European Journals of Business Management

CONSTRAINTS OF EFFECTIVE IMPLEMENTATION OF PUBLIC PROCUREMENT REFORMS IN KENYA: A CASE OF NAIROBI CITY COUNTY

Mercy Kanyiri Nkonge
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
KENYA
Dr. Karanja Ngugi
Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology
KENYA

CITATION: Nkonge, K. M & Ngugi, K (2014). Constraints of Effective Implementation of Public Procurement Reforms in Kenya: A Case of Nairobi City County. European Journal of Business Management, 2(1), 161-173.

ABSTRACT

Public procurement is the purchase of goods, services and public works by government and public entities. While Kenya spends nearly Kshs 150 billion per year on the public procurement, losses attributable to malpractices approximates Kshs 30 billion per year (World Bank, 2010). The public procurement and disposal Act 2005 was introduced in Kenya to streamline the anomalies in the public procurement. The implementation of the Public Procurement and Disposal Act 2005 has been quit challenging coupled with a number of inefficiencies. The inauguration of the new constitution 2010 which outlines principles for public procurement, the launch of public procurement disposal( preference and reservations) regulations 2011 and public procurement and disposal (county governments) regulations 2013 its an effort towards the reform path but still a lot has to be done to overhaul the entire system. The objective of the study was to establish constraints of effective implementation of public procurement reforms in Kenya with special reference to Nairobi City County. Descriptive research design was used in this study because it enables the study to generalize the findings to a larger population (Cooper & Schindler, 2003).The target population for this study was staff members at Nairobi City County procurement department who have information on procurement process. The study concludes that corporate governance, ICT, Financial resource availability and capacity building influences effective implementation of public procurement reforms to a great extent. The study recommends that the stakeholders in charge of the corporate governance should remain committed to the implementation of public procurement reforms in Nairobi City County. This will help in giving guidelines on critical stages of implementation process, the management should assume a leading role in the effective preventative mechanism that promotes transparency and accountability, facilitates oversight and provides a good basis to prevent corruption.


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