Role of Citizen Participation in  Sustainability of Water Projects in Makueni County, Kenya

Kisumbi, Charles Kyale; Omboto, Peter; Nassiuma, Bernard Kibeti

doi:10.24940/ijird/2017/v6/i11/nov17004

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“…Communication tools impact different phases of project progress. According to Kisumbi et al (2017) on the role of citizen participation in the sustainability of water projects, they found that citizen power and water project sustainability were not important (0.637). Further findings revealed that households did not participate fully in the project cycle.…”

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Communication planning and technology integration on implementation of water construction projects in Bomet County, Kenya

Rotich¹,

Mukulu²,

Paul³

2022

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Globally over 40 million people are faced with deficiency supply of water and more than 110 million of the worlds’ 240 million population have no access to clean and safe drinking water. In Africa, water shortages are related to both under-development of potentially available water resources and their uneven distribution while conserving the catchments’ sustainability. The country like many other developing countries is facing formidable freshwater planning and management challenges. Despite the fact that a lot of resources have been invested in water infrastructure, there has been little impact on implementation water infrastructures and water supply systems in most parts of the countries. Communication planning is the key component to project success, but the main focus has been on project management practices and project performance. The main objective of this study was to assess the influence of communication planning on implementation of water projects in Bomet County, Kenya. Communication theory was used to guide this study. The study used descriptive survey design and ideally data was collected by use of self-administered Questionnaires. The study targeted 440 respondents and the sample size was 164 respondents. This study carried out a census on 88 initiated water projects in the county of Bomet. Pre-test study was administered to 18 respondents of Kajiado County to test the reliability and validity of the instruments. Data was collected through self-administered questionnaires. Regression results showed that communication planning, positively influenced effective implementation of water project with the F statistics value of 98.068, and P-value of 0.000. Regression resulted in R2 of 0.43. In conclusion, therefore communication planning influenced implementation of water projects. The study recommends that the government can embrace the use of technology to equally enhance communication among stakeholders of water projects. The study can be replicated in other counties so as to improve water services.

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confidence: 99%