Public Private Partnership and Sustainable Development in Murang’a County, Kenya

Abstract

This research interrogates the relationship between Public Private Partnership (PPP) and sustainable development in Murang’a County, Kenya. The research utilised descriptive and inferential statistics. The target population of this study were the 10 PPP projects that have been implemented in Murang’a County as at August 2023. The unit of study were the county government officials and private sectors partners for each PPP project. Census was used in this study where all the 10 PPP projects in Murang’a County were involved in this study. Regression results revealed that project financing, project service quality, project governance, and project environmental sustainability together account for 93.5% of the variation in the sustainable development in Murang’a County. The explanatory power of the model was statistically significant at a p value of 0.000. Further, the results revealed that project financing (β = 0.326, p < 0.000); project service quality (β = 0.273, p < 0.000); project governance (β = 0.356, p = 0.004); and project environmental sustainability (β = 0.687, p < 0.000) had a positive and significant effect on sustainable development in Murang’a County, Kenya. Based on the findings, it is recommended that there should be an enhancement in project governance structures and financial management practices, rigorous adherence to environmental sustainability, and a relentless focus on improving service quality to ensure the successful implementation of sustainable development projects.