FACTORS INFLUENCING COMPLETION OF CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EMBU NORTH SUB-COUNTY, EMBU COUNTY
Moses Ndwiga Nyaga - Master of Arts in Project Planning and Management, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Dr. Ann Ndiritu - University of Nairobi, Kenya
ABSTRACT
The issue of incomplete projects is a source of great concern for the government and other stakeholders. To reduce the increasing number of incomplete secondary school projects, the government introduced the Constituency Development Fund (CDF). However, there are many projects that are yet to be completed such as school buildings, schools without necessary instructional materials and infrastructure, school laboratories with little or no equipment, and so on. Secondary schools have been receiving funding meant to establish or improve existing facilities such as classes, dormitories, laboratories, libraries, especially since the previous Government took over in 2007 which invested about 26 billion on economic stimulus program where school’s infrastructure was the main beneficiary. The study was guided by the following objectives; to determine how availability of funds influence completion of construction projects in secondary schools in Embu North; to determine how Top management support influence completion of construction projects in secondary schools in Embu North; to establish the influence of stakeholders involvement on completion of construction projects in secondary schools in Embu North and to examine the influence of contractors capacity on completion of construction projects in secondary schools in Embu North. The study adopted descriptive survey method which has an attempt to collect data from members of the target population in order to determine the current status of that population in respect to the variables. The study targeted 98 respondents, since the total population is small the researcher did not sample hence used census that is capturing the entire population of the respondents. The study used 98 respondents as the sample size. Primary data was collected through questionnaires. Data was collected from the BOM members and school principals using a questionnaire which has closed ended questions which had 5 point Likert scale rating for easy coding, and, open ended questions for independent opinions from respondents. Coded broad sheets were used extracting data from the returned questionnaires. The researcher analyzed the data Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS).
