THE EFFECT OF INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITIES ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF COMMUNITY-BASED PROJECT IN NAROK NORTH SUB COUNTY, NAROK COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

The purpose of study is to evaluate the effect of institutional capacity on the implementation of community-based projects in Narok North Sub-County, Narok County, Kenya. The research is anchored on the Project Management theory. The study adopted the descriptive survey design. The target population was the 8 employees working at the county department of social services at Narok and the 696 members from various active community-based organizations selected from Narok North Sub County, in Narok County. Both purposive and stratified random sampling was used to select a sample of 249 respondents. The data collection instruments that were used was the questionnaires and the interviews. Primary data was collected using questionnaires and was administered by the researcher. The data was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative analysis. The results indicated that the majority of the respondents agreed that the management of community-based projects is influenced by institutional capacity, project leadership competencies, resource mobilization, and stakeholder participation, the results further showed that all four factors were positively and statistically correlated with the management of community-based projects. It is recommended that project managers and team’s leaders should ensure that they enhance institutional capacity to enhance the management of the projects.