Risk Management Practices and Performance of Shisha Kibondo Project in Karongi District, Rwanda

Uwizeyimana Jean De Dieu, Martin Kimemia Gathiru
Mount Kigali University
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-2844-4299
Email: ujeandedieu9@gmail.com

Abstract: The goal of this research was to determine the effects of risk management practices on the performance of the Shisha Kibondo nutrition project in Karongi District, Rwanda. The study was guided by four specific objectives: to examine the effect of risk identification, evaluate the effect of risk analysis, evaluate the effect of risk mitigation, and determine the effect of risk monitoring on the performance of Shisha Kibondo Project in Karongi District. A descriptive and correlational research design was used. Project personnel, community health workers, local leaders, Ministry of Health officials, Out of 4,103 Rwanda Biomedical Centre staff and beneficiaries, stratified and simple random sampling selected 365 participants, yielding 333 analyzed questionnaires. Quantitative data were analyzed using SPSS version 29 through means, standard deviations, Pearson correlation, and objective-specific regression analysis. The findings showed that risk identification had a positive and significant effect on performance of Shisha Kibondo Project (B = 0.655, t = 19.132, p = 0.000). Risk analysis also had a positive and significant effect (B = 0.844, t = 27.209, p = 0.000). Risk mitigation had a positive and significant effect (B = 0.601, t = 20.449, p = 0.000), while risk monitoring had a positive and significant effect (B = 0.725, t = 24.673, p = 0.000). The study concluded that risk management practices significantly improve performance of Shisha Kibondo Project in Karongi District, Rwanda. The study recommended that project implementers should strengthen risk analysis because it demonstrated the strongest objective-specific effect on project performance.