MONITORING AND EVALUATION PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF ROAD PROJECTS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA

Walter A. Onyango, Dr. Maurice Pedo

Abstract


Road projects have faced many challenges in Kenya. Currently 35% of road project have already set their monitoring and evaluation, while 65% there are still struggling in setting up their monitoring and evaluation systems. The general objective of this study was to investigate the influence of monitoring and evaluation practices on performance of road projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to establish the influence of program assessments on performance of road projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya, to determine the influence of monitoring systems on performance of road projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. This study was anchored on Control Theory, and Systems Theory. This study used descriptive research design. The unit of analysis in this case was the road construction projects in Nairobi City County while the unit of observation was project staff members working with KeNHA, KeRRA and KURA. The total target population was, therefore, 695 respondents. Yamane formula (1967) was used to determine the sample size. Thus, the study was administered with questionnaires of 254 respondents mention above. The sampling technique that was used in this study is simple random sampling. Data was collected by use of semi-structured questionnaires. Data was collected by use of the drop and pick-up later method and the questionnaires. The pilot group was 25 individuals which represent 10% of the total study sample size. The pilot group was excluded from the final study. Qualitative data collected was analyzed using content analysis and presented in prose form. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics techniques such as frequency, percentages, and means and summary graphs, pie charts, and frequency distribution tables. Pearson R correlation was used to measure the strength and direction of linear relationship between variables. Multiple regression models were fitted to the data to determine how the independent variables influence the dependent variable. The findings were presented in tables and figures. The study concludes that program assessments have a positive and significant effect on performance of road projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. In addition, the study concludes that monitoring systems has a positive and significant effect performance of road projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. Based on the findings, the study recommends that project managers should implement rigorous and continuous program assessments throughout the project lifecycle. Program assessments should encompass comprehensive monitoring and evaluation frameworks that track key performance indicators (KPIs), project milestones, and budgetary adherence.

Key Words: Monitoring And Evaluation Practices, Program Assessments, Monitoring Systems, Performance, Road Projects 


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