The Effect of E-Informing on Procurement Performance of Public Universities in Kenya: The Case of Egerton University

In early 1990’s, many governments from all over the world both at national and local level launched e-procurement initiatives. In Africa, improvement of public procurement has seen the establishment of special public procurement bodies, whose undertaking is to put into effect the public procurement regulations. In Kenya the Public Procurement system has grown from a rudimentary stage during the colonial and post colonial period to a vibrant regulated system that compares well with the international standards. The main objective of this study was to establish the effect of e-informing procurement practice on procurement performance among public universities in Kenya. The study focused on Egerton University. Descriptive survey design was adopted in this study, where primary data collected through structured questionnaire was used. The population of this study comprised of 31 members of staff in procurement departments of Egerton University. Results were presented using pie charts, bar charts and frequency distribution tables. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistical method which included frequencies, mean, mode, standard and deviation. Pearson Correlation analysis was carried out to test Hypothesis on effect of e-Informing practice on procurement performance. simple regression analysis was conducted. The results showed that there was a positive and significant correlation between e-Informing practice and procurement performance. It is therefore recommended that organization need to incorporate more procurement practices like E-Informing in order to realize an improved procurement performance of an organization. Future research can interrogate other factors like the ICT infrastructure and support service and other e-procurement practices such as e-contracting and e-payment to ascertain their effect on procurement performance of organization.

Procurement Practices, Procurement Performance, Egerton University, Public Procurement Authority PPOA, Kenya

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