ABSTRACT In Kenya, boy child secondary education is experiencing emerging challenges which need to be established in order to arrest these worrying trends. This study sought to investigate challenges and their effects on the boy-child education in Kieni East District, Nyeri County. The research drew insight from Feminist Theory and research inspired by Postmodemism point of view which began in 1980s.There was need to carry out the study in order to understand the challenges and their effects...
ABSTRACT Financial Audits in the public sector have since independence been carried out manually in the Country. The use of this manual approach in the performance of auditing had raised queries as to the quality of audits, detection of fraud and timeliness of reports presented to parliament. Through the adoption of Integrated Financial Management Information Systems in Government Ministries, the financial function and operations have since been automated. With the shift of the Government fi...
ABSTRACT This study sought to establish the determinants of choice of the master’s programme in gender and development studies in Nairobi County. Specifically, it focused on the factors influencing the subject choice of gender and development studies and gender related courses in selected universities in Nairobi County. The study was prompted by the lack of consideration of gender social relations when students are making subject choices. This occurs when there is underrepresentation of ei...
ABSTRACT Commercial banks play a vital role in the allocation of capital resources and risk sharing of future flows in any given economy or country. An efficient and effective banking industry in any economy facilitates business cycles which bring about increased growth and welfare in that country. Therefore, the financial performance of commercial banks is of great importance to a nation. However, the profitability of commercial banks is affected by the changes in monetary policy. Monet...
ABSTRACT Risk management framework is important for the financial stability of Deposit Taking Saccos (DTS) and other money lending institutions in Kenya. Effective risk management can decrease the probability of default and ensure financial stability in the Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies. The aggregate ratio of non-performing loans to gross loans of Deposit Taking SACCOS has increased in successive years since 2013 while there level of compliance with capital adequacy ratios as...
ABSTRACT Microfinance institutions (MFIs) were established to fill the gap in the financial services sector by providing funds to the poor and lower income group and thus alleviating poverty and enhance their business activities. In the credit market, agency problem, moral hazard and adverse selection exist because of information asymmetries. Information asymmetries are the main obstacle for MFIs to provide loans to clients. This study sought to analyze socio-economic issues that affect loan ...
ABSTRACT This research project is on the implementation of strategies and performance of public research institutions in Kenya in the case of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi County. Implementation of strategy in most of the donor funded institutions is primarily driven by the availability of financial resources yet this is just one of the factors that affect implementation of strategies and performance of these organisations. The question that the study sought to...
Employee turnover is a great concern to public health practitioners in developing nations due to the fact that most employees in hospitals are favoring being employed in hospitals from developed nations. Nevertheless, the poor state of customer service in some public hospitals in Kenya has caused high turnover and weak self-esteem among staff, making it difficult to guarantee 24-hour coverage resulting in problems with patients care. Thus, the general objective was to establish the effec...
ABSTRACT The banking industry in Kenya is highly competitive with many players such that only those banks that are able to rethink their strategies remain competitive and are able to survive. The study set to establish how strategic responses affected organizational competitiveness by examining the case of KCB Bank Group Ltd Kenya. Specifically, the study focused on: determining the influence of training and development strategy on organizational competitiveness at KCB Bank Group Ltd Ken...
Studies on impact of school feeding programmes on access, retention and performance have been conducted in various parts of the world all of which conclude that the programmes have the potential to increase access to primary education, reduce drop-out rates and promote academic achievements. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of Home Grown School Meals Programme (HGSMP) in Waita Zone in Kitui County on access, retention and performance of pupils in the primary schools sin...
ABSTRACT State corporations are reluctant to provide concrete incentives for implementation of corporate compliance programmes. Currently, compliance is achieved by hiring expensive auditors who typically use a heuristic approach to select and investigate audit trails to show evidence about compliance. In addition to the impact on the organization’s budget, compliance checking with this approach incurs a large overhead in terms of time consumed to check for compliance. The objectives of the...
ABSTRACT Politics is necessary for survival, and youth are socialized in politics in many ways. However, the manner in which individuals are socialized in politics at the youthful age affects their adult life. This research sought to investigate the level of ethnic political orientations and the formation of such political orientations in Nairobi County with a focus on Kibra Constituency (KC). Kibra Constituency was important because political aspirants import voters from their ethnic ba...
Various attempts have been made with the aim of to exploring the significance of Corporate Social responsibility across numerous organizations throughout the world. However, there is limited literature that exists about the significant influence of corporate social responsibility on organization performance in Kenya. The goal of this study was to explore the influence of Social Corporate Responsibility on organization Performance. It specifically sought to establish the influence of phil...
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Education developed the Re-entry policy on Adolescent mothers in 1994. The policy allowed adolescent mothers to go back to school after delivery. It was intended to reduce pregnancy-related school dropout rates amongst girls. This study sought to examine the roles that stakeholders were playing in implementing the Government Re- entry policy guidelines on adolescent mothers in secondary schools in Kathiani Sub- County, Machakos County. ...
These innovations by microfinance have increased efficiency of doing business. It remains largely unclear whether microfinance banks are adequately innovative in their operations given that the number of branches and their clientele base are continuously limited in growth and expansion in Nairobi County. Performance and growth are related in that a firm cannot grow if it fails to post sound performance. The general objective of the study was to determine financial innovation and perform...