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    Effect of contract cost control on operational efficiency of commercial state corporations in Kenya
    (Chuka University, 2023-11) Njue F.K.; Thogori M; Galo N
    Commercial state corporations are formed to offer essential goods and services to the general public. Despite governmenteffortstoimprovetheireffectiveness,commercialstatecorporationshavecontinuedtoperformdismally characterized by poor resource utilization leading to massive losses, increased customer complaints and frequent bailouts by the government over defaulted loans. Some studies have associated this with poor contract cost control howeverthemagnitudeofitseffectonoperationalefficiencyhasnotbeenestablished.Theobjectiveofthestudywas toestablishtheextenttowhichcontractcostcontrolaffectsoperationalefficiencyofcommercialstatecorporationsin Kenya.DescriptiveCross-sectionalresearchdesignwasused.Thetargetpopulationofthisresearchcomprisedthirty- three commercial state corporations in Kenya and a census was undertaken. The study utilized primary data. A questionnaire was used to collect primary data among the thirty-three commercial state corporations in Kenya. Multiple linear regression analysis was used to examine the relationship between variables and t-statistic at 5% significance level was employed in testing hypothesis. The overall significance was tested using F-test. The study established a positive significant effect of contract cost control on operational efficiency with regression coefficient of0.181 withap-value of0.006. Corporationsthatimplementcontractcost controlare ableto preventcostoverruns and complete contracts within the agreed budget thus providing rational utilization of resources and minimizing wastage thus increasing operational efficiency. The study recommends that to ensure effective contract cost control andguaranteethatcontractsarefulfilledwithinthesetcontractprice,anticipatedcostsshouldbeassessedandincluded in the budget.
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    . Influence of need assessment on procurement performance in public universities in Eastern Region Kenya
    (Chuka University, 2023-11) Nyaga A.N; Thogori M; WabwireJ.M
    There has been effort by the public institutions in Kenya to improve performance of the procurement function. However, poor procurement performance interms ofdelays and poor qualitygoods received isstilla challenge. The objective of the study was to investigate need assessment on procurement performance in public universities. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The population of the study was 324 participants, the sample size was 102 and stratified sampling was adopted. Data which was collected by means of questionnaires. Multiple linear regressionmodelsaidedinanalysistobringouttheinfluenceofindependentvariablesonthedependentvariablewith thehelpofStatisticalPackagesforSocialSciences(SPSSVersion28.0).Thesignificanceoftheindependentvariable was tested using t-test. The t statistics and significance level established a statistically significant positive effect of needsassessmentonprocurementperformanceofpublicuniversitiesinEasternregionata5%significancelevelwith coefficientof0.059,andp-values0.405.Thestudyconcludedthatpublic universitiesshouldencourage effective use of need assessments to impact positively on the effectiveness of the procurement process of public universities in Eastern region. The findings of this study are expected to be useful to; public universities, as it would provide complementary knowledge useful in formulation of policy and a regulatory framework on procurement planning in thePublicUniversities.Thestudywillbeakeyingredientinthe;planning,designingandimplementationofasound public procurement planning that will align itself to the overall economic strategy.