Project Procurement Management Practices and Performance of Road Construction Projects in Homa Bay County, Kenya

This research examined the effect of project procurement management practices on performance of road construction projects in Homa Bay County, Kenya. The descriptive cross-sectional survey research design was employed to test the noncausal relationships between the study variables . The proportionate stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample size 138 project management team from a target population consisted of 211 project management team in charge of road construction projects in Homa Bay County, Kenya . A self-administered structured survey questionnaire was used to collect primary data. A pilot study was conducted to test the validity and reliability of the constructed survey questionnaire. Through the drop and pick method, t he cross-sectional survey-based approach was used to collect primary data. The collected data was processed and entered into the statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) version 26 to create a data sheet used for data analysis. Data analysis involved descriptive statistics and inferential statistics. The Pearson's product moment correlation results showed that project procurement planning practice and project procurement risk management practice had positive and significant relationship with performance of road construction projects in Homa Bay County, Kenya. The multiple regression results showed that project procurement planning practice and project procurement risk management practice had positive and significant effect on performance of road construction projects in Homa Bay County, Kenya. The study recommends that it is imperative for the project managers to improve on the project procurement practices to foster performance of road construction projects. The policy makers within the road construction industry should initiate policy review to motivate the project managers to improve on the project procurement practices to foster performance of road construction projects. Future researchers should examine the effect of project procurement management practices on performance of road construction projects in other regions or contexts . Key words: Project performance, Project procurement management practices , Project procurement planning, Project procurement risk management CITATION : Nyajowi, L. P., Kising'u, T. M., Omwenga, J. Q. (2024). Project procurement management practices and performance of road construction projects in Homa Bay County, Kenya. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 11 (1), 296 – 314. http://dx.doi.org/10.61426/sjbcm.v11i1.2853