ABSTRACT Changing family values and migration into cities has seen many Kenyans live away from their aging parents making it hard to fulfil their traditional role of caring for them. This has contributed to the rapid growth of homes for the aged in the country especially in Nairobi County. The purpose of the study was to investigate selected psychosocial factors affecting wellness of the elderly persons admitted in homes for the elderly in Nairobi county.The study focused on three psychosoci...
ABSTRACT The role of the third-tier of government in societal development has become broader, deeper and even more sophisticated in the current dispensation. Thanks to the numerous reforms which have been visited on local government within the last few decades. In spite of this however, the performance of the third-tier so far in developing the society, more especially the grassroots has been quite unsatisfactory. It is in the light of this that this work dwelt on the control mechanisms and ...
ABSTRACT Employee turnover is a critical aspect in the operations and survival of the organization hence the management should take into consideration when putting in place guideline and other strategic plans to ensure turnover is minimized in order to meet organizational set targets. This study scrutinized the moderating effect of religious beliefs on relationship between employee reward and turnover in private hospitals of Samburu County. The objectives of the study were to investigate the...
ABSTRACT This research investigated whether there exists an association between the financial management practices put in place by the Kenyan football clubs and their financial stability. The specific research objectives guided the study by establishing the influence of investment practices, financial reporting framework, working capital management and financing activities on stability of football clubs in Kenya. The underpinning theories include: Agency theory, game theory in sports and con...
ABSTRACT The overall objective of the research was to assess the factors leading to loan defaulting among Sacco’s in Kirinyaga County. Loan appraisal system, the effect of management to loan defaulting, loan policy and loan use were independent variables, while loan default was the dependent variable. The specific objectives of this study was to establish the effect of loan appraisal system to loan defaulting by SACCO client, to establish the effect of management of the SACCO in relation t...
ABSTRACT This study interrogates the role of politics in tuberculosis (TB) control services in Rivers State, Nigeria. It raises questions about how the exercise of political power through the nature of the allocation and distribution of resources affects the effective implementation of the tuberculosis control programme in Rivers State, and its attendant implications for the populace. It draws on both qualitative and quantitative methods such as content analysis of documents and questionnair...
ABSTRACT Cash transfer program has been identified by most developing countries as an important component of social protection however; the program has experienced challenges in the implementation process. This study aimed at establishing the relationship between four capacity building strategies; training, technology, knowledge sharing and stakeholder partnership and performance of cash transfer program in Nairobi county- Kenya with an intention of helping the Government of Kenya and other ...
ABSTRACT This study was aimed at establishing the relationship between capital adequacy framework and financial performance of deposit taking savings and credit cooperatives societies in Kenya. There is a declining trend of deposit taking SACCOs in Kenya. In 2016,164 SACCOs were licensed to operate as deposit taking SACCOs in Kenya. The study intention was to conduct a census survey but the responses were less. Only 111 deposit taking societies responded. The government had introduced vari...
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya has for a long time been very much concerned over the persistent poor performance in financial management due to lack of reliable and timely information for decision making. It took an initiative to address the shortcomings of the financial reporting system and to ensure good governance. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) carried out a survey in government accounting in early 1993 followed by a diagnostic study sponsored by the World Bank; this led to intr...
ABSTRACT Kenya's commercial banking sector is poised for major realignments on account of the stiff competition that the sector is witnessing. Certainly therefore, customer retention will be the business battle point. The purpose of this study was to assess the factors influencing customer retention in large peer group commercial banks in Nyeri County. The study aimed to specifically analyze; the influence of product price, customer service quality, customer satisfaction and bank reputation o...
ABSTRACT Career selection is one of many important choices students make in determining future plans, therefore the importance of career choice among senior high students cannot be over emphasized. The purpose of this study was to investigate the extent to which some selected parental factors influence career choices among form four students in Isinya Sub-County in Kenya. The study sought to establish the relationship between these selected parental factors and the student’s career choice....
Abstract The general purpose of the study was to examine the influence of social capital on savings mobilization in co-operative societies in Nyamira County. The specific goals were to examine how trust influences savings mobilization in Nyamira County; establish the effect of networks of association in savings mobilization; examine how norms affect savings mobilization; and establish whether savings mobilization is affected by credit handling as an intervening variable in Nyamira County. A ...
Customer Relationship Management (CRM) is an expanded domain of Relationship Marketing with an information technology component which enables a firm to manage its customers' data with an aim of improving the firm-customer relationship. Though implementation of CRM has the potential to transform organizational performance, this is not well known and understood in Kenya's hospitality industry where some performance indicators have shown that the hospitality industry is not doing well. Although ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the effect of small accounting practices on the performance of Micro and Small-sized Enterprises (MSEs). The general objective of the study was to determine the effect of small accounting services on the performance of MSE's in Nakuru County. The specific objectives of the study were;to examine the effect of bookkeeping on the performance of MSEs; to assess the effect of accounting on the performance of MSEs; to investigate the effect of a...
ABSTRACT At inception, oil industry operations in Nigeria were limited to upstream and midstream activities comprising exploration, production, marketing and transportation of crude oil. Downstream refining activity commenced in 1965 as a joint venture between British Petroleum and Shell but with 50 percent equity participation by the Nigerian government. The technology of oil exploration and production, the transport and marketing infrastructure of Nigeria’s crude oil, as well as the cons...