The Kenya Government established the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in 2003, within auspices of Social Dimension of Development Programme (SDDP) aimed at channeling resources to local levels for poverty reduction and regional development. The CDF provides funding to various community-based projects such as construction of schools, dispensaries, public toilets and improvement in service delivery like water.
Despite the rationale for introduction of CDF, there are concerns on its efficiency to develop secondary schools’ physical facilities. Some of the shortcomings experienced include; inadequate allocations and disbursements, low participation levels of parents and community members in decision making and monitoring of the projects, inadequate skills and knowledge on project management by head teachers and BoG members. The main purposeof the study was to assess the impact of Constituency Development Fund in development of public secondary schools in Mwala Constituency. It was also concerned with identifying the level of participation of parents and community members in decision making and monitoring of CDF projects as well as skills and knowledge on project management possessed by Head teachers and BoG members.
