PROCUREMENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PROCUREMENT PERFORMANCE OF GOVERNMENT MINISTRIES IN KENYA

: Purpose: The study aimed at establishing procurement management practices and performance at Government ministries in Kenya. It was specifically aimed at establishing how customer relationship management, inventory management; information sharing, information communication technology, supplier relationship management and contract management practices affect performance of Government ministers in Kenya. Design/Research method: The study used case study research design in its methodology. The study was guided by Resource based view Theory and strategic choice theory. Data was collected using structured questionnaires. Procurement managers and the equivalent were the targeted population from the 22 staff in various government ministries in Kenya. Finding: The study findings indicated that procurement management practices have a positive impact on performance in government ministries in Kenya. Limitation: The major limitation of the study is that it was based on government ministries only. Implication: Other future academicians should research on procurement management practices in other firms rather than government ministries in Kenya. impact on two stages in the first stage archival analysis was of reports reports by stage case chain performance. The study adopted use of descriptive statics in its research methodology. The study findings indicated that there exists a positive relationship between adoption of procurement ethical practices and performance in the energy sector. However the study was focused on the impact of procurement ethical practices and not procurement practices, besides the study was solely focused on the energy sector. Nzuve, 2013 carried out a study on adoption of e-procurement practices among private hospitals in Nairobi. The aim of the study was to establish the impact e-procurement has on performance in private hospitals in Nairobi, the extent of adoption of e-procurement practices in private hospitals in Nairobi Kenya. The study made use of structured questionnaires in data collection from the respondents who were procurement officers. The study established that private hospitals in Nairobi to a great extent had adopted various procurement management practices. The study indicated that there exists a positive relationship between adoption of and performance in private hospitals in Nairobi. However the study results sector may ministry In addition study (Makali, carried out a research on the impact of e-procurement on performance of supermarkets in Nairobi. The results show that there exists a positive relationship between SRM and supply chain performance.This indicates that an increase in the level of adoption of SRM by one unit, results to related increase in the level of supply chain performance by 0.218. Inventory management and supply chain performance positively related as indicated by a positive value of 0.233. This indicates that an increase in the level of adoption of inventory management by one unit, results to related increase in the level of supply chain performance by 0.233. Information sharing and supply chain performance positively related as indicated by a positive value of 0.154. This indicates that an increase in the level of adoption of information sharing by one unit, results to related increase in the level of supply chain performance by 0.154. ICT and supply chain performance positively related as indicated by 0.359. This indicates that an increase in the level of adoption of ICT by one unit, results to related increase in the level of supply chain performance by 0.359. Contract management and supply chain performance positively related as indicated by 0.188. This indicates that an increase in the level of adoption of contract management by one unit, results to related increase in the level of supply chain performance by 0.188.