ABSTRACT Government expenditure is a key component for guaranteeing a nation assigns and spend budgetary resources to accomplish a robust economic performance. However, the achievement of macroeconomic objectives, from time immemorial, has been a policy priority of every economy whether developed or developing. However, government expenditure still remains an important issue in global debates. The concern is whether or not government expenditure increases the output of different sectors in t...
ABSTRACT Monitoring and evaluation has been a key performance management tool for planning, decision making and economic policy management. However, evidence from literature point out that in Sub-Saharan Africa substantial M&E achievements on the ground are rare. The County Governments has been facing serious challenges in managing the projects and meeting the conditions required for the success of these projects. Inadequate personnel with the required project management skills, inadequate f...
ABSTRACT Recognizing the need for change and leading organizations through that change is one of the most challenges for any leadership. Transformation is the only constant in today’s life for individuals and organizations. Some changes can be reversible while others are not hence the risk involved in managing change. Many of these change programs arise from management such as corporate culture change, corporate selfrenewal, and operational improvements. The purpose of this study is to est...
ABSTRACT Globalization in today’s era of information and technology has significantly affected the business environment. Firms, therefore, must take planned measures in order to grow and maintain their businesses and also make the necessary changes and adjustments to gain competitive advantage. Small and Medium Enterprises-sized (SMEs) in Kenya and the world in general, play a major role in improving the economy. The main problem, however, lies with small entities that lack the capacity an...
ABSTRACT Forest Conservation is important in maintaining the natural biodiversity fabric of a given ecosystem. Although remote sensing methods and techniques using satellite data have been useful tool in monitoring and mapping Environmental risks and disasters, as well as in environmental protection projects, they are scarcely used in environmental legislation implementation in Kenya. Karura Forest reserve covering 1041.3 hectares and located North of Central Nairobi County is one of the lar...
ABSTRACT The Government of Kenya, in an attempt to address the problem of unemployment amongst the youth, has come up with various interventions. One of these is the Youth Enterprise Development Fund, which was formed in 2006 to increase economic opportunities for Kenyan Youth. This is through provision of cheap credit, enterprise development and through strategic partnerships. However, despite these interventions, employment rate amongst the youth in Kenya remain high and performance of You...
ABSTRACT Banking in Kenya and the financial services in general have been identified as a pillar to achieving Vision 2030. Banking facilitates macro-economic steadiness for long-term development which will transform Kenya to a middle economy country. The growing level of nonperforming loans among Kenyan banks has been a source of concern to all stakeholders. This research ascertained the impacts of firms-characteristics on nonperforming loans of Kenya’s banks. The specific objectives were ...
ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology is being deployed globally by organizations to improve efficiency, customer service and acquire a portion of the global market. It is paramount that organizations that want to maintain competitive edge in this era of cut throat competition embrace Information and Communication Technology as a way of satisfying the ever increasing demands of customers. The performance of CBOs in Kitui County is affected by Governance, efficiency, Political int...
ABSTRACT Insurance plays an important role in any economy by covering economic and financial risk arising out of certain events. The role of Insurance brokers in Kenya was recognized by the insurance Act Cap 487 of 1984 as revised in the year 2002(Republic of Kenya). The eleventh schedule of the Act recognized the revenue as 25% maximum of the premium earned. It was expected that as the Insurance premium revenue grew, so should the brokerage commission.Insurable risks were placed '
ABSTRACT Improved service delivery has been the focus of the Kenyan government in the recent past as part of public sector reforms and in the quest for the same, Kenya introduced performance contracts. The purpose of this study was on performance contracting and its effect on county government service delivery case of Mandera County. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: to establish the effect of goal setting on service delivery, to assess how feedback systems affect se...
ABSTRACT The usage of non-fiscal ways of incentives is an effort by firms to put on in the work the concepts theories of Maslow and Herzberg. Performance is considered to be related through the concepts of talent, opportunity and enthusiasm. Proprietors, supervisors and managers recognize positive incentive hints to improve performance and greater production however, may rely on the incorrect tools. Non-fiscal motivations are viewed as cheaper ways of compensating employees, thus attracting,...
ABSTRACT Measurement of efficiency levels of transport helps in identifying opportunities that enhance the public transport performance. This will facilitate effective and efficient management of fleets that provide public road transport and planning for interventions incase the sector needs improvement. Public transport sector is a key social facility that aims at improving the welfare of regions inhabitants. Across developing countries provision of efficient, fair and impartial road transp...
ABSTRACT The two main aims that every business organization must endeavour to achieve are achieving a point of economic gain as well as improving company's performance comparative to its players. An innovative executed approach is able to have a noteworthy influence on realization of viable improvement status. The Real estate industry in Kenya is competitive and thus, having a competitive advantage is key for survival. This research sought to evaluate results of innovation strategies on the ...
ABSTRACT Savings and Credit Co-operatives Societies (SACCOs) are in the business of safeguarding money and other valuables for their members besides providing loans and offering investment financial services. Credit creation is the main income generating activity for the SACCOs. But this activity involves huge risks to both the lender and the borrower. The researcher carried out this study to establish the effect of risk management strategies on performance of SACCO’s in Nakuru County, Ke...
ABSTRACT Inappropriate credit policies, as well as inadequate, limited institutional capacity by Kenya's financial sector, led to several of the banking institutions collapsing over what was termed as poor management of credit risks which resulted to increased amounts of loans that were not being serviced. The main aim of the research project was to establish the effects of internal controls on credit risk among the banks listed in Nairobi Securities Exchange. The distinctive goals include...