Factors affecting implementation of preference and reservation directive on government procurement opportunities in Kenya

Abstract

Purpose: The purpose of the study was to determine factors affecting the implementation of preference and reservation directives on government procurement opportunities in Kenya: a case of the central bank of Kenya.

Design/ Methodology/Approach: The investigation utilized stratified arbitrary inspecting, the adolescent, ladies and people with handicaps being the strata of particular elements prequalified with the Central Bank of Kenya in its mind office in Nairobi and the three branches (Mombasa, Kisumu and Eldoret). From that point, straightforward arbitrary testing was utilized to choose 310 respondents from the strata who were issued with surveys. Information was gathered utilizing self-regulated polls. The information gathered was broke down by the utilization of illustrative and inferential measurements. Numerous relapse models were utilized to demonstrate the connection between the reliant variable and the free factors.

Findings: R square value of 0.768 means that 76.8% of the corresponding variation in the implementation of the 30% preference and reservation directive on government procurement in Kenya can be explained or predicted by (regulatory framework and requirements, procurement opportunity awareness and sensitization, the capacity of disadvantaged groups, ethical and compliance issues) which indicated that the model fitted the study.

Contribution to policy and practice: The discoveries of the investigation demonstrated that administrative system and prerequisites, obtainment opportunity mindfulness and sharpening, the limit of distraught gatherings, moral issues have a positive association with the execution of the 30% inclination and reservation order on government acquirement openings in Kenya.

Originality/Value: The study extends the literature on open organizations and recommends that they should grasp administrative structure and prerequisites, acquisition opportunity mindfulness and refinement, the limit of impeded gatherings, moral and consistency issues in order to improve the usage of the 30% inclination and reservation.