Factors influencing performance of monitoring and evaluation of government projects in Kenya: a case of constituency development fund projects in Narok east sub-county, Kenya

Abstract

The CDF Act and Implementation Guidelines place great emphasis on the monitoring and evaluation of CDF money. In CDF, the responsibility of monitoring is placed upon the various stakeholders. To be effective, monitoring must ask the right questions, investigate the real issues and generate relevant information to enable those monitoring the project to make an accurate assessment of the project. The objective of this study were to Establish the influence of training on Performance of monitoring and evaluation of Government Projects case of CDF projects in Narok East Sub-County, Establish the influence of costs on Performance of monitoring and evaluation of Government Projects case of CDF projects in Narok East Sub-County, Determine how Time Allocated for monitoring and evaluation influence performance of monitoring and evaluation of Government Projects case of CDF projects in Narok East Sub-County and Determine how Funds available for monitoring and evaluation influence performance of monitoring and evaluation of Government Projects case of CDF projects in Narok East SubCounty. This study employed a descriptive survey research design. The target population was 138 respondents from which same sample of 122 was obtain from. The researcher used selected 122 respondents. Numerical data collected using questionnaires was coded and entered and analyzed with help of a computer Statistical Package for Social Scientists (SPSS) version 21 software programme. Data collected was analyzed and interpreted based on the identified independent and dependent. The data was analysed using Correlation regression where the study will used spearson correlation to relate the variables,This was to establish if there is a correlation between dependent variable Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation against Independent variable Funds available for monitoring and evaluation and its influence to performance, Time and Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation, Costs and Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation and Training and Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation. The findings of the study were, in relation to the first objective found that that the level of training on M & E was of central importance to the performance of M & E public projects, second objective found that There was a high correlation between Influence of Training and Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation, Influence of Costs and Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation, Influence of Time and Performance of Monitoring and Evaluation and Influence of Strength of Monitoring Team. M & E is important for success of any project, yet it is in most Government projects they have not been able to adopt it effectively. The role Training, Costs Management, Time Management and Strength of Monitoring Team only 22.6 percent unexplained. The P- value of 0.004 (Less than 0.05) implies that the model of factors influencing performance of M & E is significant at the 95% confidence level. A continuous improvement process typically contains three activities that operate in an interactive manner in project management: Time cost and Quality.