DETERMINANTS OF DISASTER MANAGEMENT POLICY IMPLEMENTATION IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA

Abstract

The need to reduce the effects of disasters has become increasingly urgent around the world. Kenya has seen an increase in the nature and severity of disasters. To help reduce the loss of life and livelihood caused by disasters, countries establish disaster management policies. These policies are situational. Studies examining basic determinants that influence the execution of disaster management strategies are unusual since this is a new field of study. The study evaluated the effects of policy content and monitoring on the implementation of the Nairobi County disaster and emergency management policy and will assist in understanding why good policies in place have not been applied in real-life disaster situations. The top-down approach, bottom-up approach, hybrid approach, and stakeholder management theory are all theories that the analysis is grounded on. The theory that underpins this study has been chosen as top-down approach. A descriptive research design was employed in the inquiry. This study used a sample of 240 respondents from a 600-target population includes disaster management staff working for the organizations mandated to manage disasters in Nairobi County. Senior managers, mid-level managers, and first responders make up the team. To assess a sample size, basic random sampling and purposive sampling methods was used. Quantitative data was collected through questionnaires, analyzed using descriptive statistics in SPSS, and displayed in the form of tables, and graphs. The study argue that Stakeholder involvement had the least effect on implementation of disaster management policy whereas funding had the highest effect. The results recommends that the county government of Nairobi should ensure timely disbursements of funds that will go a long way in aiding disaster management activities in the county. The findings also recommend that a proper monitoring framework is developed by the county so as to ensure proper execution of the policy.

Key words; Disaster management, Policy Implementation, Policy Content, Monitoring, Public Policy