ABSTRACT This research project is on the implementation of strategies and performance of public research institutions in Kenya in the case of the KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme (KWTRP) in Kilifi County. Implementation of strategy in most of the donor funded institutions is primarily driven by the availability of financial resources yet this is just one of the factors that affect implementation of strategies and performance of these organisations. The question that the study sought to...
Employee turnover is a great concern to public health practitioners in developing nations due to the fact that most employees in hospitals are favoring being employed in hospitals from developed nations. Nevertheless, the poor state of customer service in some public hospitals in Kenya has caused high turnover and weak self-esteem among staff, making it difficult to guarantee 24-hour coverage resulting in problems with patients care. Thus, the general objective was to establish the effec...
ABSTRACT The banking industry in Kenya is highly competitive with many players such that only those banks that are able to rethink their strategies remain competitive and are able to survive. The study set to establish how strategic responses affected organizational competitiveness by examining the case of KCB Bank Group Ltd Kenya. Specifically, the study focused on: determining the influence of training and development strategy on organizational competitiveness at KCB Bank Group Ltd Ken...
Studies on impact of school feeding programmes on access, retention and performance have been conducted in various parts of the world all of which conclude that the programmes have the potential to increase access to primary education, reduce drop-out rates and promote academic achievements. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of Home Grown School Meals Programme (HGSMP) in Waita Zone in Kitui County on access, retention and performance of pupils in the primary schools sin...
ABSTRACT State corporations are reluctant to provide concrete incentives for implementation of corporate compliance programmes. Currently, compliance is achieved by hiring expensive auditors who typically use a heuristic approach to select and investigate audit trails to show evidence about compliance. In addition to the impact on the organization’s budget, compliance checking with this approach incurs a large overhead in terms of time consumed to check for compliance. The objectives of the...
ABSTRACT Politics is necessary for survival, and youth are socialized in politics in many ways. However, the manner in which individuals are socialized in politics at the youthful age affects their adult life. This research sought to investigate the level of ethnic political orientations and the formation of such political orientations in Nairobi County with a focus on Kibra Constituency (KC). Kibra Constituency was important because political aspirants import voters from their ethnic ba...
Various attempts have been made with the aim of to exploring the significance of Corporate Social responsibility across numerous organizations throughout the world. However, there is limited literature that exists about the significant influence of corporate social responsibility on organization performance in Kenya. The goal of this study was to explore the influence of Social Corporate Responsibility on organization Performance. It specifically sought to establish the influence of phil...
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya through the Ministry of Education developed the Re-entry policy on Adolescent mothers in 1994. The policy allowed adolescent mothers to go back to school after delivery. It was intended to reduce pregnancy-related school dropout rates amongst girls. This study sought to examine the roles that stakeholders were playing in implementing the Government Re- entry policy guidelines on adolescent mothers in secondary schools in Kathiani Sub- County, Machakos County. ...
These innovations by microfinance have increased efficiency of doing business. It remains largely unclear whether microfinance banks are adequately innovative in their operations given that the number of branches and their clientele base are continuously limited in growth and expansion in Nairobi County. Performance and growth are related in that a firm cannot grow if it fails to post sound performance. The general objective of the study was to determine financial innovation and perform...
ABSTRACT The prudential regulation's main objective is to mitigate financial instability's threat and macroeconomic costs. In the last decade (2007 to 2018), the banking sector in Kenya has expanded rapidly, making some banks operate within thin capital margins, while others have begun regional operations exposing themselves to cross-border country risks. The country needs to be cautious about risks to the financial system and spillovers of these risks to the economy. The aim of this research...
i-Tax is the new system that has been developed by the Kenya Revenue Authority (KRA) to ensure online submission of tax returns and other taxation related transactions. Despite the increasing need to raise the level of revenue collection and enforcement so as to provide public services, developing countries still face the challenges of low tax compliance. This leads to frequent tax reforms aimed primarily at closing short-term revenue gaps. The Kenya Revenue Authority presented the i-tax...
ABSTRACT The researcher carried out research on the assessment of determinants of growth of Savings and Credit Co-operatives in Kenya: A Case of Dagoretti District in Kenya. The research focused on challenges that face co-operatives as they grow and the effect on quality of services offered to the members. The research established how organizations grow and identified growth strategies for business entities that do apply to Saccos in Dagoretti also. The researcher mainly looked at growth thro...
Small and medium enterprises globally have donated to macroeconomic visions of nations and their development is important for markets that are competitive and competence, absorption of labor and produce. Some elements are supposed to be connected through working efficiencies and other segments interventions like formation of an enabling lawful and approach framework, facilitation of access to markets, investments of capital, offering trainings, development of infrastructure, building cap...
With increasing competition and the economy heading towards globalization, the trend on acquisitions are expected to rise at a much larger scale with the aim of achieving a competitive edge in the financial industry in Kenya. The study aimed at investigating the implications of acquisitions on non-financial performance of the acquisition of Giro bank ltd by I&M Bank Ltd. The study was guided by specific objectives: to establish the influence of Synergy effects on non-financial performanc...
Most of the road contractors in Kenya have been unable to provide effective services specifically in the maintenance of road. There have existed a sharp criticism against their performance where the Government has come up with strategies like performance contracting, setting up state authorities like KeNHA, KURA, KeRRA and KRB so as to solve this sad state of affairs and also to oversee Contractors performance. The research aimed at developing the impact of project organisation framework...