Abstract: The purpose of the study was to examine the effect of devolved funds on service delivery to West Pokot County in Kenya. The specific objectives of the study was to; assess implementation of the projects funded through devolved funds to County of West Pokot, examine effect of equitable sharing of resources at county level, assess effect of public participation on decision making process of devolving funds to counties and to evaluate the effects of devolved funding on the service delivery of the people of West Pokot County. In this study a case study was adapted. The target population of this study included the management and staff working at West Pokot County government and members of the public who are the beneficiaries of the services devolved. Purposive sampling technique was used to select 80 respondents. This study made use of Questionnaires and document analysis as the main data collection instruments. Data was analyzed using descriptive (mean and standard deviation) with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 20. Most respondents agreed that equitable sharing of resources through devolved funds increases infrastructure development, has increased living standards, has improved decision making on public funds, and through devolved funds increased economic growth at the County has been realized. Public participation process of devolved funds has improves infrastructure development. Public Participation process of devolved funds improves living standard in the County. Also, public participation improves decision making on public funds and finally, public participation improve economic growth at the County.
Keywords: Devolved funds, Service delivery, Decision making, Implementation.
Title: Effect of Devolved Funds on Service Delivery to West Pokot County in Kenya
Author: Thomas Pkemoi Lotiaka, Prof. Namusonge, Mr. Robert Wamalwa Wandera
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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