EMPIRICAL STUDY OF HOW FUNDING OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION ACTIVITIES INFLUENCE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH FACILITIES CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN KIRINYAGA COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to determine how funding of Monitoring and Evaluation activities influence performance of public projects in Kirinyaga County. The unit of analysis was the Monitoring and Evaluation activities in the County of Kirinyaga. Data was collected using questionnaires and relevant documents in the section. Before using the research questionnaire for data collection, a pilot study was carried out in Nairobi County. The data collected was appropriately cleaned, coded and refined before being fully analysed. The findings from the study indicated that there was a significant strong positive linear relationship between funding methodologies of M&E Activities and Performance of Public funded projects in Kirinyaga County. To improve on performance of the Monitoring and Evaluation, it was recommended that effective Cost Management in all the three areas of Cost Planning must be considered so as to enhance performance of public funded health Projects in Kirinyaga County.

Keywords: Staff, Capacity, Building, Influence, Performance,