Factors Influencing Completion Time of Water Projects in Trans Nzoia County

Atonya Eunice Musimbi; Dr. Elizabeth Nambuswa Makokha, Ph.D.

Authors

Atonya Eunice Musimbi The School of Entrepreneurship Procurement and Management,Department of Entrepreneurship Technology, Leadership and Management,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi Kenya
Dr. Elizabeth Nambuswa Makokha, Ph.D. The School of Entrepreneurship Procurement and Management,Department of Entrepreneurship Technology, Leadership and Management,Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi Kenya

Keywords:

Completion Time, Financial Procedures, Water Projects

Abstract

This study sought to assess the factors that influence completion time of the water projects in Trans Nzoia County.The specific objective of the study was to establish the influence of financial procedures on project completion time. The study delimited to water companies in Trans Nzoia County. The target population included the senior management of the water companies, the middle level managers and employees of the companies. Since the employees of the water companies were not many, all the employees made the sample during data collection. The justification of this study lied on the premise that minimal studies had been done in the local front to find out the factors that influenced completion of projects on time. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. Self-administered questionnaires and interviews were used to collect primary data while content analysis of relevant project completion time documents from the water company were used to collect secondary data. Questionnaires were administered to officers purposively sampled from management, involved in the completion time of the water projects in the study. Descriptive statistics and regression analysis through Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) were used to analyze data and present the findings in the form of charts, graphs, and tables. Financial procedures were followed in most cases and that project financial progress reports were reviewed frequently. It was concluded that Project financial procedures was found to be positively related on project completion time. The study recommended that the management of water projects in Trans Nzoia County should strictly adhere to Project financial procedures which the study found to be positively correlated to project completion time.

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