Relationship Between Purchasing Power and Performance of County Governments in Kenya
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https://doi.org/10.70619/vol5iss1pp1-17Keywords:
Purchasing power, Organization performance, county governmentsAbstract
Purpose: The study aimed to evaluate the relationship between purchasing power and performance of county governments in Kenya.
Methods: The study used a descriptive research design. The target population of this study was 384 respondents drawn from all 47 counties in Kenya which included the staff from the procurement, ICT, finance and administration, and audit departments. The study sample size was 188 respondents and both stratified random sampling technique and simple random sampling techniques were adopted to get the sample of respondents to be included in the study. Data analysis was done with the help of Statistical Package for Social Science version 28. Quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive and inferential analysis.
Results: The findings revealed that purchasing power had a positive significant linear effect on performance of county governments in Kenya.
Implication: The study recommends that donors build and strengthen the local capacity of the affected nations and populations to prevent, prepare for, alleviate, and contain County crises, to make sure that governments and societies can efficiently perform their obligations and coordinate effectively with County actors. This also includes promotion of local industries and local supplies increasing standardizing procurement and purchasing power in the event of global county disruptions.
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