Abstract: Various agencies have supported communities with water projects but the projects have not been sustainable. Premised on the foregoing realization, it was imperative to examine the influence of water management capability on implementation of water projects in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya with the view of suggesting recommendations which if implemented would alleviate the problems associated with water shortage in the said regions. The study was guided by the agency theory. The study adopted a survey research design. The target population comprised of contractors, Sub-County water and irrigation officer, project managers, project supervisors and water management committee members working with water projects in arid and semi-arid areas of Kenya. 219 stakeholders working with the aforesaid water projects in East Pokot Sub-County constituted the accessible population. A sample of 88 respondents was drawn from the study population using stratified random sampling technique. A structured questionnaire was used in data collection. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences software facilitated data processing and analysis. The study employed both descriptive and inferential statistics in the analysis. The study findings were presented in form of tables. It was found there existed a positive, moderate and statistically significant relationship between project management capability and successful project implementation. It was concluded that project management capability moderately influenced successful completion of water projects. It is recommended that the water project management capability should tally with available resources and intended purposes of the project.
Keywords: East Pokot Sub-County, Project Implementation, Project Management Capability, Water Project.
Title: INFLUENCE OF PROJECT MANAGEMENT CAPABILITY ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER PROJECTS IN ARID AND SEMI-ARID AREAS OF KENYA: A SURVEY OF EAST POKOT SUB-COUNTY
Author: Wamuga Kenneth Gaitho, Wanyoike Daniel
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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