Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building on Performance of Road Construction Projects in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI) | Volume VIII, Issue VIII, August 2021 | ISSN 2321–2705

Monitoring and Evaluation Capacity Building on Performance of Road Construction Projects in Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kisumu County, Kenya

Amolo Elvis Juma Amolo, PhD¹, Charles Mallans Rambo, PhD², Charles Misiko Wafula, PhD^3
1Lecturer PhD, University of Nairobi, Kenya
²Associate Professor PhD, University of Nairobi, School of Open and Distance Learning, Kenya
³Senior Lecturer PhD, University of Nairobi, School of Open and Distance Learning, Kenya

ABSTRACT

Infrastructural development through construction of roads is a fundamental aspect in development of every economy, contributing 19.1% of GDP in Kenya. However, these projects have experienced time and cost overruns and compromised quality due to the poor exercise of monitoring and evaluation capacity building. The purpose of the study is to establish the influence of M&E Capacity Building on performance of road construction projects in Kisumu central, Kisumu County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive cross-sectional survey design and Structured questionnaires used to collect quantitative data from a sample size of 65 respondents out of a target population of 65 subjects. Validity test was done on the instruments and a value of 0.78 obtained using Content Validity Index while reliability involved pretesting of the instruments amongst the 10% of the respondents and Cronbach’s alpha coefficient worked out for adjustments and a value of 0.79 obtained. Analysis was done through both descriptive techniques of mean and standard deviation and inferential techniques of Correlation and Regression at a significance level of 0.05 with the aid of SPSS version 25. The hypothesis was tested at α=.05 level of significance and the result was: H0: M&E Capacity Building does not significantly influence performance of road construction projects in Kisumu central, Kisumu County, Kenya was rejected since P=0.004<0.05. Therefore the study concluded that there is significant influence of all M&E Capacity Building on performance of road construction projects in Kisumu central, Kisumu County, Kenya. It is recommended that Project management and policy makers should integrate M&E Capacity to enhance performance of road construction projects and to suggest appropriate policies for strengthening M&E Capacity Building to boost effective implementation and performance of road construction projects. Further research should be carried out on other case studies other than road construction projects.

Keywords: M&E Budgetary Allocation, performance of road construction projects

Introduction

Infrastructural development through construction of new roads and maintenance of existing ones is a fundamental aspect in development of every economy as it’s the most widely used means of transport globally (Gitahi and Omutoko, 2015). In developed economies, most road construction projects are well implemented due to top management support, availability of funds and effective communication and coordination of activities and contributes approximately 10% of the gross national product (GNP) (Samson and Lema, 2011). However, in Africa, evidence from KPMG report (2014) indicated that about 68% of the road projects in Africa constructed by local firms experienced cost and time overruns besides not meeting the expected quality standards due to weaknesses in monitoring and evaluation construction contracts (Skeggs, 2011; Ugwa & Heupt, 2013).

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