INFLUENCE OF E-PROCUREMENT PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT IN KENYA: A CASE OF MERU COUNTY GOVERNMENT

Peterson Njeru, Dr. Jackson Ndolo Muthini

Abstract


The study focused on the influence of e-procurement practices on performance of Kenyan counties with specific reference to Meru County government. The specific objective of the study will be to establish the influence of e- annual procurement planning, e- supplier sourcing, e-tendering and e-payment management on e-procurement practices in county government in Kenya. The study used descriptive research design and stratified random sampling procedure to select the sample that will represent the entire population. The researcher targeted 400 respondents from the three levels of management and a sample size of 200 respondents. Questionnaire administration was the main method of data collection. Then the results were analysed by linear regression and statistical packages for social sciences where use of quantitative and qualitative techniques which involves use of tables and charts for easy interpretation. The study found that the four factors such as e-procurement planning, e-supplier sourcing-tendering and e-payment was realised to influence e-procurement practices on performance of county government in Kenya. It was concluded that e-procurement planning in county government not to achieve procurement practices objectives of getting them solved as 84% respondents said. It was also noted that 81% of respondents, responded that e-supplier sourcing can affect procurement practices and e-tendering helps to solve procurement practices through understanding the situations according to 85% respondents who supported. Recommendations were made by the study that better e-procurement planning should be adopted to give better direction to procurement practices, county government should improve on e-supplier sourcing and should ensure there is extensive research on to ensure linear e-tendering is achieved in all levels of management to deal with performance of Kenya county government.

Keywords: e-procurement Planning, Performance, County Government


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