The implementation and legislation of public procurement and disposal act (2005) by local authorities in Kenya: A case of county council of Olkejuado

Abstract

According to Lysons and Farrington (2006), procurement is the process of obtaining goods or services in any way including borrowing, leasing and even force or pillage. It commonly involves purchase planning, standards determination, specifications development, supplier research and selection, value analysis, financing, price negotiation, making the purchase, supply contract administration, inventory control and stores, and disposals and other related functions. The purpose of this study was to investigate the implementation and legislation of public procurement and disposal act (2005) by local authorities in Kenya taking a case of County Council of Olkejuado. Descriptive research design was employed on a target population of the entire personnel working in the Olkejuado County Council sampled by stratified random sampling procedure while collecting data by use of a questionnaire. From the findings, implementation of the procurement act by the council is good where its conduct is strict, while on overall it is above average. In addition, direct procurement, Open tender, request for quotations, request for proposals and restricted tendering are the various procurement methods used by Council. On accountability of the procurement process the study noted that the council maintains openness and transparency where staffs are knowledgeable enough in terms of adherence to the Act requirement with no corruption. On good governance, the findings indicated that survey services, contractors, revenue collection, procurement management and garbage collection are highly rated in County Council of Olkajuado while IT, Project implementation and payment to suppliers are low rated.