Influence of devolved governance on performance of health sector in Makueni County Government

Abstract

The purpose of this research study was to establish the influence of devolved governance on performance of health sector in Makueni county government. Specifically the study sought to find out to what extent financial resources influence the performance of health sector in the county government of Makueni. The study also went further to find out whether leadership and human resource influence the performance of health sector in the county. In addition, the research interrogated how organizational policy influences the performance of health sector in Makueni county government. To achieve the above objectives, the study adopted descriptive research design. The target population of the study was 250 health workers. Sample size was 100 which were achieved through stratified random sampling. Quantitative data was collected by use of questionnaires from the respondents. Data was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics with the help of SPSS computer program. The study found out that performance of Health sector is due to changes in financial resources, leadership, human resource management and organizational policy where it was noted that there was strong positive relationship between the variables. The study concluded that human resource management plays a crucial role in performance in health sector of Makueni County.