Abstract: In Kenya, the inefficiency and ineptness in the application of public procurement regulations has resulted to increased cases of procurement regulation non-compliances. Overall, the implementation of procurement practices in many public entities contributes to loss of over Kenya Shillings twenty million annually. In addition, in over thirty five percent of parastatals, continuous violation of procurement regulation is imminent as a result of partial compliance. Parastatals in Kenya spends two hundred billion annually with a twenty five percent loss attributed to poor procurement legislation compliance. The existence of procurement related scandals, despite the presence of clear procurement reforms, have pointed to inadequate compliances with public procurement regulations.The general objective of the study is to determine the antecedents of public procurement regulation compliance in parastatals in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study are; to establish the influence of procurement professional competence on the public procurement regulation compliance Parastatals, to assess the effect of top-level management support on public procurement regulation compliance in Parastatals, to determine the effect of organization culture on public procurement regulation compliance in Kenyan Parastatals, and to explore the influence of organizational systems on public procurement compliance in Parastatals in Kenya. A descriptive census survey research design was used targeting 110 parastatal. Questionnaires were used as the main data collection instruments through drop and pick method. During the study, 97 parastatals responded by turning in their filled questions which translated to about 85.7% response rate. The study revealed that the greatest majorities believe procurement professional competence was the strongest variable in enhancing the level of compliance with public procurement regulations. The study resulted to an adjusted R-Square of 0.993. All variable in the study indicated a strong positive relations with dependent variable.
Keywords: Antecedent, Organizational culture, Organizational system, Procurement policies, Procurement professional competence, Procurement, Public procurement regulation compliance, Public Procurement, and Top level management support.
Title: Antecedents of Public Procurement Regulation Compliance in Parastatals in Kenya
Author: Benson Mugoh Miano, Dr. Makori Moronge, Dr. John Achuora
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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