Factors influencing completion of primary school infrastructure constituency development fund’s projects at Mutito constituency in Kitui county, Kenya

Abstract

It was recommended that CDF guidelines should be followed in selection of the PMC members for the primary school education infrastructure CDF projects. The selected PMC members for the primary school education infrastructure CDF projects should have adequate time for effective supervision of the primary school CDF projects and they should be given a time frame for PMC membership service in the management of the primary school CDF projects. The selected PMC members for the primary school education infrastructure CDF projects should be trained in project management skills, financial accounting and record keeping as well as in other relevant project management areas. The already serving PMC members should be trained or in-serviced in financial management and other relevant management areas in order to provide adequate and effective monitoring and evaluation services over the lifecycle of all primary school education infrastructure CDF projects implementation period. The following issues emerged from the study and were suggested for further investigation. A further study on the influence of politics in the disbursement of CDF in Kenyan public primary schools; An investigation into the levels of involving the community in the disbursement of the CDF funds and in project management of the primary schools’ infrastructure CDF projects in Kenya; A study on the effectiveness of disbursement of public primary school education infrastructure CDF projects funds from the central government’s treasury at the ministry of finance. And also suggested for further studies was a study on the distribution of the CDF projects’ funds through the PMC Constituency offices upto the recipient primary school