ABSTRACT Most SOEs are faced with a challenge of poor financial management as reflected in misuse of financial resources and inefficiencies in internal control systems. At the same time, most state-owned enterprises (SOEs) have consistently been making losses and some of the reasons cited are lack of sound financial management, poor reporting and tracking systems, lack of internal control systems and audit teams. These challenges result into the need of determining the interaction between fi...
ABSTRACT This study finds ground from the fact that railway infrastructure provide effective transport and plays a significant role in enhancing and improving urban growth and urban dynamics. Railway transport is the second most-used mode of transport after roads in Kenya, for both freight and passenger traffic. It has been argued that improvement of this mode of transport in Kenya would boost the economic performance of business enterprises which would in turn contribute to social economic ...
ABSTRACT Currently, the banking industry is experiencing an exponentially increasing competition among other challenges like government regulations. Therefore, to curb these challenges and be sustainable in the fragile business environment, banks have shifted their focus towards appealing to the public in order to create a good corporate image through philanthropic, ethical, economic and community based practices. The general objective of the study was to investigate Corporate Social Respons...
ABSTRACT Strategic procurement is the process of creating alignment and consistency of action that establishes the long range objectives and overall strategy by which procurement function fulfills its mission. It entails the transformation of an organization’s mission, goals, and objectives into measurable activities to be used to plan, budget and manage the procurement function. During the last two decades procurement has undergone profound changes. Policy makers, academicians and practit...
ABSTRACT Principal leadership styles had been recognized by educationists and other stakeholders across the world as a key aspect of an education system. It had been used to judge the level of discipline of learners. Student discipline in learning institutions had received high attention, not only in Kenya but all over the world. In fact many education researchers across the globe have been concerned with the question of the factors that contribute to variation in student discipline among s...
ABSTRACT Employee retention remains a key challenge facing the Dairy Industry in Kenya. The implication lies in the costs related to labour turnover. Costs related to directly replacing an employee can be as high as fifty to sixty percent of the employee’s annual salary, but the total cost of turnover can reach as high as ninety to two hundred percent of the employee’s annual salary. Total reward system has been suggested as a key tool that can change the state of high turnover and ensur...
ABSTRACT The Kenya government, through the Sessional Paper No. 1 of 2005 made secondary education part of basic education. This saw the NARC government introduce freeday Secondary Education in 2008 to enhance transition from primary to secondary level of education. Provision of a tuition free secondary education is a government policy targeting the poor so that educational resources can be equitably distributed across all members of society. This study sought to establish the influence of su...
ABSTRACT The objective of the study was to establish the determinants of implementation of cash transfer programme for elderly persons in Kiambu County, Kenya. Three specific objectives guided the study: investigating how enrolment process of beneficiaries determine implementation of cash transfer program for the elderly; finding out how staff capacity determines the implementation of cash transfer program for the elderly; and assessing how modes of payment determine implementation of cash t...
ABSTRACT Financial performance of insurance companies has been declining due the decrease in profitability as a result of the rise in competition, changes in technology, deregulation and as well as globalization. The collaboration between insurance companies and financial institutions to distribute or cross-sell insurance products, through Bancassurance which provides a one-stop-shop platform whereby customers can access insurance services among other financial solutions, is the only platfo...
ABSTRACT Crime is a major concern to every nation, more so, the involvement of minors in criminal activities. In Kenya there is a high rate of children involvement in criminal activities indicated by the high number of minors arrested or sentenced of criminal charges. Of specific concern is Taita-Taveta County where minors have joined terrorism activities and involved in robbery in inter-clan wars. Considering the effects of children involvement in criminal activities, there is need to ident...
Abstract This research explores the socio-ecological impacts in Rongo district caused by artisanal small scale gold mining. The International LabourOrganisation (ILO) acknowledges gold mining by itinerant miners as the means of livelihood for more than 13 million people in the developing world. Although there are many potential socio-economic benefits of artisanal small scale gold mining, there are numerous negative impacts from these small and inefficient operations as a result of wasteful ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this research project was to evaluate the influence of access of microfinance loans on poverty reduction towards growth and improvement of people’s living standards through services offered by Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in Kuria west constituency. Microfinance as a tool for poverty alleviation has insufficiently penetrated the poorest strata of the society; the international poverty centre reported that even in relatively successful countries such as Ghana and...
ABSTRACT Project performance is assessed by the timely delivery of project objectives, budget constraints and scope of intervention, along with the satisfaction of the customer and end-user. However, several studies show that projects often fail to achieve one or more of these. This failure is attributable to internal and external factors of an organisation such as competency of project teams, stakeholder engagement, and project funds disbursement procedures. Although organisational initiati...
ABSTRACT Resources are scarce. Public and private entities must ensure that available resources are allocated efficiently and utilized for the intended purposes in order to achieve strategic objectives. In Kenya, the principles of public finance are enshrined both in the constitutions and various legislations, the most important of which is the Public Finance Management Act. While both National and County governments are expected under law and by the citizenry to pursue optimal financial per...
ABSTRACT Issues of Quality of Education, rather than mass production, have had to move to the forefront of the educational agenda of policy makers at higher education level. Considering the huge public and private investment in university education, evaluation of how effectively the investment is being utilized by examining the quality of the educational infrastructure, the cadre of qualified tutors and other resources in place, and the quality of teaching and learning has become critical. T...