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Youth Empowerment And Livelihoods: A Case Of Rural Youth Registered In Groups Involved In Horticulture Production In Trans Nzoia County, Kenya

ABSTRACT In Kenya, 35% of the Kenyan population is youth of ages between 15 to 34 years old. They are recognized as Kenya’s most critical untapped resource with the highest unemployment rate of 67%. Due to the increasing population of unemployed youths in Kenya, the Government of Kenya (GoK) started youth initiatives programs to provide training and Internship aimed at providing relevant work experience and skills to enhance sustainable livelihoods and selfemployment. Kenya’s agriculture...

Influence Of Consultant Characteristics On Project Quality Of Companies Listed At The Nairobi Securities Exchange

ABSTRACT The successful involvement of consultants in organizational projects is increased by suitably deciding if internal or external consulting resources will add value. It is not clear whether the use of both internal and external consultants will contribute to the quality of projects. The general objective of the study was to analyse the influence of consultant’s characteristics on project quality of companies listed at the NSE. The specific objectives of this study were to assess the...

Challenges Facing In - Servicing Of Secondary School Teachers In Public Secondary Schools Of Imenti North District, Meru County, Kenya

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to identify the challenges facing teachers, heads of department, principals and the Quality Assurance and Standards Officer in in-service training in Imenti North District of Meru County, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to: determine how in-service training of teachers was carried out in Imenti North District; analyse the extent to which the objectives of in-service training were being met; establish the challenges facing teachers, headteachers, ...

Strategy implementation practices and performance of pharmaceutical firms in Kenya.

ABSTRACT  Strategic management process is an important framework that supports all sizes of enterprises with opportunities to operate in a competitive environment which has a direct impact on organization performance. The implementation of formulated strategies impacts on the organization performance. Foregoing researches in Kenya have not looked at the effects of strategy implementation practices on performance of pharmaceutical firms hence a contextual gap. The study general objective was ...

Effect Of Government Infrastructure Development Expenditure On Performance Of Manufacturing In Kenya

ABSTRACT  The need for infrastructure development in Kenya was initiated in the early years of economic planning. For instance, the Sessional Paper No. 10 of 1965 among other strategic objectives provided a premise for infrastructure development to fuel rapid industrialization and make Kenya a market economy. Emphases have since been made in the subsequent economic development plans in 1970s, National Development Plans in 1980s, the Economic Recovery Strategy for Wealth and Employment creati...

Influence of training on performance of police officers in Kenya police service: A case of police officers in imenti south police division.

Abstract The Kenyan government has been carrying out public service reforms focusing on streamlining the police service and putting in place interventions to enhance efficiency in the service. A review of the police training curriculum was part of the police reform agenda aimed at professionalizing the Kenya Police Service. That notwithstanding, police performance has been currently wanting as evidenced by rise in crime rates in the country, complaints against police and use of unnecessary f...

Regional Trade And Economic Growth Of East Africa Community States

ABSTRACT In light of the regional integration efforts, this study sought to find out the impact of regional trade integration on economic growth of East Africa Community. One of the provisions to increase the EAC intra-trade is Article 75 of the Treaty and the Customs Union (CU) Protocol whose implementation would increase the value and volume of trade within the EAC. GDP growth rate analysis shows a major disconnect between deepening integration and achievement of growth within a common mar...

The colonial legacy in Kenya-British military relations: 1963-2005.

ABSTRACT Decades after the end of colonisation the intellectual debate over the positive and negative impacts of colonisation in Kenya is still very much alive. This study is not interested in justifying or condemning colonialism. On the contrary it focuses on Kenya-British military relations as one of the enduring independence period legacies in Kenya and is centered within Kenya’s problematic decolonization experience and the wider context of the Cold War ideological confrontation. The d...

Effects Of Kenya’s Migration Policy On Human Trafficking: The Case Study Of Kenya-Somalia Border, Garissa County

ABSTRACT The project is about the assessment of the Kenya‟s migration policy and the effects it has on human trafficking at the Kenya-Somalia Border, Garissa County. Migration is defined as the movement of people from one place to another due to various reasons. Migration and trafficking have a close connection. It is important that efforts to curb human trafficking be approached from a migration angle. Overall migration has been used by international organizations when formulating policie...

Effects Of Integrated Tree Based Food-Energy System On The Livelihoods Of Small-Holder Farmers’ Perceptions In Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Tree Based Integrated Food-energy System is a farming system that combines food crops and trees for wood energy production on the same farm. This farming system aims at producing both food and wood energy on the same piece of land through sustainable crop integration and agro-systems. Therefore, this study was aimed at examining how this system can promote the livelihoods of small-holder farmers in Kenya, with particular focus on Chuka Igambang’ombe Sub-county in Tharaka Nithi Cou...

Strategic Management Drivers And Service Delivery: A Case Of Huduma Centre In Mombasa County, Kenya

ABSTRACT  This study sought to establish if service delivery enhanced implementation of strategic management drivers in an organization in the public sector. Strategic drivers are forces that shape an organization’s strategy, which contributes to the growth of a particular business. This study’s general objective was to establish how strategic management drivers influence service delivery in Kenya’s Huduma Centres focusing specifically on Mombasa County Huduma Centre. Specific objectiv...

Determinants Of Economic Stimulus Programmes Implementation In Uriri Constituency, Migori County

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to determine the determinants of the Economic Stimulus , Programmes (ESPS) implementation in Uriri Constituency, Migori County. The specific objectives of the study were; to find out the capacity of the ESP project teams in the constituency, the effects of the ESP projects and the performance of the projects in Uriri constituency. The target population was all the ESPs managers. The sample population was determined using the simple random sampling techni...

Assessing How Sound Management Practices Influences Business Performance: (A Case Of Kenya Wildlife Service)

ABSTRACT Business enterprises are regarded as engines of economic development in many nations of the world. Many of these enterprises are faced with a myriad of problems especially in their initial stages, key among them, insufficient business and management skills. In this study, enterprises were categorized as micro, small and medium. Entrepreneurial training enables enterprise operators adopt better management practices such as profit retention, good customer relations, 4 timely loan repa...

Effect Of Kenya’s Bilateral Relations With China On Economic Growth Of Kenya (2000-2015)

ABSTRACT The importance of bilateral relations to any country is to offer the country the chance to access resources that are not locally available. The bilateral relations between China and Kenya have been developing and evolving since Kenya‟s independence. This study sought to examine the effect of Kenya‟s bilateral relations with China on economic growth of Kenya. The objectives of the study were to assess the effect of China‟s Loans, FDI and AID on Kenya‟s economic growth. The st...

Information Communication Technology Integration And Performance Of Public Secondary Schools In Mombasa County, Kenya

ABSTRACT In spite of all inputs on professional enhancement and ICT infrastructure to better education in several countries, ICT adoption and integration in teaching and learning have been minimal. Technological revolution in schools has been set by theoretical inadequacies that have kept educational technology at the margins of the established educational system. In spite the ICT policy for basic education in Kenya, minimal outcome is seen in the use of ICT as an educational tool in teachin...


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