Assessment of the Effectiveness of M&E System in Chicken Farming Projects in Samia Sub County, Busia County, Kenya

Monitoring and Evaluation as an integral practice in project management cycle assesses progress against set objectives for informed decision making. However, minimal focus has been given to the M&E system effectiveness in chicken farming project. The study sought to assess the effectiveness of M&E system in chicken farming projects in Samia sub County, Busia County in Kenya. The objectives of the study were: to determine the effect of technical capacity, to assess the effect of budgetary allocation and to examine the effect of stakeholders involvement on Effectiveness of M&E system in chicken farming projects. The study adopted Resource Based View Theory while descriptive survey design, questionnaire, interview guide and FGDs were used for collecting quantitative and qualitative data from a sample of 82 participants out of 794 for descriptive statistics. Findings showed that 78.56% of the respondents were of the opinion that Technical Capacity has a strong effect on M&E system; 76.46% were of the opinion that Budgetary Allocation moderately affected M&E system while 80.4% were of the opinion that Stakeholder involvement had a strong effect on M&E system in chicken farming projects. The study concluded that budgetary allocation, technical capacity and stakeholder involvement have a significant effect on Effectiveness of M&E in projects. It is therefore recommended that, stakeholders should be integrated in the M&E process and continuous capacity building on technical M&E skills done while the budgetary allocation unit should be autonomous. Further research should assess the effect of ICT integration on effectiveness of M&E system in projects.