Public Policy and Administration Review

Challenges Affecting Implementation of Vision 2030 Strategic Decisions in the Public Sector in Laikipia County, Kenya
Titus M. Kilonzi, Charles Nderitu Ndung’u

Abstract
The Kenya Vision 2030 is one of the key development strategies and requires not only commitment and accountability from the implementing sectors but also political good will from the leadership. Strategic decisions in the Kenya Vision 2030 are the highest strategic choices geared towards guiding the country into the envisioned future and determine the success or failure in shaping the development course. This paper examined the challenges affecting the implementation of vision 2030 strategic decisions by public service heads of departments in Laikipia County. The research design was a descriptive survey involving a target population of 54 County heads of departments who were all included as respondents. The research instrument was a pre-tested questionnaire covering all the study parameters. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyze the resultant quantitative data. The response rate was 75.9 percent and the results suggest that the success of the implementation of Vision 2030 strategic decisions range from low to moderate. The implementation of the Vision 2030 strategic decisions in the County are significantly affected by; untimely management intervention on challenges, ineffective co-ordination of activities, competing interests affecting implementation, environment changes during implementation and employees’ ownership of execution plans.

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