Monitoring and Evaluation Practices and implementation of Development Projectsin Nairobi City County, Kenya
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Date
2022
Authors
Sumba, Abdallah khaoya
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Kenyatta University
Abstract
and efficient delivery of services is a major challenge in both government and non-government organisations. The initiation and successful running of development interventions is an important factor in the public sector since it helps governments to deliver services to the citizens. The elected and appointed representatives use the development projects to attain their promises as well as do what they are mandated to do by the country’s laws and regulations. Therefore, the development projects offer the platform for the public to interact with their government representatives. The significance of development projects in the public sector emphasises the need to ensure the interventions are successfully implemented. As a result, M&E is an essential success tool in development interventions. The researcher in the current study therefore aimed to analyse the function of M&E practices in the success of development projects in Nairobi City County. The specific practices considered in the study constituted M&E team skills and capacity, M&E organizational learning, M&E transparency and accountability and M&E participatory decision-making. The researcher developed the study based on four theories including Systems Management Theory, Transformative Learning Theory, Accountability Theory and Stakeholder Theory. The researcher further applied descriptive design with a focus on qualitative and quantitative approaches. The target participants in the study constituted 105 development projects in Nairobi City County. A sample of 84 projects were be used to carry out the study. Stratified and simple random sampling were used to select projects to be included in the study. Two respondents were derived from each project comprising of one project management officer and one Member of County Assembly. The study found that M&E practices had been partly embraced and implemented adequately in putting development projects into action in Nairobi City County. The capacity and skills of the personnel could help to enhance the effectiveness of implementing development projects. However, the study respondents noted that recruitment of personnel in M&E roles was not entirely merit-based. Besides, the county government of Nairobi had prioritised training of personnel to develop and nurture M&E skills even though the culture of learning had not been embraced at the various workplaces. The study further found that accountability and transparency had not been attained in the county government because stakeholders lacked access to evaluation results. The study also found inadequate participatory decision-making practices in the implementation phase of interventions in Nairobi City County. Therefore, the study recommended prioritisation of M&E practices including team capacity and skills, organisational learning, transparency and accountability and participatory decision-making to enhance the effectiveness of implementation of development projects. Future research should consider other M&E practices including budgeting, planning and dissemination plan to develop a comprehensive strategy of enhancing efficacy of development projects.
Description
Research Project Submitted to the School of business, Economics and Tourism in Partial Fulfilment of the Requirements for the Award of Degree of Master of Project Monitoring and Evaluation Kenyatta University
Keywords
Monitoring and Evaluation Practices, Implementation, Development Projects, Nairobi City County, Kenya