| dc.description.abstract | Various governments of the world have in the past used tactics such as lowering interest
rates, increasing government spending and quantitative easing to stabilize the economy.
The government then introduced Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP) which was aimed
at urgently jumpstarting the Kenyan economy towards long-term growth and
development particularly in the wake of the post-election violence and the global
economic recession. The main purpose of this study was to establish factors influencing
implementation of economic stimulus projects in East Pokot District in the larger Baringo
County. The study specifically sought to establish the influence of support infrastructure,
project financing, project management and community participation. The study used
survey research design targeting a population of 150 respondents comprising project
beneficiaries, project management committee members and constituency development
planning officers. The study used stratified sampling technique to allocate at least 65% of
the respondents from each strata form the sample. The sample used in this study were 110
respondents comprising 76 project beneficiaries, 32 stimulus project management
committee and 2 constituency development planning officers. Questionnaires were used
to collect data. The copies of questionnaire were piloted among ten (10) respondents who
did not form part of the actual study sample. The aim of piloting was to ensure that the
data collection instruments were valid and reliable. Information from the pilot survey was
then incorporated into the questionnaire before the actual data collection began. Data
from questionnaires were analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS)
Version 20.0 quantitatively and presented in frequencies, percentages and tables. The
study found that infrastructure and financing play critical roles in enhancing project
implementation. Further, it was established that community participation and
management are also important in ensuring successful implementation of government
funded projects. The study recommends enhanced training of committee members, proper
scheduling and channeling of funds and enhancement of community participation
schemes. Finally, the study suggests that further studies be carried out to model the
factors influencing project implementation in order to enhance generalizations in
different setups and scenarios. | en_US |
