ABSTRACT Despite the stock markets’ pivotal role towards economic growth, stock market development in Kenya and its contribution to economic growth is still an issue of great concern to policy makers and scholars. The Kenyan stock market is characterized by a small number of listing, lack of sophisticated infrastructure, narrow range of tradable instruments and very low liquidity. Moreover, the market is highly volatile as evidenced by high volatility in key market indicators during the pe...
ABSTRACT Banking industry has been competitive in the past years. Kenyan Banks are exploring all strategies to remain competitive in lending and in ensuring that their clients are satisfied. They have diversified their products from lending to offering custodial and insurance services. Lending continuity mainly depends on the reserves or rather bank’s available deposits. As an initiative therefore, Kenyan commercial banks have employed various strategies to mobilize cheap and stable deposi...
ABSTRACT Limited employee participation witnessed in the public sector has persistently resulted to poor service delivery. Therefore employee participation should take the center stage as it constitute a powerful force for re-energizing service delivery. However this has not been the case at NCWSSC as evidenced by the poor water supply and sewerage services delivered to the residents of the city. Hence the need for the current study to examine how employee participation can be used in streng...
ABSTRACT Small and medium enterprises plays a critical function in the advancement of the Kenyan Economy. The sub-sector’s contribution to the monetary development of the country in the past few years is very evident particularly in relation to job creation, improvement in innovation, raising of people’s livelihood, as well as financial contribution to 45% of the gross domestic product(GDP) of the country,(Economic Survey-2014/2015). This research focused on the tax influence on SMEs se...
ABSTRACT In order for the government of Kenya to meet its fiscal objectives, it is necessary that county government effectively be able to spend budgeted provisions to the highest levels. Government officers need to understand the importance of being able to fully utilize funds as budgeted and as efficiently as possible so as to have an impact to the highest population. The broad objective of this study was to establish the effects of public financial management practices on budgetary absorp...
ABSTRACT Efficient debt management determines the cash flow and the success of the day-to-day operations of the business. Poor credit management leads to late payment to creditors and other stakeholders in the supply chain. This study focused on the determinants of micro credit performane in kenya. The objective of this study was to establish factors that determine micro credit performance in Kenya.The researcher surveyed loan accounts of a micro finace institution. The researcher took micr...
ABSTRACT Herbal medicine, commonly referred to as alternative medicine, has been treated with a lot of skepticism among the conventional medicine practitioners. It has been described as inferior to conventional medicine with no proven safety and efficacy, perhaps only associated with rural areas where conventional medicine is not easily accessible. Thus, with economic progress and advancements in conventional medicine, one would expect decline in herbal medicine consumption. In Kenya, 70% of...
ABSTRACT Business growth as a result of business support services like entrepreneurial skills and financial services has been lauded by many studies as an engine which taps well the practical and creative business approaches affecting youth owned enterprises. In an effort to reduce high levels of poverty and unemployment amongst the youth, the Government of Kenya has since independence established many affirmative action funds such as Youth Enterprise Development Fund and Uwezo Fund to accel...
ABSTRACT In the highland of South-Kivu, DR.Congo, soybean farming is increasingly practiced by smallholder farmers but it productivity remains low. Both productivity and N2-fixing abilities of legumes can be enhanced not only by Rhizobium spp but also by colonization of their roots by Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi (AMF). The objectives of this study were:- to evaluate symbiotic effectiveness of bradyrhizobia isolates for soybean inoculant production, their effect on indigenous AMF root coloni...
ABSTRACT The banking industry has experienced a rapid growth in terms of profits, deposits, revenues in the recent past. This trend has triggered a lot of competition in the banking industry. This project analyzed the factors influencing customer growth of commercial banksin the Kenyan banking industry. The study was guided by the following objectives: to find out how pricing influenced customer growth, to establish the effects of customer service on growth of customers, to determine the ext...
ABSTRACT The way we work in our fast-paced world is quickly changing. Skilled but unemployed Kenyans are seeking and finding work on online platforms on contract and full – time basis. They are part of virtual teams that rely heavily on collaborative software applications to work. Their performance is gauged by how they meet project goals within the set costs, time and scope. Unfortunately, some teams are unable to meet the goals and this compromises their performance. This is the problem ...
ABSTRACT Entrepreneurship is a near practical solution to the ever increasing joblessness among the youth. Efforts to engage Kenyan youths successfully in this direction has however remained a mirage as some of the monies channeled for this purpose through the YEDF is not taken up as expected. The net result is an escalation of youth unemployment aggravating social evils like crime, increased drug use and abuse etc. The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between youth aw...
ABSTRACT Financial inclusion is the provision of financial services at affordable costs to sections of underprivileged and low-income segments of society, in contrast to financial exclusion where those services are not available or affordable. Failure to constantly redesign strategies that help the commercial banks adapt to changing business environment may lead to a strategic mismatch between what they offer and what markets demands. The objective was to study Technological Banking Innovati...
ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to find out the relationship between classroom environment and students’ aggressive behaviour. To achieve this, adolescents attending high school, specifically those in form three were investigated. An ex-post facto research design was used in the study. The respondents were drawn from three secondary schools in Keumbu Zone, Keumbu Division in Kisii District. Simple random sampling method was used to select the three secondary schools for the st...
ABSTRACT The banking sector over time has been facing various issues of achieving wide ranging information on their customer’s payments history to be used in their process of accessing borrowers. Theinformation sharing aims at providing information that is very accurate, latest updates and gives instant information on borrowers who have potential. This ensures that it is cost efficient and easier to assess the risk and thus managing it, thus enabling reduction of the involvement of unprof...