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Procurement plays a significant role in ensuring effective functioning and service delivery. The County Government of Nakuru has developed procurement plans. However, this has guarantee the implementation of the same. Kenyan public has lost money through failure to implement procurement plans. For example Shs. 1.6 billion was lost in the NYS scandal. It has been found that many County Governments fail to implement their procurement plans appropriately hence the said losses. The study investigated the influence of procurement staff capabilities and information technology infrastructure, on implementation of procurement plan at the County Government of Nakuru, Kenya. The target population of the study included all procurement staff in the ten ministries of the county. Due to a small number of the targeted respondents, the researcher used census technique to collect data from the respondents. This meant that the sample size of 40 was equal to the target population. Primary data was collected using questionnaires with both open and closed ended questions. Once the raw data was collected, the questionnaires were checked for proper recording of the responses and completeness. The information collected was coded and then analysed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24.0. Results of the data analysis revealed that procurement staff capabilities (β=0.351) and IT infrastructure (β=0.198) in this order influenced implementation of procurement plans at the County Government of Nakuru.

An Assessment of Factors Affecting Implementation of Procurement Plans at County Government of Nakuru, Kenya