| dc.description.abstract | Security threats remain a major risk to the world and safety at domestic, regional, and
international level. It undermines the basic principles of law, justice, human rights, and
freedom. Mandera County has been affected by different security threats including acts
of terrorism. The need for proper security implementation measures needs to be put in
place to deal with incidents of insecurity in the area. The overall objective of the study
the study was to examine the antecedents of government security program
implementation success; a case of Mandera County, Kenya. The specific objectives of
the study were to determine how military presence; communication infrastructure and
community policing influence the success of government security program
implementation. The study was guided by Institutional Theory. The main research
design that was adopted was descriptive correlational survey research design which was
of importance in determining the relationship between the variables. The target
population for the study was 22,960 people. A sample of 393 individuals who reside in
Mandera were selected for this research. Data was collected using semi-structured
questionnaires and interview schedules. Data collection instrument reliability was
accepted at Cronbach’s coefficient alpha 0.7. The background data analysis was
analyzed using descriptive statistics version 26 of the SPSS program. The resulting
statistics in the form of percentages, means and standard deviation were used to
describe the study variables. Out of 393, 323 returned their questionnaire but the
remaining did not return. Stratified sampling technique was used in the study.
Questionnaire and interview guides were used in data collection. Reliability of the
questionnaire and all the construct generated a Cronbach’s alpha above 0.7 and was
acceptable reliable. To ensure that the instruments were valid, content validity was
used. The collected data was analysed with the help of statistical package for social
science (SPSS) version 23.0. Percentages, means, and standard deviation were used for
descriptive analysis of the indicators for each variable of the study. An overall mean of
3.0 was a clear indication of the importance of community policing strategies are in the
implementation of security programs in Mandera County. Upon testing the hypothesis,
an R value of 0.836 was obtained, suggesting a positive strong linear relationship
between the independent and dependent variables of the study. Further, military group
presence has β=0.396, Communication Infrastructure β=0.167 and Community
Policing β=0.319 had an effect on security program implementation success in
Mandera County. The study findings will immensely benefit various government policy
makers in understanding the extent to which their acts of omission and commission are
impacting the success of the security programs put in place in Mandera county and how
they can improve the identified areas of weakness. | en_US |
