Accountability Practice Influence on Conflict Management in Oil and Gas Extraction in Turkana County, Kenya

Abstract

The purpose of the study was to establish the effect of accountability practice on conflict resolution in oil and gas extraction in Turkana County, Kenya. It applied mixed research methods, and adopt concurrent triangulation approach since the researcher seeks to collect information from a diverse response base in Turkana to enhance use of both quantitative and qualitative data to define relationships among variables of interest. The study used census method which supports the enumeration of the entire target population comprised of heterogeneous items to ensure highest accuracy. The sample size for the study was 86 respondents, which constitutes 100% of the target population. The proposed study used a semi-structured questionnaire and interviews as the primary tools for data collection. A pilot-test was conducted in Lodwar town within Turkana County, as an approach to establish both reliability and validity assessment of the questionnaire. The obtained data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences software (version 22) supplemented with spreadsheets. Inferential statistics were used to compare data collected to determine relationships between the variables under the study. The study found out that accountability practice had significant correlation with conflict management. The study therefore concluded that accountability practices had an effect on conflict management in oil and gas extraction in Turkana County. The study recommended that the Turkana County and national governments should make efforts to improve on accountability practice since this study found out that they have significant effect on conflict management.