DOI: 10.36347/sjahss.2018.v06i08.030

Pages: 1706-1715

Government of Kenya has historically responded to the emerging social and public problems through the establishment of various decentralized financing mechanisms. A prime example of this policy is the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) launched in 2003. However, CDF operations have sometimes been controversial because they raise questions about the role of legislators in the management of the fund. This study employed mixed methods research design involving both quantitative and qualitative data to determine the role of political influence on effective management of National Government Constituency Development Funded projects. For the quantitative survey, a total of 400 respondents were sampled using multi staged proportionate random sampling techniques involving project beneficiaries, project managers, local governmental officials and the National Government Constituency Development Fund committee members. Qualitative data included Key informant interviews and focus group discussions with selected actors. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis and presented in terms of narrations and verbatim.