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.
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...
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...
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,...
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 ...
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...
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...
ABSTRACT Suppliers in different categories have adopted electronic procurement for enhancing their respective positions in the market by automating a wide variety of process that relates to the supply chain. Globalization and advanced technology have led to the unprecedented increase in the popularity of e-procurement. Despite this unique development, however, many businesses still manually execute a wide variety of their activities, which has led to the flouting of several essential supply c...
Abstract Since 2003, the monetary policy in Kenya has pursued inflation targeting policy that pegs the desired inflation rate at 5 per cent. However, Inflation targets in Kenya have been missed frequently and the CBK has been unsuccessful at keeping and maintaining the inflation at the target rate. The average level of inflation has also been higher (10.17%) compared with the level of inflation in developed (3%) and emerging economies (8%). Missed inflation targets present a dynamic inconsist...
ABSTRACT This study examines the determinants of capital flight in Nigeria and their effects on economic growth between 1970 and 2011. In analyzing the determinants of capital flight, eight (8) variables classified as political, economic and institutional were employed. These include: Degree of Openness, Inflation rate, Gross capital formation, Change in External debt, Deposit rate, Credit to Private sector, Interest rate differentials and Government consumption expenditure (GOCE). Six model...
ABSTRACT The financial sector in any country is an important sector in the development of a country. Most failures in the financial sector have been caused by non-performing loans or bad debts which are attributed by poor or ineffective lending policy. This study focused on the organizational factors that affect implementation of lending policy in Saving and Credit Co-operative societies. The study was undertaken in Kitui County, Kenya where the researcher based the research findings register...
ABSTRACT A cooperative society is made up of a group of people, who come together voluntarily to achieve common social and economic objectives. As used in the cooperative movement, the term cooperative means the societies that have certain fundamental characteristics and regulations that are adhered to, including cooperative principles. Cooperative societies have been cited as being important in financial empowerment of the poor and marginalized in the community and are one of contributors to...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s economy depends majorly on agricultural sector. Agriculture contributes 51 percent to gross domestic product and 45 percent of government revenue is derived from this sector. Growth in national economy is highly correlated to growth and development in agriculture. The country targets 10 percent annual economic growth and for this to be achieved small scale farming need to be up to date, innovative and commercially inclined. Financial services also need to be inclusive and m...
ABSTRACT best +practices in sisal cultivation.it was also revealed that there was a relationship between age and awareness of sisal cultivation as a commercial activity (p-value=0.809>p=0.05). xiv Further, 30.65% of factors identified to be contributing to the low sisal propagation in the area related to lack of knowledge and 0.77% related to financial constraints. This showed that there was an association between the awareness of sisal cultivation as a commercial activity and a highest level...
ABSTRACT Globally, the capacity of Higher Education institutions to serve as drivers to economic competitiveness has been negatively impacted due to the exponential growth and numerous constraints which interfere with their quality. In Kenya, HEI in their attempt to cater for the 28% increase in student number, 6% government capitation cut and 14.3% of the 28 week, academic year time waste between the period 2014 and 2015 has come with many challenges caused by overcrowding, crumbling infrast...