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| Paper Title: | Assessing the extent of Local citizen participation in the budgeting process in Turkana County, Kenya |
| Authors Name: | Logiel Lokwawi Samson , Prof. John Ndefru |
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| Published Paper Id: | IJRTI2507055 |
| Published In: | Volume 10 Issue 7, July-2025 |
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| Abstract: | Local citizen participation is a fundamental aspect in the democratic development and governance processes fostering accountability, transparency and inclusive decision making. Turkana county government face unique development challenges despite receiving huge allocation from the national coffer yearly. However, Local citizen participation has remained uncertain, with a lot of questions directed to the level of community engagement and effectiveness of the participation mechanisms. The study seeks to assess the extent of Local citizen participation in the budgeting process in Turkana County, Kenya. The study was guided by Arnstein’s ladder of citizen participation theory propounded by Sherry Arnstein in 1969. The study adopted descriptive research design while closed-ended questionnaires and interview guides were used to collect data from 271 respondents from the Turkana central constituency particularly in Lodwar, Kalokol and Kerio ward. The qualitative and quantitative data sets were analyzed through thematic content analysis and inferential statistics respectively. The findings revealed that the local citizen actively participate in budgetary process, local citizen access information on policies, plans and frameworks, Local citizens participate in decision making, local citizens are consulted in the budgetary process, and they collaborate with other stakeholders in Turkana County to develop and implement budget through joint planning. The linear regression model’s finding revealed that there was a positive correlation between extent of local citizen participation and budgetary process in Turkana County which was confirmed by the Pearson’s correlation coefficient (r) = .526 with a prediction of 27.4 of the variances. The model was a good fit for the data F (1, 270=102.912, p < .000). The study recommended that the future studies to assess level of local citizen participation in the budgetary process either at budgetary formulation, implementation or audit stage to influence development of interventions vital for creating efficient, effective, inclusive and transparent governance that serves the needs of citizens. |
| Keywords: | Local citizen participation, Budgetary process, County |
| Cite Article: | "Assessing the extent of Local citizen participation in the budgeting process in Turkana County, Kenya", International Journal for Research Trends and Innovation (www.ijrti.org), ISSN:2455-2631, Vol.10, Issue 7, page no.a464-a476, July-2025, Available :http://www.ijrti.org/papers/IJRTI2507055.pdf |
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