| dc.description.abstract | ln recent years, community participation has gained importance III community
projects. Kenya successive development plans since independence in 1963 to the
present, emphasis the centrality of popular participation in the development
endeavour. The principle of community participation emphasis that, any development
agency should not simply impose its authority upon the people in a given region, but
should give them a voice in the management of the projects those affect them.
Participation entails empowerment; that is, everybody's right to have a say in
decisions concerning their own live. Participation is an instrument in the promotion of
ideological or normative development goals such as social justice, equity and
democracy.
The thematic objective of this management research was on beneficiaries'
participation with regards to school water tank projects in Kitui district. The
researcher sought to establish the extent of participation and extent of project success
and hence, to establish tbe rcJationship between the extent of participation and the
extent of project success.
Several variables that comprise the project life cycle were assessed. For the purposes
of this study, spcci fie variables were initiation, consultation, and construction and
post implementation/sustainability. Findings from the research lee! to conclusions,
that beneficiaries' participation contributes to large ~tent to the success of projects.
Hence beneficiaries participation in projects management enhances community right
and duty to participate in solving their own problems, with greater responsibilities in
assessing their needs, mobilizing local resources, suggesting new solutions, and
sustaining or projects. | en |
