Supply Chain Security Management and Supply Chain Performance of Ministry of Roads and Transport Construction Agencies in Kenya

Abstract

Despite the creation of KeHNA, KURA and KERRA road infrastructure projects constructed by local firms, Kenya continued to face several challenges that led to poor performance of the projects in that on average only 39.4 percent of the road infrastructure projects constructed by local firms in Kenya were completed within the budgeted cost, quality and scheduled time. This study sought to establish the influence of supply chain security management on the supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought to establish the influence of freight security management on supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya, to determine the influence of facility security management on supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya, to establish the influence of information security management on supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya, to evaluate the influence of resource security management on supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya and to determine the moderating effect of legal structure on the relationship between supply chain security management and supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya. The study was guided by Technological Acceptance Model (TAM), Resource Based View Theory, Contingency Theory, Human Capital Theory and Systems Theory. The research used a cross-sectional survey design. This study adopted a positivism research philosophy. The unit of analysis in this study was the three road construction agencies which are the Kenya National Highways Authority, Kenya Urban Roads Authority and Kenya Rural Roads Authority. On the other hand, the unit of observation was Procurement and Supply Chain Management employees working with the three agencies. The study mainly focused on procurement and supply chain managers as they play a critical role in providing the requisite data and information for the finalization of the research. Therefore, the target population for this study was 420 procurement and supply chain management officers. Using Mugenda and Mugenda (2022) formula, the sample size for the study was 136 procurement and supply chain Officers. Quantitative data collected was analyzed using descriptive statistical techniques which are frequencies, mean, standard deviation. Inferential statistics which include Pearson correlation and the Regression Analysis Model was used to test the relationship between study variables. To test moderating effect the study used hierarchical regression model. The significance of the model was tested at 5% level of significance. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software version 26. The study concluded that freight security management, facility security management, information security management and resource security management positively and significantly influence the supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya. It was also concluded that legal structure has significant moderating effect on the relationship between supply chain security management and supply chain performance of ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya. Based on the findings, the study recommends that the ministry of roads and transport construction agencies in Kenya should prioritize facility security management, information security management, resource security management, freight security management and legal structure.