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Implement government projects better to minimise wastage of funds

Some of the stalled projects at Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology. [Isaiah Gwengi].

Statistics abound from various agencies on the state of Kenya’s project implementation status in the past five years, with many of the projects facing myriad challenges. According to the Project Management Institute, projects may be classified as successful if they meet all the criteria defined at the projects’ initiation. Projects are challenged when they meet only part of the set criteria while failed projects struggle to meet any of the set criteria, and it is the latter projects that culminate into white elephants which denotes abandoned projects.

From the outset, it is important...