DETERMINANTS OF RESOURCE PLANNING ON IMPLEMENTATION OF WATER CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN BOMET COUNTY, KENYA

Emmy Chelangat Rotich, Prof. Elegwa Mukulu, Dr. Samson Paul Nyang’au

Abstract


Global demand for agricultural and energy production (mainly food and electricity), both water-intensive, is expected to rise by about 60% and 80% by 2025. At the same time, wetter regions generally becoming wetter and drier regions becoming even drier. These aspects of global change illustrate the need for swift planning and execution of strategic, reasonable and effective management and counter measures against deteriorating water security. It is a serious challenge to provide water and sanitation facilities in today’s world to a population of 6 billion people. Water supply and sanitation in Bomet is characterized by poor levels supply. The main objective of this study was to examine the influence of resource planning on implementation of water projects in Bomet County, Kenya. Resource bases theory was used to guide this study. The study used descriptive survey design. Data was collected by use of self-administered Questionnaires. The study targeted 440 respondents and the sample size was 164 respondents. This study carried out a census on 88 initiated water projects in the county of Bomet. Pre-test study was administered to 18 respondents of Kajiado County to test the reliability and validity of the instruments. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. Regression analysis was used to measure the relationship between variables on influence of resource planning and implementation of water projects with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) software. Further analysis was done to test the significance of the model by use of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) and R2 so as to measure the extent of the goodness of fit of the regression model. Hypothesis was tested by use of t-test at 95% confidence level. The results showed that resource planning significantly influenced implementation of water project with the F statistics value 55.179 and P-value of 0.000. The coefficient determination of explanatory variable explains 52.7% of the variations. In conclusion, therefore resource planning influenced implementation of water projects with R of 0.726 . Based on the study findings, it is concluded that resources are well utilized while implementing water projects in the county of Bomet. The county government of Bomet should therefore lay down a clear plan to source and fund for resources before the project commences and how the resources will be utilized to the end of the project. The study recommends that Arid and Semi-Arid regions can replicate the findings of this study to improve on accessibility to safe and clean drinking water to the citizens.

Key words: Resource Planning, water projects, Implementation

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