Effects of Procurement Law on Procurement Performance: A Case of Kenya National Highway Authority
Abstract
In many countries today, public procurement has become an issue of public attention and debate and has been subjected to reforms, restructuring, laws and regulations. Public bodies have the characteristic of dealing with huge budgets; public procurement represents 18.42% of the world's GDP. The procurement law was developed as a reference guide to complying with the implementation of the national Procurement Law and Regulations and contains standards, procedures and guidance on all aspects of public procurement. Despite the numerous efforts by the governments of developing countries like Kenya to improve the performance of the procurement function, public procurement is still characterized by shoddy jobs and poor quality goods and services. Failure to implement or delayed implementation of recommended procurement laws has resulted in unnecessarily high operation costs, uncoordinated business activities, and failure to attract and retain experienced and skilled personnel in procurement positions, thus affecting the function’s performance. The specific objectives of the study were; to establish the effect of procurement law implementation on the procurement performance of Kenya National Highway Authority, and to establish the challenges facing the implementation of procurement laws by Kenya National Highway Authority. The study used a desk study review methodology where relevant empirical literature was reviewed to identify the main themes. The study results indicated a positive relationship between procurement law implementation and procurement performance. The study concluded that Procurement policy implementation has a positive influence on the performance of procurement functions. The study recommended that Kenya National Highway Authority should appoint a procurement oversight committee to oversee the implementation of the procurement law and government policies on procurement.
Keywords: Procurement law, Implementation, Procurement Performance.
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