A Study of Inua Jamii Programme in Kisumu County
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EFFECTS OF SOCIAL PROTECTION FUND APPROACHES ON SUSTAINABLE LIVELIHOODS IN KENYA: A STUDY OF INUA JAMII PROGRAMME IN KISUMU COUNTY AGWA EDWIN ONYANGO ODL-BDS/1/00003/3/2013 A RESEARCH PROJECT SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND LEADERSHIP IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF BACHELOR OF ARTS DEVELOPMENT STUDIES OF THE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY OF AFRICA March, 2019 DECLARATION I declare that this research project is my original work and has not been presented for award of a degree in any other institution/university. Signature: ........................................................... Date: ........................................................ Agwa Edwin Onyango ODL-BDS/1/00003/3/2013 This research project has been submitted for examination with my approval as the university supervisor. Signature: …………………………… Date: .................................................... JUSTER NYAGA The Management University of Africa ii DEDICATION I dedicate this work to my parents Mr and Mrs Leonard Agwa, daughter Ivy Edna for their undying support, encouragement and inspiration throughout the period. God bless you. iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I wish to thank the Almighty God for enabling me with the opportunity to study, the University especially ODEL Department, my supervisor Juster Nyaga for her professional guidance on research writing, my family for their support, encouragement and inspiration and finally, my gratitude goes to all staff of Kisumu County Social Welfare Department for their participation in this study. iv ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the Effects of Social Protection Fund Approaches on Sustainable Livelihoods in Kisumu County, Kenya. The research design guiding this study was a case with a population size of 100 respondents sampled from the County‟s Social Welfare Department. Data collection instrument was questionnaire and interview guide for primary data collection instrument and document analysis, journals for secondary data collection. The study adopted stratified purposive sampling. The data analyzed using descriptive (mean, standard deviation) the mean, which shows the normal execution of a gathering on some proportion of a variable, and the standard deviation, which demonstrates the dispersion of an arrangement of scores around the mean. SPSS version 20.0 was incorporated to decide whether there is noteworthy contrast among the methods for at least three gatherings to analyze bunch frequencies or to check whether an occasion happens more often in one gathering than another. The study came up with recommendations to help both public and private organization to review strategies of Social Protection Fund Approaches for transformative Sustainable Livelihoods especially State Inua Jamii Cash Transfer Programme at the local levels. The findings revealed that provisional social protection, preventive social protection, promotional social protection and transformative social protection fund had a significant effect on sustainable livelihoods in Kenya. The study concluded that there is higher expectations related to dependency syndrome among those who would otherwise be able to wean off the programme. The study also concluded that there is lack of single registry thus multiple beneficiaries overstretches the kitty; due to non-state actors e.g. NGOs, CBOs also running similar programmes at community levels which result in double registrations. Additionally, the study concluded that the goal of sustainable livelihoods faces the problems such as: of inadequate financial knowledge, lack of harmony between national and county government social services operations around safety nets programmes as well as conflict of interests among local leaders. Based on the study findings, the study recommended implementation of policies in a multimodal way to bridge gaps and strengthen collaboration between all actors at all government levels countrywide, adequate staffing to attract and retain/replace skilled personnel as well as scale up information, communications and education on social programmes and other government social economic policies for improved population positive public participation and desired impact devoid of political activities. v TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION....................................................................................................................................... ii DEDICATION.......................................................................................................................................... iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS .................................................................................................................... iv ABSTRACT ............................................................................................................................................... v TABLE OF CONTENTS ........................................................................................................................ vi LIST OF TABLES ................................................................................................................................... ix LIST OF FIGURES .................................................................................................................................. x LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS ............................................................................... xi OPERATIONAL DEFINITION OF TERMS ...................................................................................... xii CHAPTER ONE .................................................................................................................................... 1 INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................................................. 1 1.0 Overview ........................................................................................................................................... 1 1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................................................................... 1 1.2 Problem Statement ............................................................................................................................ 4 1.3 Objectives .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.4 Research Questions ........................................................................................................................... 6 1.5 Significance of the Study .................................................................................................................. 6 1.6 Scope of the Study............................................................................................................................. 7 1.7 Chapter Summary .............................................................................................................................. 7 CHAPTER TWO ...................................................................................................................................... 9 LITERATURE REVIEW ........................................................................................................................ 9 2.0 Introduction ....................................................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Theoretical Literature Review ........................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Empirical Literature Review ........................................................................................................... 12 vi 2.4 Framework for Social Protection Programmes ............................................................................... 19 2.5 Critique of the Eexisting Literature Relevant to the Study. ............................................................ 19 2.6 Summary of Literature .................................................................................................................... 20 2.7 Research Gaps ................................................................................................................................. 20 2.8 Conceptual Framework ................................................................................................................... 21 2.9 Chapter Summary ............................................................................................................................ 23 CHAPTER THREE ................................................................................................................................ 24 RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODOLOGY ................................................................................ 24 3.0 Introduction. .................................................................................................................................... 24 3.1 Research Design. ............................................................................................................................. 24 3.2 Target Population ............................................................................................................................ 25 3.3 Sample and Sampling Techniques .................................................................................................. 26 3.4 Study Instruments ...........................................................................................................................