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Internal appraisal and performance of national non-governmental organizations in the health sector in Kenya

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Kawiti, Michael N, Okello, Gabriel·2023·The University Journal
DOI 10.59952/tuj.v4i2.143
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The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of internal appraisal on the organizational performance of national health non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Kenya. The study utilized positivism research philosophy and cross-sectional research design. The target population constituted 564 program directors and chief executive officers (CEOs) of 282 national NGOs registered with the NGO coordination board. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select a sample size of234, of which 227 responded to the questionnaire. Structured questionnaire was used for data collection, while descriptive and inferential statistical techniques were used for data analysis. Structural equation modelling (SEM) was applied to test the study hypothesis. Statistical package for social sciences (SPSS) Version 26 and Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS) version 26 software were used for the analysis. The findings showed that the national health NGOs engaged in internal appraisal of leadership (M = 3.48, SD = 0.407), project development (M = 3.22, SD = 0.365) and funding (M = 3.20, SD = 0.397). In addition, it was established that conducting internal appraisal has a significant positive influence on the organizational performance of national health NGOs in Kenya(mn= 0.41,$ = 0.643,km = 6.578, 9 < 0.05). The study concluded that conducting internal appraisal is essential to enable national health NGOs in Kenya to accomplish their organizational performance objectives. This paper makes recommendations to the national health NGOs to regularly appraise internal strategic elements and continually analyze their organizations’ capacity to take advantage of current opportunities while mitigating threats.

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  • Organizational size and institutional maturity condition access to diversified funding in broader African trends.

    “This finding mirrors broader African trends where organizational size and institutional maturity condition access to diversified funding (Kawiti and Okello, 2023).”

    From Barriers and Enablers of NGO Sustainability in Developing Contexts: Empirical Evidence from Kenya (2025) · cites this paper as Kawiti and Okello, 2023

    The demographic results report NGOs’ employee counts and years of existence, while the Discussion (p. 158) addresses funding appraisal and organizational performance. Neither passage links organizational size or maturity to access to diversified funding, or establishes that relationship as a broader African trend. Searches for diversified funding and for funding access by size or years of existence found no such finding. (LLM, conf=0.75)

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Authors
Kawiti, M. N., & Okello, G.
Affiliations
United States International University Africa (KE)
ORCID
Okello, Gabriel
Venue
The University Journal
Publisher
Doctoral Association of Eastern Africa (DAEA)
Published
2023-03-24
Volume
4
Issue
2
Pages
149-161
ISSN
2519-0997 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.59952/tuj.v4i2.143
OpenAlex
W4384569333
Cited by
2
References
1
Citations by year
2025: 2
FWCI
0.37
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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Locations
The University Journal (publishedVersion, cc-by-nc-sa)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Decision Sciences › Management Science and Operations Research › Evaluation and Performance Assessment
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
  • Social Sciences › Business, Management and Accounting › Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management › Management and Performance Evaluation
Keywords
organizational performance, project development, funding, Kenya

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