Challenges Influencing Compliance to Public Procurement Regulations in Kenya
Abstract
Procurement challenges experienced by the counties and national governments contravene the key principles underpinning public procurement, which include value for money, ethical standards, competition, transparency and accountability. Thus, county and national governments extensively violate the general procurement rules provided in the legislation. The causes of public procurement challenges experienced by the counties and national governments revolved around inadequate procurement planning, lack of pre-qualification of suppliers, failure to follow due process, lack of adequate numbers of qualified procurement professionals, poor inventory management and lack of capacity building/training. Consequently, the effects of the procurement challenges experienced include offences of financial misconduct, low absorption of resources, delays in project implementation, wasteful spending and unauthorized spending. Because national policy objectives on devolution reforms are not being fully met, counties and national governments need to take into account various procurement considerations. These include the development of procurement plans; pre-qualification of suppliers; adherence to due process; development of staff capacity and inventory management.
Keywords: Compliance, Public Procurement, Regulations & Kenya.
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