| dc.description.abstract | All government agencies have fallen victim to procurement irregularities at some point. The
Auditor General's report for Kisumu County for the fiscal years 2018-2019 and 2019-2020
details improper contract awards, payments for products and services that were never given,
and irregular expenditure. In contrast, the purpose of this study was to conduct an analysis of
the effect of unethical practices on supply chain performance among county governments in
Kenya a case of Kisumu County Government. Specifically, the study looked at the effects of
uncompetitive procurement processes, irregular expenditure and inadequate contract
management on supply chain performance within the county government of Kisumu. The study
was guided by null hypothesis as follows; uncompetitive procurement process has no
significant effect on supply chain performance, irregular expenditure has no significant effect
on supply chain performance and inadequate contract management has no significant effect on
supply chain performance. The study was anchored on the fraud triangle theory, the differential
association theory and the theory of ethics. The research relied on correlational research design.
The target population for the study was 70, because of the small number, all of them were
selected using census survey to participate in the final study. From a pool of seventy
respondents to a census survey, 70 were chosen at random. Primary data collected using
structured questionnaire was used in data analysis. Seven county administrators from Siaya
took part in the pilot study. The data collection tool was checked with the manager and subject
matter experts. Validity of the instrument was confirmed through expert’s review. Cronbach
alpha was used to ascertain reliability establishing a coefficient of 0.96 for all the variable
confirming reliability at a suggested threshold of 0.7. Using multiple regression, it was
established that uncompetitive procurement practices have a positive significant effect on the
Supply chain Performance of County Government of Kisumu. This implies that uncompetitive
practices have enhance the performance of the County Government of Kisumu County. The
study also established that irregular expenditure have a minimal positive insignificant effect on
the Supply Chain Performance of County Government of Kisumu. This implies that irregular
expenditure impact positive on the Supply Chain Performance of County Government of
Kisumu although minimally. Anti-competitive procurement practices have a detrimental effect
on supply chain efficiency, as will be shown below. The study recommends objective
engagement of uncompetitive processes circumstantially, strict adherence to the procurement
plan and therefore avoiding irregular expenditure, proper contract management of procurement
contracts to enhance supply chain performance of the County Government. | en_US |
