TITLE:
Institutional Structures and Sustainability of Projects in Nyangores River Sub-Catchment Basin in Bomet County, Kenya
AUTHORS:
Kirui Kipkorir, Charles Mallans Rambo, George Muhua
KEYWORDS:
Institutional Structures, Sustainability of Projects, River Sub-Catchment Basin
JOURNAL NAME:
Journal of Geoscience and Environment Protection,
Vol.10 No.12,
December
30,
2022
ABSTRACT: Integrated basin management approach has been applied in Nyangores River
sub-catchment basin, since the year 2009 but with minimal success. Sub catchment
degradation, organizational weakness, the flow and quality of water had started
to diminish, creating challenges for local livelihoods, wildlife in the Maasai
Mara Game Reserve, and in maintaining biodiversity and healthy ecosystem
functioning. Water resources can be successfully managed only if the natural,
social, economic and political environments, in which water occurs and used,
are taken fully into consideration. The aim of this study is to determine the
influence of institutional structures influence on sustainability of projects
in Nyagores river sub-catchment basin in Bomet County, Kenya. The research
designs used were descriptive survey and correlational research design.
Stepwise and purposive sampling formed the sampling procedure. The results are
presented descriptively using Tables while for qualitative data, narrative
statements were used. Questionnaires, Interview guide and document analysis
were used for data collection. The sample size was 371, from a targeted a
population of 56,508 household heads and 10 informants, purposively selected from the
water concerned institutions and ministries of Water and Agriculture. Total of
371 questionnaires were given out to the respondents and only 321, were duly
filled and returned representing (86.5%). The objective was to establish the
extent to which institutional structures influence sustainability of projects
in Nyangores River sub-catchment Basin. The results indicated that there was a
positive correlation r = 0.552, (p is was rejected
and concluded that there is a significant relationship between the
institutional structures and sustainability of projects in Nyangores river
sub-catchment basin. R2 was 0.304; hence, 30.4% of changes in
sustainability of projects are explained by institutional structures.
Recommendations are; ensure a stringent policy for robust planning and
management, and more robust forum for the stakeholders to complement the efforts
of WRUA. It is suggested for further research, similar studies are done for the other adjacent river basins and to
investigate ways of raising the level of community participation in the
basin.