Abstract: This paper analyses the effect of procurement methods on performance of state corporations in Kenya. The study also assesses the moderating effect of public procurement disposal act enforcement on the relationship between procurement methods and performance of state corporations. The study employed descriptive research design to help in identifying characteristics, frequencies and trends of the study population. This study was anchored on positivist Philosophy. The target population of this study included all 187 registered state corporations in Kenya. The study used a census where all the 187 state corporations were surveyed. To identify the unit of observation, the study purposively picked the head of finance and the head of procurement function in all 187 state corporations in Kenya. This formed 374 respondents. Primary data was the main data for the study which was collected using questionnaires. The collected data was analyzed with the aid of the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) Version 26. Descriptive statistics was used to summarize and organize characteristics of a data set collected which was presented in form of means, modes and standard deviations. Then inferential statistics through a regression model was used to test the research hypotheses. The study established that procurement methods had a significantly influence on the performance of state corporations in Kenya. The study recommended that the management of the state corporations ought to ensure compliance with all sections of PPAD Act, of 2015 and public procurement regulations so as to improve their performance.
Keywords: Public procurement, procurement method, enforcement, organizational performance, state corporations.
Title: EFFECT OF PROCUREMENT METHODS ON PERFORMANCE OF STATE CORPORATIONS IN KENYA
Author: Gatari Catherine Njoki, Dr. Noor Ismail, Dr. Anthony Osoro
International Journal of Interdisciplinary Research and Innovations
ISSN 2348-1218 (print), ISSN 2348-1226 (online)
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