Risk Management Strategies and Performance of National Government-Constituency Development Funded Infrastructural Projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya

Abstract: The National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) plays a major role in fostering infrastructural development across various sectors in Kenya through utilization of allocated 5.7 percent of the country’s GDP. To achieve this, project risk management strategies such as risk avoidance, risk transfer, risk reduction and risk sharing are increasingly accepted and used in infrastructural project management worldwide. However, infrastructural project performance surveys shows that overall non-performance is a major risk faced by NG-CDF funded projects in Kenya. The risks attributable to the determinants of this non-performance is therefore necessary for mitigation against the risk and for the safety and soundness of NG-CDF funded projects in Kenya. In particular, Nairobi City County is host to most NG-CDF funded infrastructural projects reporting varied and inconsistent performances. The study therefore sought to investigate the influence of risk management strategies on performance of NG-CDF funded infrastructural projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study target population was 699 NG-CDF infrastructural projects based in the county and undertaken between 2017-2022. FYs. Stratified random sampling was applied which generated a sample of 254 respondents. A descriptive research design was employed and guided, among others, primary data collection using semi-structured questionnaires and both descriptive and inferential data analysis. From this analysis it was established that the identified risk management strategies had varying predictive powers for performance of NG-CDF funded infrastructural projects with risk reduction having the highest (β = 1.076, p < 0.05) and risk sharing having the least (β = 0.279, p < 0.05). The study therefore recommends that while risk is entirely not avoidable, reduction and sharing of it should be embraced. Keywords: Risk management strategy, Risk Avoidance, Risk Transfer, Risk Reduction, Risk Sharing. Title: Risk Management Strategies and Performance of National Government-Constituency Development Funded Infrastructural Projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya Author: Yohana Sadam Dokhlle, Francis Kiarie International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations ISSN 2348-7585 (Online) Vol. 13, Issue 2, October 2025 - March 2026 Page No: 92-97 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 11-November-2025 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17581150 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/risk-management-strategies-and-performance-of-national-government-constituency-development-funded-infrastructural-projects-in-nairobi-city-county-kenya