ISSN 2348-31ϱϲ (Print) International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-31ϲϰ ;onlineͿ Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp: (199-204), Month: October - December 2017, Available at: www.researchpublish.com Page | 199 Research Publish Journals Role of Procurement Practices on Procurement Performance in State Corporations in Kenya: A Case of Kenya Forest Service 1 Francis Musumbu, 2 Dr. Samson Nyang’au Abstract: Even though many corporations have adopted the following procurement practices in order to enhance their procurement performance: improvement on the level of compliance with procurement regulations, effective supplier relationship management, e-procurement and green procurement; Kenya is continuously losing billions of dollars due to procurement related corruption. This generated a lot of complaints among the stakeholders thus raising the concern about the roles of adopting the fore-mentioned procurement practices by state corporations in Kenya. The study focused on 120 employees working in different levels of management who are directly involved in procurement activities in the organization. The sampling frame was the Human Resource register at KFS. The population sample was 55 respondents. The stratified sampling technique was used since the population from which the sample is drawn does not constitute a homogenous group. Structured questionnaires containing both open ended and closed ended questions were employed to collect primary data. The questionnaires were filled and returned for analysis. Data collected was analyzed using both qualitative and quantitative data analysis approaches with the aid of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) version 23. Analysis of variance, correlation and regression analysis was also used while analyzing data. Descriptive analyses such as frequencies and percentages were used to present quantitative data in form of frequency distribution tables and graphs such as bar charts and pie charts on major research questions while open ended questions were analyzed qualitatively, arranged thematically and presented on narrative form to draw conclusions and recommendations. Results show that procurement practices play a role in varying extents on procurement performance in state corporations in Kenya Keywords: Green procurement, Procurement policy, and Procurement practices. 1. INTRODUCTION In all countries in the world, estimates of the financial activities of government procurement managers are believed to be approximately 10% – 30 % of GNP (Callender & Mathews, 2000).Because of this huge size of budgetary allocation for procurement, there is need for efficiency in handling procurement operations. However, despite its significance in the economy; Osir,(2016) explored the role of e-procurement adoption and found that procurement activities in the public sector in Kenya suffers from four protracted hitches: Firstly, traditional procurement process permits infamous maverick buying practice which represents a situation where employees make unplanned purchases from non-preferred suppliers at a higher price; secondly, procurement policies are not well developed and hence adopting the same becomes a serious challenge; thirdly, there are series of bureaucracy in the public procurement process thus giving rise to poor service delivery; and finally, procurement is traditionally a labor-intensive activity and, as such, managers spend considerable time on ‘non-value-added activities’ .