Project Leadership and Implementation of Seaweed Farming Projects in Kwale County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to examine how Seaweed farming projects self- help groups in Kwale County, was able to put its project management strategy into action. The study set out to accomplish three main goals: first, to establish how project management leadership abilities, experience, and style impacted Seaweed farming project implementation; second, to find out how project management leadership experience and style impacted the group's implementation; and third, to examine these effects. To examine how Seaweed farming projects implementation relates to project management leadership, this study used a descriptive research strategy. Six project supervisors, ten project officials, and two hundred forty seaweed farmers from Lunga Lunga Sub- County made up the target group. Following Yamane's (1967) method, 156 respondents made up the sample size. We used descriptive statistics and regression analysis as our analytical model. To ensure the data was comprehensive and easy to understand, we double-checked it before diving into the quantitative analysis. Our statistical software of choice for both descriptive and inferential analyses was SPSS 21.0. Project management leadership is having an effect on self-help group initiatives, according to researchers in Lunga Lunga Sub County.