FACTORS AFFECTING GOOD GOVERNANCE IN SPORTS FEDERATIONS IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF FOOTBALL KENYA FEDERATION

The study undertakes to investigate the factors affecting good governance in the Kenyan Sports Industry and has been necessitated by the fact that there has been a rapid growth of the sector yet very little has been done to take an in depth look into its governance principles and practices. The study was guided by the following objectives: To examine the extent to which policy implementation, ethics, hand internal conman capital and control systems on the good governance in sports industry in Kenya. The study was confined in Nairobi where all the sports federations are located. The list of these Federations was obtained from the Sports Registrars office at the Ministry of Sports, Culture and the Arts. The sample was selected using the simple random sampling technique. The validity and reliability was ensured on the questionnaire which was the instrument used for data correction. A total of 99 questionnaires were issued and 92 were returned. The data collected was analyzed qualitatively and quantitatively. The study revealed that football Kenya federation has policies in relation to how they operate. However, monitoring of the implementation of policies has been overlooked. The study found that, the policy implementation improves governance in football Kenya federation. Through this study it revealed that good governance depended much on the presence of ethical considerations at the workplace, although there are a lot of compromising on good ethics at football Kenya federation. The study has shown that not all the employees have the adequate skills and knowledge to enable them make decisions on running an operation of the federation. The results indicated that most of the operations are done manually at Football Kenya federation offices. The internal control systems for football Kenya federation do not help to keep track of their operations. The study recommend that the football Kenya federation governance should make sure that the policies which govern their operations are implemented so that they achieve their performance; the governance should ensure that it is corruption free and they conduct their businesses and operations in most ethical manner; they should ensure that every of their department have adequate employees and their s clear roles and responsibilities. In addition the employees should be facilitated to obtained the minimum skills and knowledge required to do their operations in an effective and efficient manner. The study recommends that football Kenya federation governance should make sure their systems are up to date and are able to check each and every operation done. This would ensure transparency and accountability and thus better performance and motivation of the players