Lydia GachengoMaina, Joan Kagendo2023-08-152023-08-152023http://ir-library.ku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/26850A Research Project Submitted to the School of Business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Award of the Degree in Master of Business Administration (Project Management) f Kenyatta University, April 2023.The Nairobi City County express highway road project has taken longer than anticipated and cost more money. Many parties involved have questioned how well Kenyan road construction projects function in terms of the caliber and volume of work they can undertake concurrently. The Express highway road project was initially budgeted at 62B, but as of 31 January, the Project had consumed 88B. Additionally, it was targeted to be completed by 31 December 2021, but the completion date was revised to March 2022 then the later completion date was moved to 20 June 2022. The failure of significant projects across the world has been accustomed to project planning. Consequently, the goal of this investigation was to ascertain how express highway construction project performance in Nairobi City County, Kenya, is affected by project planning. Determine the impacts of time management, material consumption planning, financial resource planning, and human resource planning on the performance of the Nairobi Expressway Road project in Kenya's Nairobi City County. The theory of constraints, the stewardship theory, the project management competency theory, and the stakeholder theory served as the foundation for the study variables. The target population was the 69 officers comprising of 7 road engineers from KeNHA, China Roads and Bridge Corporation Kenya, 17 road supervisors, 12 road inspectors, 28 road surveyors, and four sub-contractors. Due small and manageable target population, the study was a census. These people were the primary resources and in the best position to respond to questions regarding the performance of the Express highway road project. The sample size was chosen using a stratified random sampling. A semi-structured questionnaire was used to collect the primary data. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used to code and enter the data for analysis (SPSS). The different study variables were correlated using Pearson correlation analysis. Figures and tables were used to present the data. The study found a positive and significant influence between human resource planning, financial resource planning, material usage planning and time management and project performance. The study concluded that human resource planning includes the processes that organize, manage, and lead the project team. Financial resources correspond to the project budget, which will be defined prior to the launch by the project sponsor. Material resources include raw materials and machines, tools, equipment, software, premises, etc. They include both resources that the company already possesses and those that it purchases or leases to carry out the project. Time resources are the periods of time available and used for the completion of each task. The duration of a task will depend on the planned and available human resources. The study recommended that construction companies need to be aware of this in order to meet the needs of project team members. The findings states that priority should be given to the use of materials in the planning of road projects. To ensure effective resource management, it is important to track the total cost of the project and the cost of each of the many work packages. The pre-generated WBS should be used to develop the schedule. The study recommends carefully arranging activities to create an accurate and functional schedule.enRoad Project PlanningPerformance of Express Highway Construction ProjectNairobi City CountyKenyaThesis