Donor Funding Influence on Socio-Economic Development in Kenya: A Case of Water Projects in Lamu County

Abstract

Kenya has previously been classified as one of the countries that is water scarce in the World while Lamu County is classified or categorized among the water scarce counties in Kenya. There is a serious challenges which are facing the residents of Lamu County in accessing clean portable water. Several institutions both international and local have been making efforts to address the water scarcity situation across the world. These internationals institutions and organizations collaborate resources with an intention of improving the community access to clean drinking water and eventually improve the socio-economic conditions of the community. Studies that have been found in the past have established that inadequate human resource and lack of qualified personnel has affected the financial management and procurement which affected the implementation of the projects. The study investigate the relationship between donor funding and the socio-economic development in Kenya specifically Lamu county. Theory of poverty was instrumental in guiding of this study and the descriptive research design was adopted for the study. The members of the community-based organizations were considered as the target population since they are members of the water projects, county government officials and the service providers within Lamu County. The sampling technique that was used was the systematic random sampling in order to identify and select the 80 participants and respondents who took part in the study. The questionnaires were used as data collection instruments for the collection of information and data while the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS v.24). The descriptive statistics, frequency distribution and the regression, model were used as the data analysis techniques. The study revealed that the water projects had a statistically significant relationship to the socio-economic development in Kenya specifically for the people of Lamu County as a community