Determinants of implementation of the ban of plastic bags in kenya: a case of nema, kisii county

The purpose of the study was to investigate the determinants for the implementation on ban plastic bags in Kenya, a case of NEMA, Kisii County. The objectives of the study include, to ascertain how public participation influences implementation of the ban of plastic bags, to investigate how governance influences the implementation of the ban of plastic bags, to establish how budget allocation influences the implementation of the ban of plastic bags in Kisii County and to assess how public policy influences implementation of the ban of plastic bags in Kisii County. The study adopted a descriptive research design. Using Morgan’s table at 95% confidence level and error margin of 5%, sample of 63 respondents were chosen from NEMA, 10%*1200 =120 for businesses and Using random sampling to sample general public to get 17 respondents hence a total of 200 respondents were used for the study. This approach allowed the researcher to gather information, summarize, present and interpret it for the purpose of clarification. The study used questionnaires to collect data from the sample size. Each item in the questionnaire was developed to address a specific objective and research questions. The analysis was done as per questionnaires that were used to collect data and the results were presented in tables and figures to highlight the major findings. They are also presented sequentially according to the research questions of the study. On the finding of the study, 72.47% of the respondents strongly agreed that public participation is key towards the implementation of the ban of plastic bags. Concerning governance on the implementation of the ban of plastic bags, 50% of the respondents disagreed that the governance in NEMA cannot implement the ban of plastic bags. With budget constraints, 57.30% of the respondents strongly agreed that budget constraints have an influence in the implementation of the ban of plastic bags. On public policy, 95.51% of the respondents strongly agreed that ineffective implementation of public policies and over ambitious policies have an influence on the implementation of the ban of plastic bags. Based on the findings of the study the researcher concluded that public participation has an influence towards the implementation of the ban of plastic bags. On governance on the implementation of the ban of plastic bags, governance in NEMA cannot implement the ban of plastic bags. Budget constraint has a great influence in the implementation of the ban of plastic bags and ineffective implementations of public policies and over ambitious policies have a great influence on the implementation of the ban of plastic bags. On all government projects or initiatives the government should embrace public participation. The study concluded that the governance of NEMA should be reviewed for it to better their services, public policies need to be implemented effectively in order to achieve goals and there is need to have well budgeting plan that will see institutions like NEMA performing their duties without a hindrance of budget. the researcher recommends that research be done to find out why public policies are not followed to the lather thus hindering the effective implementation of government projects.