ABSTRACT It is widely agreed among economists, policy makers and central bankers that all macroeconomic policies seek to attain high levels of economic growth coupled with very low rates of inflation. High inflation rates have resulted to a number of adverse effects on the economic growth of many countries over time. But how low should the inflation rate be so as not to affect economic growth negatively? Economic policymakers in Kenya have been working towards the attainment of a 5 percent r...
ABSTRACT Proprietary software are programs whose licenses give the user permission to run them but are not allowed to share, alter or even redistribute them while Open Source Software/Free Software (OSS/FS), also abbreviated as FOSS (Free Open Source Software) licenses give users the freedom to run the program for any purpose, study, modify, and redistribute copies of either the original or modified program without having to pay royalties to previous developers. Proprietary software has been ...
ABSTRACT This study was carried out to establish the effects of Auto Teller Machines (ATMs) and service delivery in Banks in Uganda. It was carried out from Stanbic Bank Lira Branch. Data was collected mainly through the use of interviews, questionnaires and observations. The study involved a total of 40 respondents, 10 staff members, 27 clients of the bank, 3 Supervisors; these were all involved in the bank’s activities at different levels. The study found out that Auto-Teller Machines has...
TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION N APPROVAL m MR. cHEMUTAI GILBERT iii DEDICATION ACKNOWLEDGEMENT TABLE OF CONTENTS v~ CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND 1 1.2 Sc0PEOFTHEsTUDY 2 1 .3 OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 2 1.3.1 General Objective 2 1,3.2 Specific Objective 2 1 .4 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 2 1.5 STuDyQUE5T~ONS 3 1 .6 JUS11FICAEON OF THE STUDY 3 CHAPTER TWO 5 UTERATURE REVJE~J 5 2.1 INTRODUCTION 2.2 PROBLEM AREA 2.3 APPUcATION AREA 6 2.3.1 Advantages of Online Billing Systems 7 2.4 OTHER AR...
ABSTRACT This study about examiner allocation system was conducted at Kenya Examiuation council in Nairobi. It was clearly observed that the current allocation system is time and resource consuming and also not convenient due to repetition of examiner to the same centre they were allocated last season, thus creating the need for a system that will automatically allocate examiners. An administrator receives exams from different centers and forwards them to examiners for marking and then they f...
ABSTRACT Worldwide, malnutrition is responsible directly or indirectly for deaths of children under five years. Two thirds of these deaths are associated with inappropriate feeding practices. Interventions that address child malnutrition show that appropriate complementary feeding practices can save up to 6% deaths in under-fives. Attention should therefore be given to decisions taken by the mother during complementary feeding. Thus the purpose of this study was to determine mothers‟ know...
ABSTRACT Food additives are substances that are added to food or animal feeds during processing or storage. They are usually added to preserve or improve the quality of the food or feed. They include antioxidants, preservatives, stabilizers, coloring and flavoring agents. Food additives that are present in sauces include monosodium glutamate (MSG), saccharin, aspartame, sorbic acid and sodium benzoate. Chili and tomato sauces are extensively used by both young and old in processed foods suc...
ABSTRACT Water is essential for all domestic and development activities worldwide. It‟s continues contamination by heavy metals is a major concern to many developing countries, Kenya included as they are non-biodegradable and toxic. This is expected to increase in tandem with the projected population and industrial growth. Therefore, it is important to systematically minimize the percentage concentration of the heavy metal ions in waste water before use or discharge into water bodies. Meth...
ABSTRACT Square planar complexes of cobalt in any of its common oxidation states are rare and attempt to make them either yield tetrahedral or octahedral complexes. The aim of this study was to synthesize and characterize low oxidation state complexes of cobalt using selected chelating ligands including 8-hydroxyquinoline (oxine) and glycine. It was of interest to synthesize cobalt (I) complexes of square planar geometry as these are expected to have the same mode of action as the square pla...
ABSTRACT Banana (Musa spp.) is an important fruit and staple food crop globally. It is grown in over 140 countries on more than 11 million hectares, with current production of 145 million metric tons per annum, out of which about 30 % is produced in Africa. However, its production is limited by banana Xanthomonas wilt (BXW) disease caused by bacterium Xanthomonas campestris pathovar musacearum (Xcm) and Fusarium wilt disease (FWD) caused by Fusarium oxysporum subspecies cubense race 1 (Foc)....
ABSTRACT Brewing is an ancient industry that dates back 9000 years and to date more than 100 billion liters of beer are consumed annually. In Kenya alcoholic beverages industry is more liberal with the previously referred to as ‘illicit alcoholic beverages’ being legalized in November 2010, by the passing of Alcohol Law (Mututho Law). Production and consumption of some alcoholic beverages has been on increase partly due to high cost of commercial alcoholic drinks. People have died, other...
ABSTRACT Antimicrobial resistance is reported to be on the increase due to gene mutations of the disease causing pathogens. It is believed that, new antibiotics with activities and structures different from those in current use could be found through ethnobotanical route. This requires a follow up of promising leads with attempts to isolate and identify the active principles from the medicinal plants. Two Kenyan plants Echinops hispidus Fresen. (Asteraceae) and Grewia similis K. Schum. (Tili...
ABSTRACT Kenya has prominent geographical features such as the Rift valley which gives rise to geothermal reservoirs which can be exploited to produce geothermal energy for power generation and heating; Lake Magadi, Suswa, Eburu, Menengai, Lake Bogoria as well as other areas are considered to have potential for power geothermal energy because of the geothermal manifestations. For above mentioned regions it is known that positive gravity anomalies within the Rift valley proper are superposed ...
ABSTRACT This thesis reports the results of a study aimed at optimizing pozzolanic activity of a blend of Rice Husks (RH), Spent Bleaching Earth (SBE) and Broken Bricks (BB) to form pozzolana that would have pozzolanic activity comparable to natural pozzolanas. Four ratios of RH, BB, and SBE were burnt in the Fixed Bed Kiln (FBK). The starting ratio had 20 kg of RH, 0 kg of BB and 4 kg of SBE. The amount of BB was increased by 2 kg each to a maximum of 6 kg as the mass of SBE was kept consta...
ABSTRACT This study was conducted to establish and document the implications of developing a computerized Loan Management System for the Savings and Credit Cooperative Organizations in Tanzania, by taking the case of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs Savings and Credit Cooperative Organization. The study particularly sought to improve the availability of information and other services offered by the MoFEA SACCO to be much quicker, reliable and cost-effective following the limitatio...