Abstract: Understanding the importance of home gardens in the production of food, generating income, traditional medicine and other useful products for human beings is indispensable. In Ethiopia, research and documentation on home gardens are very few. The present study was intended to investigating the role of home gardens for improved livelihoods, plant species composition and their diversity. This study was conducted in Midakegn Woreda, West Showa zone, Oromia Region, Ethiopia from Septem...
ABSTRACT The research study was based on examining informatiOn security contrOls in the Human Resource Department of KIU, Uganda. The objectives of the study were; to analyze the information security controls in the Human Resource department of Kampala International University, to explore the extent of compliance to information security objectives at Kampala International University, to investigate the challenges of information security at Kampala International University, and also to ascer...
ABSTRACT Security has been and continues to be priority for both life and property world over. Due to the limitations of public security services the private sector has supplemented provision of security services. Overtime the registered security firms have come to rely more on establishments that acquire services purely on credit which often lead to due debts. This has led to large uncollected debts putting registered security firms into liquidity challenges. If such debts are not effici...
ABSTRACT The provision of security remains a fundamental challenge to many states owing to emerging threats that range from terrorism, organized and urban crime and Kenya has not been spared from these. The demand for security has gone up beyond what the state can provide; particularly after the August 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam twin terrorist bombings aimed at the United States of America (USA) embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Pluralisation of policing has seen Private Security Companies...
ABSTRACT This research sought to assess the effectiveness of brand awareness strategies that were implemented by Peace Security to enhance brand visibility. The study was motivated by intense competition in the security industry, stagnant market share growth and dominance of a few brands in an industry with over a 1500 registered security companies. Peace security has been in the security industry for more than a decade but remained little known compared to late entrants despite various brand...
ABSTRACT Finger millet is one of the important traditional, nutritious and drought tolerant food crop grown by small scale farmers in most arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of the world. In the ASALs of Kenya, finger millet is grown by small scale farmers who mainly grow low yielding unimproved varieties. Improved high yielding and recommended varieties are available but the farmers’ adoption is very low contributing to persistent food insecurity in these areas. The purpose of this study wa...
ABSTRACT This research examined how much knowledge formal sector contributors of social security in the Akuapem-North Municipality have on their contributions and benefits and their agency in seeking such information. Underpinned by the knowledge gap hypothesis and Wilson’s 1996 model of information seeking behaviour, the study also sought to test if socio-demographic variables such as gender, income and age affected contributors’ level of knowledge of social security issues. Also, it exa...
ABSTRACT The research study was based on examining information security controls in the Human Resource Department of KIU, Uganda. The objectives of the study were; to analyze the information security controls in the Human Resource department of Kampala International University, to explore the extent of compliance to information security objectives at Kampala International University, to investigate the challenges of information security at Kampala International University, and also to ascer...
Abstract: The study “The impact of the Somali refugee crisis on rational security in Kenya” sought to investigate the associations of the Somali refugees with Kenya's national security. It aimed at determining the aspects of the national security of Kenya affected by the Somali refugees, the threats posed by the Somali refugees and effectiveness of the strategies formulated by the Government of Kenya (GOK) to deal with the Somali Refugee Crisis. The population of the study termed the adu...
ABSTRACT Poor customer service has had diverse forms of impact on businesses all around the world and eateries are no exception. Statements such as “Their food tastes good but there are just too many flies around” and “The food tastes really good but they always get my order wrong” are a few of several opinions that customers of Ashesi eateries have shared concerning their customer service experiences. Research has also proven that customer service plays a significant role in the choi...
ABSTRACT The research was primarily aimed at assessing if it is feasible for National Social Security Authority (NSSA) to extend contributory social security scheme to the informal sector. The research was motivated after realizing that the informal sector in Zimbabwe is increasing at the expense of formal sector which is leading to the contribution base of NSSA to decrease since only formally employed workers are the ones who are obliged to contribute. This leads to a funding gap where contr...
Abstract: The security threat posed by HIV/AIDS has become a widely accepted assumption. However, this domain has not been fully researched and documented even though the pandemic has surfaced as one of the greatest causes of death to mankind. The impact of the pandemic has been felt by individuals, societies and even states. Its catastrophic effects have led to states and international organizations to discuss the disease as a security concern rather than a health issue. At the beginning of...
ABSTRACT Microfinance Banks are developmental tool that focuses or centers on the extension of credit to the rural or low income earners. In recent time, most people with questionable characters had penetrated the Microfinance sector and deceive them by accessing credit facilities with false collaterals or items already used to access credits from other financial institutions. This has caused collision of various Microfinance Banks into a particular security item on default of such custom...
Abstract: The international aviation industry including Kenya has invested so much in the security sector to ensure more safety. Security techniques employed by most aviation industry players in Kenya at the various airports and in aircrafts involve many methods like screening processes where passengers walk through metal detectors. These methods have succeeded on many occasions but they appear to be facing challenges since the means through which threats to the aviation industry present the...
ABSTRACT The importance of safety and security of tourists at attraction sites is of paramount concern. However, literature which takes into consideration both tourists’ and management’s perspectivesat these sites is underrepresented.With the aid of structured open and close ended questions, a total of 387 local and foreign tourists as well as 13 management were involved in a cross-sectional study of tourists’ safety and security at the Kakum National Park, Ghana. A safety and security ...