ABSTRACT This was a descriptive cross-sectional study to ascertain the health and environmental implications of small-scale gold mining operations in the Bolgatanga District of the Upper East Region. Small-scale gold mining started actively in an area designated the Small-Scale Gold Mining Area about two (2) years ago. The three main types of gold mining operations were alluvial, colluvial and lode gold mining. Alluvial and colluvial gold mining involved both sexes but lode gold mining was th...
ABSTRACT The past two decades has witnessed high promotion of microfinance institutions by both the government of Kenya and non-governmental organizations which are targeting smallholder farmers. Despite increase in these microfinance institutions, coffee yield among smallholder farmers has remained low. This has negatively affected smallholder coffee farmers’ earnings from the coffee enterprise and also their economic wellbeing due to loss of income. Information on the impact of microfinan...
ABSTRACT Devolution in Kenya is about decentralising political, financial and administrative powers to forty seven counties. Kenya had practised devolution through the one year Majimbo government which lasted in 1964, before the highly centralised provincial administration was established. The provincial administration was centralised and gained control over all decentralized ministerial functions in the country; as an extension of the executive office of the president in the field. The Const...
Effective police investigation is a prerequisite to effective prosecution of any judicial proceeding. Police investigation into sexual crimes against women has been a problem both in developed and developing countries as considerable women population suffer violation of their rights and fundamental freedoms which is criminal in nature. The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of police investigation on prosecution of sexual crimes against women in Starehe Sub-County, Nairobi ...
ABSTRACT Globally, healthcare systems are experiencing increasing fiscal demographic and consumer pressure. There have been metamorphic changes in the recent past in terms of healthcare delivery. The planning, design and final architectural expression in health care is reflective of the gradual shift in outlook of healthcare institutions from merely treating the sick to a concerted approach to harness healthy living. This has been triggered by globalization, increased expectations of seekers...
ABSTRACT Lack of latrines remain a widespread health and environmental hazard in many developing countries. Globally, 2.5 billion people do not use improved latrine facilities and in Kenya, over five million people are forced to resort to open defecation due to lack of latrines resulting in the prevalence of sanitation related diseases such as diarrhoea. The study aimed at determining latrine use and associated factors among the rural community members in Samburu East Sub-County, Samburu Coun...
This study was to determine factors that influence leadership succession in family owned businesses in Kenya. The overall research problem that was addressed in this study was that despite family owned businesses forming a large part of the economies around the globe, such businesses fail during transitions from one generation to another. Although there are many possible explanations that suggest why such firms are unable to perpetuate themselves into future generations, leadership succession...
ABSTRACT Poverty is general phenomenon in less developed countries including Nigeria. It is a common problem that cannot be easily wiped out but can be alleviated through concerted effort by stake holders. The problem of poverty has brought about low standard of living of people in both rural and urban area that attention of individual, Federal, States and Local Government has been drawn to alleviate it to better the living standard of the rural area. This work was undertaken to look into t...
INTRODUCTIONChaque pays a sa propre vie politique gouvernement c'est-à-dire « une politique » le sujet de notre mémoire est »La Vie Politique Du Nigeria Et De La Cote D’ivoire Apres L’indépendance » . Nous nous intéressons essentiellement á la politique du Nigeria et de la côte d’ivoire. Qu’est-ce que la Politique ?La politique, c’est l’ensemble des options prises collectivement ou individuellement par le gouvernement d’un état ou d'une société dans les doma...
ABSTRACT Nigeria has a long history of religious conflicts, some of the most virulent being those of the ‘Maitatsine’ (1980s) and ‘Boko Haram’ (July 2009). The latter matched the former in intensity, organization, and spread. Given the international attention to global terrorism, there is the likelihood that fundamentalist group receive motivation, material, and ideological support or influence from a global jihadist movement. Unresolved national issues, including the weak economy, ...
ABSTRACT The importance of information to man cannot be under - estimated. It serves as the oxygen that breathes life into governance. But laws are hardly fascinating to man; it makes least leisure reading. Nigerian public office- holders have been taken advantage of ambiguous nature of law to deprive journalists and by implication, the citizenry of their rights to know what operates in our adminstrative rooms. Then came the Freedom Of Information Act 2011, af...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this work is to use accounting information in analyzing the financial position of a firm. The work w as written after a careful research and review of accounting information. The uses and users and its application in analyzing the financial position of a firm taking chemical and allied product (APPCC) as a case study. The researcher was inspired by the preponderance of business failure in the preponderance of business failure in the economy, most of these have been due...
ABSTRACTThe fact that developing countries are highly dependent on external sources for growth and development, trade in this view is then recognized as a vital catalyst in their development process. The study examines the impact of foreign trade on economic growth in Nigeria between 1980-2010, by looking at the review of Nigeria’s trade policy. The main objectives of this study is to analyse the contributions of export and import trade to the Nigeria’s economic growth, by analyzing...
ABSTRACT Antisocial behaviour is a major challenge in secondary schools in Kenya. It is linked with delinquent behaviour such as truancy, drug abuse and bullying. These behaviours are related to negative interactions with parents, teachers and peers. The individual lives in constant conflict which results in ultimate long time consequences like failing examinations, frustrations and failure in life. The aim of this study was to investigate the contributions of microsystems to antisocial behav...
ABSTRACT For many years mining has been a vital component of the development of many countries. Although an important income generator, mining is one of the factors that affect biodiversity and ecosystems.There is an increase in the intensity of environmental damage caused by mining over the years, and thus an increased need to rehabilitate the disturbed ecosystems. The success of any rehabilitation project requires an ecological understanding of natural indigenous vegetation communities. Thi...