PORTFOLIO STAKEHOLDER ENGAGEMENT AND PERFORMANCE OF SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMME IN KENYA

Benson Kibet Kiptum, Prof. Mike Iravo, Dr. Yusuf Muchelule

Abstract


Social protection (SP) interventions have been used as a means of mitigating risks and substantially reducing chronic poverty and vulnerability. Therefore, the government has tried to strengthen the social Protection Sector by the expansion of the National Social Protection Secretariat. World Bank data indicates that 45.9% of Kenya’s total population of 44.3 million citizens still affected by poverty which sharply contrasts its immediate neighbors, Uganda and Tanzania that have 16.4% and 28.2% of the population living in poverty respectively (World Bank, 2019). This study therefore sought to establish the influence of portfolio stakeholder engagement on the performance of social protection programme in Kenya. This study was anchored on Stakeholder Theory. This study used descriptive research design and post positivism approach. This study targeted 88 NGOs working on social protection programme in Kenya. In every NGO, the study targeted 5 respondents comprising of 1 top manager, 2 project managers and 2 donor representatives. The total target population was therefore 440 respondents. This implies that the unit of analysis was the 88 NGOs while the unit of observation was 440 respondents comprising of top managers, project managers and donor representatives. This study adopted Yamane (1967) simplified formula to calculate the sample size of 210 respondents. Primary data collected using semi- structured questionnaire was used. The researcher carried out a pilot study on 10 % representative of the managers taken from target population. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques.  Pearson R correlation was used to measure the strength and direction of the linear relationship between variables. A multiple regression model was fitted to the data in order to determine how the independent variables influence the dependent variable. The findings were presented in tables and figures. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis and presented in prose form. Based on the findings, the study concluded that portfolio stakeholder engagement positively and significantly influences the performance of social protection programmes in Kenya. The third null hypothesis test was ‘portfolio stakeholder engagement does not have a significant influence in the performance of social protection programmes in Kenya. The study found that portfolio stakeholder engagement is statistically significant in explaining the performance of social protection programmes in Kenya. The influence was found to be positive. This means that unit improvement in portfolio stakeholder engagement would lead to an increase in the performance of social protection programmes in Kenya. Based on the findings, the study concluded that portfolio stakeholder engagement positively and significantly influences the performance of social protection programs in Kenya.

Key Words: Social protection (SP) interventions, portfolio stakeholder engagement, performance 


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