Thesis:

Influence of stakeholders participation on performance of constituencies development fund projects in Nakuru town east constituency, Kenya

The Kenyan government established the Constituency Development Fund (also known as the CDF), a decentralized fund, on the grounds that local governments are better able to comprehend the needs of their communities. The management of the CDF has had many difficulties since its establishment in 2003, one of which has been low stakeholder participation. The goal of this study was to determine how stakeholder participation affected the CDFs' performance in Kenya's Nakuru Town East Constituency. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether or not stakeholder participation in the selection of CDF projects had an effect on CDF management. This study aims to ascertain the impact of stakeholders' involvement in project planning on CDF project performance, explore the impact of stakeholders' involvement in project implementation on CDF project performance, and evaluate the role of stakeholders in CDF project monitoring and assessment in Kenya's CDF Nakuru town East Constituency. The study's target population comprised of 160 respondents who were from the Nakuru town East constituency, who were representatives of CDF programs. Both quantitative and qualitative data were evaluated using descriptive statistics. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20 was used to code and enter the data gathered from the questionnaires into a computer system for descriptive statistical analysis. Multiple regression analysis was employed in the study to examine the association between the variables. Presenting inferential statistics was done using Karl Pearson's coefficient of determination. In conclusion The study found that in the Nakuru East Constituency, project identification and CDF project performance had a moderately favorable and statistically significant connection (r = 0.527; p < 0.05). This indicates that through involving stakeholders and clearly defining the projects that are prioritized in Kenya's Nakuru City East Constituency, good project identification would increase the effectiveness of CDF programs. In addition, the study discovered that project planning and CDF project performance in Nakuru East Constituency had a moderately positive and statistically significant association (r = 0.663; p < 0.05). Project planning is an action plan that addresses the project process and offers the instruments required to plan out tasks and activities while accounting for all the demands, problems, and deliverables required to successfully engage stakeholders in the process and produce desired outcomes. The CDF project in the Nakuru East Constituency will be more effective because to this project's implicit design. Stakeholder participation, according to the researcher, is essential for project identification and for providing priority initiatives with clear guidance. As a course of action for the project process, the study suggested promoting stakeholder participation in project planning in order to give tools for organizing tasks and activities that will lead to good outcomes for CDF projects. The report also recommended encouraging stakeholders to be involved in project execution in order to ensure proper coordination of personnel and resources and project activities carried out in line with the project management plan. This will contribute to making CDF projects in Kenya successful.