ABSTRACT Commercial banks in Kenya often record inconsistent financial performance with some ending up under statutory receivership due to inability to meet their commitments to the stakeholders. Central Bank of Kenya usually put sound risk management guidelines to be followed by all the commercial banks yet losses are experienced in the banking sector. This study sought to investigate the effects of financial risks on performance of Commercial banks in Kenya. Specifically, the study sought t...
Decentralization has not only transformed the structure of government but has also essentially altered the political scenery in Kenya. The country has witnessed a gradual but comprehensive transfer of power, responsibilities and resources from the central to local governments. The exercise began as a shift from appointed to elected councillors and leaders, initially of residence committees, and then later of local councils that have been formed in rural areas and urban wards as vehicles ...
ABSTRACT The Kenya government has instituted fiscal decentralization over the years to promote social economic development, reduce poverty and income inequality and ensure balanced regional development. These include: local government system that was inherited from colonial rule and remained relevant until 2013 when it was replaced by county government; District Focus for Rural Development 1983; devolved funds such as Local Authority Transfer Fund 1999; and Constituency Development Fund...
ABSTRACT The quality of housing projects in Kenya has been deteriorating without sufficient informing reasons especially from empirical literature. This is manifested in numerous cases of buildings collapsing across Kenya. This study will investigate the effects of contract management practices on the performance of housing construction projects in Nairobi county Kenya. The objectives of the study were to investigate the effects of the following contract management practices on the perfo...
ABSTRACT This study sought to analyze the determinants of boys’ academic performance in public primary schools in Mukurweini Sub-County. The study aimed at; assessing the academic performance of boys in relation to girls in Mukurweini Sub-County, identify factors influencing the performance of boys, determine challenges that schools face while improving the academic performance of boys and suggest possible intervention strategies that can be put in place to improve the academic performance ...
ABSTRACT Organizations operate to achieve their objectives including making profits and growth. Since they operate in the external turbulent and competitive environment, they do not always perform as expected. Fortunately, there are development and management strategies and interventions firms can adopt to improve their efficiency and effectiveness. When a company does not perform as expected, questions can arise concerning its use of improvement/change strategies. Airtel Kenya has been under...
ABSTRACT This research project was geared toward investigating entrepreneurial orientation and performance of Prison Industry Enterprise a government-linked enterprise. It explored the five dimensions of entrepreneurial orientation covering innovation, proactiveness, risk taking, aggressiveness and autonomy and their effect on performance. The research focused on Kamiti Prison Enterprise to act as a pilot point whereby the result can be used to generalize the situation in other prisons�...
ABSTRACT The society is increasingly marked by the number of children who are left without parents due to economic disenfranchisement, residential displacement, drug and alcohol addiction, homicide, high rates of incarceration and diseases such as Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The AIDS epidemic has yielded a remarkable generational shift pushing the responsibility for child rearing. The present situation is that grandparents are now taking on parenting roles for which they ...
ABSTRACT It is in public knowledge that youths are the most adversely affected by unemployment due the current economic crisis in Africa and the world at large, this has led youths to engaging in various businesses to earn a living. In Kenya, bodaboda transport business, an informal employment, is giving employment opportunities to many of these youths at a time when unemployment rates are growing daily globally. Bodaboda is not only creating employment for the young people but also facilitat...
ABSTRACT Small and medium enterprises SMEs play a key role in triggering and sustaining economic growth and development in developed and developing countries. Despite their great importance increased market competition especially from modern and large competitors makes it difficult for SMEs to survive. In developing countries the major problem with SMEs is difficult in assessing information, finance and lack of institution support. As a result to these difficulties most SMEs do not live beyon...
ABSTRACT Matatus are the informal industry in Kenya that provide service to millions of people each day and are essentially the backbone of the transportation system in Kenya. Transport plays an important role in integrating the various sectors in the economy. Matatus account for 80% of the total public transport in the country (Republic of Kenya, 2002).The directive by the Ministry of transport that all the Matatus to join SACCOs or limited liability companies by the end of the year 2010 (Le...
ABSTRACT Effective financial resources forms an integral part of financial management that is of utmost importance to all managers and heads of institutions. It is clear that any association without a structure on internal control set up is by and large presented to several dangers that are equipped for disintegrating the association in less or no time. Most of the studies done on internal controls were done outside Kenya, the studies done in Kenya focused on profit making organizations....
ABSTRACT Malaria poses a great challenge to countries in the world. In sub-Saharan Africa, malaria is among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity. This disease kills many people despite the interventions that have been put in place. This study explored the influence of definitions of malaria illness on health-seeking behavior in Homabay County, Kenya. The objectives of this study were to document the socio-demographic characteristics of residents of Homabay County, to establish the de...
ABSTRACT Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) does not present a challenge to any intellectual within Kenya, especially as to its outward meaning. The term is, however, still a vocabulary to many illiterate and semi-illiterate Kenyans who barely understand what it implies. Even to the intellectuals, the objectives, the basis and the underlying principles behind CSR are remotely within their realm of knowledge. CSR is, however, a powerful tool in the hands of corporate players for not only en...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the factors that affect the mobility of women to administrative positions in public secondary schools in Kirinyaga County. The study was guided by the following objectives: To establish the effect of cultural factors such as gender roles on mobility of women administrators in secondary schools in Kirinyaga County. Moreover, personal and organizational factors and their effect on mobility of women administrators in secondary schools in Kirinya...