Corporate governance and sustainability of constituency sports projects, Mwingi West constituency

Abstract

In order for the Constituency Development Fund to make an impact in the society, it is paramount that the management of the fund should be guided by the corporate governance principles. Corporate governance is a major factor in achieving societal goals and objectives. The main objective of this research was to establish the effect of corporate governance on the sustainability of constituency development fund sports projects in Mwingi West Constituency in Kitui County. To achieve the main objective, the researcher focused on specific objectives: to find out the effect of political, public participation, budget and accountability factors on the sustainability of constituency development fund sports project. The study employed descriptive research design because the main purpose of the study was to find out the effect of corporate governance on the sustainability of constituency development fund sports projects. The study used 101 respondents as the sample selected from a target population of 329 constituency development fund officials through simple random sampling method. A well-designed questionnaire was employed to collect data from the respondents because of its capacity to collect huge data in a short period of time. The collected data was cleaned by sorting and coding for easy analysis. The data was analysed by the use of Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 22 and the results presented in form of tables, figures and graphs. The study findings indicated that political factors had a significant effect on sustainability of constituency development funded sports project. Furthermore, the findings revealed that public participation had a great influence on the implementation of sustainable sports projects. The study findings also revealed that both political, monitoring and evaluation affect the sustainability of sports project in Mwingi West constituency funded by the constituency development fund. The study concluded that political, public participation, accountability and budget determine the sustainability of constituency development fund sports project in Mwingi West in Kitui County. Political interference on the implementation of constituency development sports projects affected the sustainability of the implementation of sports project because of skewed budget allocation. The study recommends that the constituency development fund management should embrace public participation, and adequate financial budgets should be allocated to ensure that the sports project remain sustainable.