Effects of Selected Socially Responsible Procurement Practices on Supply Chain Performance in Kenya Owned State Corporations

Public Procurement is a major policy tool which the Kenyan government is using to pursue ?horizontal? objectives- of social development in addition to the ?functional? objectives - of obtaining goods, works and services in the best terms. Despite the widespread utilization of public procurement?s tremendous ?buying power? to realise socially responsible outcomes, pertinent literature on Supply chain Performance in Kenya has paid much attention to functional aspects of supply chain performance, to the exclusion of horizontal issues such as socially responsible procurement Practices. Additionally, most studies on Supply chain Performance in Kenya have either been conceptual in nature or purely depended on subjective data. To bridge the evident knowledge gap, this study examined the effect of socially responsible procurement practices on supply chain performance using positivist research paradigm and a cross-sectional census survey design targeting 187 Kenya owned State Corporations. The study revealed that social inclusion and promoting social economy organizations, compliance with social-labour rights and promoting ethical procurement had a positive and statistically significant effect on supply chain performance in Kenya owned State Corporations.