Monitoring and evaluation process on road construction projects performance in Somalia:
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2023-05
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Kampala International University, College of Humanities and social Science
Abstract
In its mandate to steer economic growth, infrastructural development has been one core
development area that has been put on focus by the Somalia Government. There has been a lot of
investment on construction and maintenance of National trunk roads mainly being the main
transport medium most especially to the unreliability of the Railway Transport after its collapse
within the last two decades. In lieu of this the government has streamlined the Ministry of Roads
through gazzettement of key authorities to discharge its duties. The Somalia National Authority
having been given mandate to manage the National Trunk roads has a duty to monitor and evaluate
the projects it is responsible of managing. There has been inefficiency in carrying out of proper
monitoring and evaluation of the road construction and maintenance projects. Owing to this,
information that would be useful and consumed in guiding procuring for future works during the
procurement evaluation process on contractor's bidding for work is insufficient and works may end
up going to an inefficient contractor who could have won a tender by virtue of bidding lowest. The
purpose of this study was to identify the factors that affect Monitoring and Evaluation of Roads
project in SNHA. The study targeted the population of roads that have ongoing construction works
in this region. A sample of roads that have ongoing construction works were sampled using simple
random sampling and was collected using questionnaires which were administered to respondents
involved in these projects. The study findings indicate that there is a great influence of availability
of resources on monitoring and evaluation of Road Infrastructural Construction. The study
revealed that adequate resources ensure timely completion of construction projects together with
competent project staff. Availability of monitoring and evaluation personnel influences road
infrastructural construction projects. Personnel are the ones that contribute to the effectiveness
since they are needed to perform the duties. Other monitoring resources have an influence on
monitoring and evaluation of road construction projects. It was found that other resources include
time, mode of transport and data collection tools. Contractors have big influences upon projects
and their successes. If the contractor provides poor workmanship it affects construction projects.
Description
A research dissertation submitted to the college of humanities and social sciences in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of a masters’ Degree in project planning and management, of Kampala International University
Keywords
Monitoring, Evaluation process, Road construction projects, Performance, National Roads Authority.