CHALLENGES FACING PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE WITHIN PARASTATALS IN KENYA. A CASE OF NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY
The directive by the Government to adhere to public procurement is aimed at increasing effectiveness and efficiency and thus enhance competitiveness. The adherence to procurement procedure would ensure the public organization gets the value for money through quality services, goods and works but this has not been effective in other sectors as expected. The main aim of the study is to assess challenges facing implementation of the public procurement in National Construction Agency in Kenya where the main variables include strategic planning and procurement procedures. Through a descriptive research design, the study targeted procurement officers and general managers working with NCA within Nairobi. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 20% which makes a sample size of 86 respondents. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistics using SPSS and presented through percentages, means, standard deviations and frequencies. The findings suggested that NCA Company was clearly aware of the Procurement Performance of the procurement practices that influences its Procurement Performance. Although most of the Strategic Planning practices had been implemented for a long period, there were however particular procurement features of implementation that were difficult to be achieved by NCA. Key Words: Strategic Planning, Enforcement Budget, Organizational Culture, Procurement Performance