| dc.description.abstract | Nairobi, Kenya’s capital City, experienced periods of heavy rainfall that disclosed a major gap in the City’s drainage system. The drainage situation in the city had become a major problem and there was need for the generation of a sustainable solution. This study sought to investigate and find out whether the Monitoring and Evaluation process had an impact on the performance of the drainage systems within Nairobi. This research focused on establishing the influence of the Monitoring and Evaluation process on the performance of urban drainage systems within Nairobi County. The Researcher identified three independent variables which included planning for monitoring and evaluation process, implementation of monitoring and evaluation process and utilization of monitoring and evaluation process results. The main objective of this study was to determine the influence of Monitoring and Evaluation process on the performance of urban drainage systems within Nairobi County. This was guided by three specific objectives; to establish the extent to which planning for Monitoring and Evaluation process influences the performance of urban drainage systems in Nairobi County; to establish the extent to which implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation process influences performance of urban drainage systems in Nairobi County; and to assess whether implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation process findings influenced the performance of urban drainage systems within Nairobi County. The study was carried out within Nairobi County. The study was conducted by descriptive research design including both qualitative and quantitative data collection procedures. Data was collected by questionnaires; desk review of previous research documents and key informant interviews. A total of 150 respondents were targeted. Data was analyzed descriptively using advanced Microsoft Office suite. The findings were represented in form of tables. The main beneficiary of the findings will be Nairobi County management. The findings indicated that the Monitoring and Evaluation process has little influence on the performance of urban drainage systems. Planning for M&E process, implementation of M&E process and utilization of findings of the M&E process were identified to have little influence on the performance of urban drainage systems. The study also found out that females and young people were greatly involved in the management of urban drainage systems. The study noted that it was important to have a well-organized and adequately staffed unit whose purpose is to coordinate the M&E process in the management of urban drainage systems. In resource allocation, it was emphasized that there should be adequate resources channeled towards the M&E process. The study established that there was equal representation of either gender in the various departments within Nairobi County. The study recommends that this trend be maintained for successful management of the urban drainage systems. This study further recommends training of all stakeholders and the public on the M&E process, their key indicators and how they can be used in the management of urban drainage systems, adoption of a more inclusive and wider consultation between the stakeholders and County staff and finally the study recommends that the Nairobi County management should make program monitoring and evaluation an inherent part of program implementation and thus a mandatory exercise. For further reading, this study recommends studies on how M&E approaches influence the performance of urban drainage systems. | en_US |
