Procurement Practices and Performance of County Governments in Kenya; A Case of Nakuru County Government

Procurement practices concept has dominated most of the County government's activities because of the value attached to the role of procurement in enhancing the performance of County governments. The research seeks to investigate procurement practices on performance of Nakuru County Government. The objective of the study was to explain the effects of financial management on Nakuru County government's performance. The study was guided by principal-agent theory. The study adopted descriptive research design. Census technique was adopted to select research participants. The study population comprised of 84 County staff comprising 63 procurement officers, 5 head of departments from user departments and 11 sub-counties officers in charge of the 11 selected administrative units. Primary data was collected using close ended questionnaires. Frequency distribution tables were used in data presentation. The findings of the study showed that financial management and tendering had inverse but positive effect on performance of County government of Nakuru. The study recommended that financial management techniques should be improved. The study further recommends that further studies should be done in the same area but in other counties as the findings may not be the same.