ASSESSING UTILIZATION OF CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND IN ENHANCING QUALITY SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN KURESOI NORTH CONSTITUENCY, NAKURU COUNTY

Abstract

With the introduction of CDF in 2003 it was expected that every constituency would set aside 
a considerable amount of money from the CDF kitty to finance education in the respective 
public schools. Contrary to the given ideal situation, most of the named services still lack in 
secondary schools Kuresoi North Constituency. In most schools, many bright and deserving 
students do not access bursaries and some of those who benefit from it still drop out of school 
for lack of consistency in the allocation of the very bursaries. Most schools do not have 
sufficient classrooms to provide ample environment for quality learning. The purpose of this 
study was to assess the utilization of constituency development fund in enhancing quality 
secondary school education in Kuresoi North Constituency, Nakuru County. The study was 
guided by three objectives which investigated issues that included: the utilization of CDF 
fund in bursary scheme and the utilization of CDF fund in infrastructural development in 
enhancing quality secondary education among secondary education in Kuresoi North 
Constituency, Nakuru County. Resource-Based View Theory was adopted in explaining the 
utilization of CDF in ensuring that resources are equally distributed in accessibility of 
education. The study embraced descriptive research design and focused in secondary 
education in Kuresoi North Constituency, Nakuru County. The study targeted 23 school 
principals, 23 Board of Management (BOM) Chairpersons, 240 BOM members and 7 
Constituency Development Fund Committee (CDFC) member. Nassiuma’s (2000) formula 
was used to get a sample size of 80 respondents. Data was collected through interviews and 
questionnaires so as to gather both qualitative and quantitative data. The validity and 
reliability of the research instruments was established before collecting data. For reliability 
this study obtained a correlation coefficient of 0.7. The study used SPSS (Statistical Package 
for Social Sciences) version 20 to analyze data where computation on frequencies and 
percentages was done. The study established that late disbursement of CDF funds in bursary 
scheme has contributed to borrowing in schools. The study further revealed that schools are 
awarded CDF funds on infrastructure depending on their needs. From the findings the study 
recommended that the amount of the bursary awarded should be increased. The also 
recommended that an independent committee should be formed to audit the distribution and 
utilization of CDF to ensure it achieve the intended goals.