Assessing the effects of insecurity on community development projects implementation in Endorois community, Marigat sub county, Baringo county Kenya

Abstract

Globally, insecurities had been an impediment towards development, according to the Geneva Convention of 2015. One-and-a-half billion people had lived in areas affected by fragility, conflict, or large-scale, organized criminal violence and no low-income fragile or conflict-affected country had yet to achieve a single United Nations Millennium Development Goal. This study assessed the effects of insecurity on implementation of the community projects development in the Endorois Community, Baringo South, Baringo County, Kenya. The study aimed at achieving the following objectives: to assess the effects of insecurity on the utilization of community development projects in the Endorois Community; to establish the causes of insecurity on community development projects; to assess the strategies put in place to handle the effects of insecurity and the implementation of community development; and to determine the measures of insecurity on community development projects. The study was grounded in Conflict theory and Opportunity theory. The study adopted a mixed methodology approach, where both qualitative and quantitative data were collected simultaneously, and the research instruments were distributed at the same time. To achieve objectives, this study used concurrent triangulation as a research design. The target population of the study was 86 administrators, as shown in Table 1, who were the units of analysis and comprised leaders, teachers, security officers, opinion leaders, chiefs, elected leaders, and religious leaders from every village. Piloting of research tools was undertaken, which was carried out in two villages, Mbechot and Mochongoi, in Marigat Sub County. Descriptive statistics, including measures of central tendency (means) and standard deviation, were computed to discover dispersion in the data. The data was then subjected to factor analysis to determine its suitability for statistical analysis. The data was verified for three assumptions of parametric inspection, including normality, linearity, and homogeneity. The data was subjected to inferential statistics, including correlation and regression analysis, which were done at a 95% confidence level. The study was expected to provide the management of security in Kenya with the most effective operational strategies to leverage emerging ways of conflict resolution. The study results were offered in cumulative frequency tables, correlation and regression results tables. The study results were useful to academicians, practitioners, and policymakers on issues concerning operational strategies and performance.