastructure. IFMIS improve project performance by giving correct and up-to-date data for budgeting and making decisions. The study concluded that legislative oversight, auditing practices, government regulation and adoption of IFMIS have positive significant impacts projects performance in the state department for infrastructure in Kenya. It was recommended that he state department for infrastructure should execute audit practices and project managers should ensure that infrastructure project comply with government regulations. Project managers should consider using IFMIS for it provides a robust platform for financial control and transparency. It was recommended that it was paramount to assess aspects determining the sustainability of sustainability of government sponsored projects in Kenya. | |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/29684 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | |
| dc.publisher | Kenyatta University | |
| dc.title | Public Financial Management Practices and Project Perfomance of Infrastuctural Projects in the Ministry of Transport, Kenya | |
| dc.type | Thesis |