ABSTRACT The Free Primary Education (FPE) programme was commissioned in January 2003 to provide basic education to all Kenyan children of school going age and to ease the burden of cost sharing from the parents. The public primary school class teachers were to shoulder the greatest responsibility in the implementation of this programme but the assessment of the success of this programme has not involved the class teachers who are the main stakeholders. The study therefore aimed at assessing ...
ABSTRACT This study examined the influence of privatization, ownership structure and corporate governance on financial performance of privatized companies in Kenya. The specific objectives were to: examine whether there is a significant difference between the pre- privatized and post -privatized performance and between privatized and other listed companies; examine the influence of ownership structure on financial performance of privatized companies; establish the influence of corporate gove...
ABSTRACT Globalization, international trade and Kenya’s floating foreign exchange rate regime have exposed Kenyan firms to foreign exchange risk. Some Kenyan firms have embraced riskhedging techniques to mitigate any losses potentially arising from the volatility of the Kenyan shilling, while others have not. Against this background, this study sought to assess the effect of foreign exchange risk hedging techniques on the financial performance of listed firms in Kenya. The specific objecti...
ABSTRACT Leadership has undergone much adaptation to suit the unique needs of each organization owing to the changes in globalization, technology, demographics and work practices. As a result of this evolution, institutions of higher learning globally have embraced strategic leadership. The study involved cross sectional research design and a census of all the 48 chartered universities in Kenya. Questionnaire instruments were administered to 43 Vice Chancellors and 103 Deputy Vice Chancellor...
ABSTRACT Globally, both scholars and policy-makers concur that entrepreneurship is instrumental for new venture formation, economic growth and technological progress. Theoretically, there is a general inclination that entrepreneurship education automatically yields entrepreneurial intention. However, few empirical studies examining the direct influence of entrepreneurship education on entrepreneurial intention have yielded inconsistent results. Though personality traits and attitudes are crit...
ABSTRACT The study analyzed the effects of organization breaches on drug inventory security management for the health institutions in Nyeri County Kenya. The study was guided by four specific objectives; to analyze the effect of organizational regulation, storage infrastructure, skills of the staff and internal environmental factors on drug inventory security management in health institutions, Nyeri County. Drugs in health institutions are mismanaged by handlers for personal interest when th...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this study was to evaluate predictors of computerized fraud among commercial banks in Kenya. The specific objectives were; to explore the effect of Quality Management, employee’s behavior anomalies and operational red flags on computerized financial fraud in commercial bank in Kenya. The study was anchored on two theories namely theory of mindset and fraud triangle theory. The study employed a descriptive design. The study used Primary data. A target populati...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at establishing the relationship between capital adequacy framework and financial performance of deposit taking savings and credit cooperatives societies in Kenya. There is a declining trend of deposit taking SACCOs in Kenya. In 2016,164 SACCOs were licensed to operate as deposit taking SACCOs in Kenya. The study intention was to conduct a census survey but the responses were less. Only 111 deposit taking societies responded. The government had introduced vari...
Abstract The general purpose of the study was to examine the influence of social capital on savings mobilization in co-operative societies in Nyamira County. The specific goals were to examine how trust influences savings mobilization in Nyamira County; establish the effect of networks of association in savings mobilization; examine how norms affect savings mobilization; and establish whether savings mobilization is affected by credit handling as an intervening variable in Nyamira County. A ...
ABSTRACT Nurses are the principal caregivers to patients in any hospital. They help identify patients’ actual or potential health care problems in order to deliver specific nursing interventions. This research was done to investigate, identify and create awareness on the HR factors that influence performance outcome of nurses in Government hospitals in Kenya. This study examined the influence of Work environment and tools, Remuneration and Workload stress on performance outcome of nurses. ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between family business characteristics and firm performance. The specific objectives guiding the study were to investigate family involvement in the business, family business governance practices, entrepreneurial orientation, family business decision making and family business succession practices and their influence on firm performance. The study used descriptive survey design. The target population was 146 businesses regis...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between earnings announcements and stock prices at the Nairobi Securities Exchange. The specific objectives of the study were to determine the effect of interim earnings announcements on stock prices at the Nairobi Securities Exchange, to determine the effect of annual earnings announcements on stock prices at the Nairobi Securities Exchange and to determine the relationship between the interim and annual earnings announceme...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to assess the drivers of commercial banks investing in Corporate Social Responsibility in Nyeri town. The specific objectives addressed by this study were; to assess the extent to which philanthropy has influenced banks to invest in Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR); to analyze the level at which the desire to build a corporate image drives the banks to invest in CSR and finally to evaluate how investing in CSR has been used as a marketing strategy ...
ABSTRACT Coffee is the most traded agricultural commodity globally. It is produced within the tropics by countries in South and Central America, Africa and Asia and consumed mainly by countries in the Northern hemisphere. In Kenya coffee is mainly produced by small scale farmers’ cooperative societies. In the past years these cooperatives performed so well and were producing a lot of high quality coffee until 1988 when the International Coffee Organization’s quota system collapsed which ...
ABSTRACT There is a serious problem in Africa with large class sizes, availability of up to date equipment, academic materials, curricula relevance and integration of higher education labour market. Increased student enrollment without proportionate improvement of the available physical resources, learning environment, service quality, attraction of highly qualified teaching staff, inadequate development of a curriculum that is relevant to current job market needs and matching students skil...