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Credit Rationing In The Nigeria's Commercial Loan Market

ABSTRACT In this thesis, the concern has been to examine the structure, function and effects of Nigeria's commercial loan market. The main focus has been to empirically test for the incidence of credit rationing in the loan market, explain the rationale, identify the form and magnitude of rationing and examine the effects in the Nigerian economy. With respect to the structure and functions of the loan market, concentration ratio and market share indices were defined and derived as key measure...

Technical Skills Affecting The Effectiveness Of Financial Control In Community Support Funds In Kenya: A Case Of Maasai Mara Community Support Fund

ABSTRACT The overall objective of this study was to determine the Technical Skills affecting the effectivenessof financial control in Community Support Funds in Kenya: A Case of Maasai Mara Community Support Fund. The specific objectives of the study were: to find out the effect of numeracy skills, book keeping skills, budgeting skills and auditing skills as factors affecting the effectiveness of financial controlin Maasai Mara Community Support Fund. The study used a descriptive cross-sectio...

Human Resource Audit And Organizational Performance In The County Government Of Kisumu, Kenya

ABSTRACT Human resource audit (HRA) is responsible for identifying human resource problems that affect the human resource functions of an organization and improve organizational performance. Effectiveness of a HRA in the public sector needs to be investigated because the audits are always done but there is still evidence of underperformance, strikes and complaints in most sectors. Human resource audit is an annual and costly activity carried out in forty seven counties in Kenya and its effect...

Assessment Of The Effects Of Team Cohesion On Task Performance

ABSTRACT Team cohesion is the total field of forces causing members to remain in a group. It is the dynamic process which is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in pursuit of its goals and objectives. The purpose of this study is to find out effects of team cohesion on task performing among the workforce of the Faith Based Health Institutions in Western Province. The objectives of the study were to; determine the effect of team cohesion on task performanc...

Corporate Governance And Banking Sector Performance In Nigeria

ABSTRACT The failure of many Nigerian banks in recent times may be said to stem from weaknesses in the corporate governance of the sector. In spite of various regulatory frameworks which have been instituted toward ensuring compliance with ordinances, there are indications of increasing crisis in the banking sector of the Nigeria economy. Literature has paid little attention as to how corporate governance may have contributed to the waves of crisis in the sector. The purpose of this thesis i...

Factors Affecting Utilization Of Water Resources For Sustainable Rural Livelihoods In Tseikuru Division, Mwingi District, Kenya

ABSTRACT Natural resources are essential to economic development if they are effectively utilized by converting into tangible goods and services within an economy. However, the utilization of resources varies from one resource to another and in different areas. In arid and semi-arid lands, water resources play an important role in sustaining rural livelihoods as well as wildlife and plants. In Mwingi district and particularly in Tseikuru division, rural communities are assumed to be highly de...

Perceptions Of Stakeholders On Influence Of Induction On Newly Qualified Secondary School Teachers’ Performance In Curricular And Co-Curricular Activities In Awendo Sub-County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Induction of Newly Qualified Teachers (NQT) is a requirement by the Teachers Service Commission (TSC). Its intent is to enhance NQTs professional competencies. Worldwide studies have revealed that teachers who are inducted adjust very fast and perform their duties as required. In Awendo Sub County, it has been observed that despite induction, quite a number of NQTs have continued to perform below par in curricular and co-curricular activities. For instance, from 2012 to 2014, ninety ...

Conflict Resolution And The Organization Of Security In Africa

Introduction In an age of intersecting revolutions - military, political, economic, social - as we have in Africa today, the problems of maintaining peace and international order, inevitably become more complex. Yearly, events in Africa stress the urgent need for African states to intervene in African affairs. The acquisition of sophisticated and unlimited force by African nations is certainly as terrifying as it is new. But it must be borne in mind that this transforms conflicts rather than ...

The 2015 General Elections And The Quest For Citizens’ Democracy In Nigeria

Africa is democratizing but the democratization occurring in Africa does not appear to be in the least emancipatory. On the contrary, it is legitimizing the disempowerment of ordinary people who seem to be worse off than they used to be because their political oppression is no longer perceived as a problem inviting solution, but a solution endowed with moral and political legitimacy. 

Moderating Influence Of Employee Engagement On The Relationship Between Employee Procurement Implimentation And Operational Performance Of Counties In Western Kenya

ABSTRACT Governments globally focus administration to achieve high operational performance. Being a measure of performance depicted by effectiveness, efficiency, environmental responsibility; on such operations as cycle time, waste reduction, productivity and regulatory compliance, it brings to practical application counties’ employee productivity, project implementation, professionalism and institutional trust. Employee productivity, projects implementation, professionalism and creation of...

EFFECT Of Technology Innovation On Performance Of Public Tvet Institutions In Kakamega County, Kenya

ABSTRACT Technology iinnovation iis iargued ito ibe itransforming ihigher ileaning iinstitution iin iKenya, iincluding iTVETs, iwhich iare iseen ito ibe ievolving iso ias ito iremain irelevance, ideliver iefficiently iand ienhance iperformance. iUNESCO iglobal irating iranks iKenya‟s iTVET iperformance ibelow iaverage iat i28%, icompared ito iher ineighbours. iMoreover, itheir iperformance iis icharacterised iby iinadequacy iin iteaching iand iinefficiency iin iadministration iof iresources...

Comparative Foreign Policy Of The Republics Of Benin And Niger As Influenced By France And Nigeria

ABSTRACT The comparative study of the foreign policy of Republics of Benin and Niger reveals a Franco-Nigerian tussle over who dominates the external behaviour of the two Francophone States. The French Republic claims an almost absolute right to determine the direction of the foreign policy of these two states with imperialistic machinery as her weapons. Nigeria the other hand. Since 1970 has been seeking to influence the foreign policy of Benin and Niger through a lot of means including aid,...

A Comparative Analysis Of Commercial Energy Demand In Nigeria And Cameroon (1971-2010)

Abstract Given energy security and climate change challenges occasioned by increased hydrocarbon consumption, and increased trade between Nigeria and Cameroon, a holistic study of commercial energy (petrol, diesel, kerosene) demand in both countries is undertaken. Our main objective is to find out which of the two economies has performed better, in terms of energy intensity (i.e. which is less energy intensive) between 1971 and 2010. For this, five specific objectives were addressed, namely ...

An Analytical and Descriptive linguistic study on pragmatic interpretation of selected political utterances on hate speech in Kenya

Abstract This study is motivated by the raging debate between the speaker and the hearer of political utterances on mutually acceptable interpretations of meaning in political utterances on hate speech in Kenya. This debate between the speaker and hearer of political utterances on hate speech reflects a variance on interpretation of meaning in political utterances on hate speech. This study sheds light on this variance by offering a pragmatic interpretation of political utterances on hate spe...

Institutional Factors Influencing Implementation Of Strategic Plans In Government Hospitals In Kitui Central Sub-County, Kitui County, Kenya

ABSTRACT The Government of Kenya has adopted strategic planning in various institutions and Ministries to address distinct and prioritized strategic issues in order to upgrade service delivery. In the Ministry of Health, strategic planning is part of the on-going public sector reforms aimed at improving efficiency and effectiveness in the delivery of health services. Strategic planning in the Ministry of Health is aimed at achieving the international Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) as wel...


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