Public Participation and Sustainability of Government Funded Projects in Kenya
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Date
2024-03
Authors
Opiyo, David Okoth
Ng’eno, Weldon Kibet
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Publisher
RJI
Abstract
The research observed public participation on sustainability of the government funded projects. Descriptive
research design was employed to establish the influence of public engagements on sustainability of the
projects in Alego-Usonga sub- County. Targeted in the study were 103 respondents who included the SubCounty administrators, ward administrators, project managers, private contractors and project committee
members who were targeted to provide information on behalf of the public. Also targeted were village
administrators. Because of the small size of the population, the study conducted a census of the population.
All the targeted respondents were administered with questionnaires and were given fourteen days to respond
to questionnaires after which those responses were collected. The data was coded and analyzed through mean
and standard deviation. Inferential statistics were analyzed through correlation and regression analysis.
Tables, pie charts and bar graphs were then employed to present the collected data. The outcomes of the study
displayed that most of the Alego-Usonga sub-county citizens’ that took part in the study were male, aged 33-
49 years, married and had worked for the county Government for more than six years. The findings of the
study depicted a weak positive relationship between public participation structures and sustainability of
Government funded projects (N=99, r=0.305, p=0.002). The regression model revealed that public
participation structures was positively associated but non-significant with sustainability of Government
funded projects (β=0.205, t=1.793, p=0.076). The results also displayed a weak negative relationship
between public participation processes and sustainability of Government funded projects (N=99, r= -0.314,
p=0.002).The regression model also shows that public participation processes was negatively and
significantly associated with sustainability of Government funded projects (β=-0.244, t=-2.285,
p=0.025).Finally, outcomes also identified a moderate positive relationship between public-private
partnerships and sustainability of Government funded projects (N=99, r=0.412, p=0.000). The regression
model also revealed that public-private partnerships was positively and significantly associated with
sustainability of Government funded projects (β=0.320, t=2.820, p=0.006). Ethical considerations were taken
into account and participants informed that the outcomes of the research were purely for academic purpose.
The results of the study have an effect on county technocrats’, leaders’ and policy makers on the urge to
expand and adopt appropriate components of public participation with the sole purpose of enhancing
sustainability of Government funded-projects in the counties.
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Keywords
Public Participation, Public-Government Partnerships, Government Funded Projects
Citation
OPIYO, D. O., & NG’ENO, W. K. (2024). PUBLIC PARTICIPATION AND SUSTAINABILITY OF GOVERNMENT FUNDED PROJECTS IN KENYA. Reviewed Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 5(1), 182-200.