Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Factors affecting access of women enterprise funds by women groups in Nakuru West Sub-County, Kenya
(2016-10)Women’s involvement in entrepreneurship is necessary for economic growth of nations. Women in developed countries have access to capital and their acceptance as business owners has improved while in developing countries ... -
Factors Influencing Price Undercutting in The Insurance Sector in Nakuru County in Kenya
(2016-09)A number of insurance firms in Kenya have been facing several challenges. The competition has been stiff in the sector which has occasioned price undercutting. This has resulted in reduced revenue, mergers of insurance ... -
Influence of Budgetary Controls on Service Delivery in County Government of Nakuru in Kenya
(2010-10)In spite of collecting revenue from their jurisdictions, none of the county governments is financially autonomous. They have to rely on the disbursements from the central government. The general objective of this study ... -
Factors Influencing implementation of Public Financial Regulations by National Sub-County Treasuries in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016-10)Regulation is amongst the central instruments through which governments seek to deliver on their policy priorities. However, a lack of consensus on how regulation should be conceptualized can make studying its nature and ... -
Factors influencing Financial Management in Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016-09)Proper management of finances in secondary schools is very imperative to their operations. There are, however, serious financial challenges in public secondary schools in Kenya as characterized by unprecedented high fees ... -
Effect Of Financial Innovations On Performance Of Microfinance Institutions In Nakuru Town, Kenya
(Journal of Business and Management, 2016-10)Abstract: Innovation is described as the process by which, firms master and implement design, and the production of goods and services that are new to them. Innovations generally assume different forms such as product ... -
Effect of adoption of Financial Innovation on Performance of small and medium Enterprises in Kenya
(2016-04)Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are the main drivers of economic and social development in emerging economies. They represent a large number of businesses in a country that generate wealth and employment. They are ... -
Financial factors influencing growth of Horticultural sector in Nakuru County, Kenya
(2016-09)This study evaluated the financial factors influencing growth of horticultural sector in Nakuru County, Kenya. Of particular interest was the extent to which credit access and working capital affected the growth of ... -
A survey of root knot nematodes and resistance to Meloidogyne incognita in sweet potato varieties from Kenyan fields
(Elsevier, 2016-11)The root knot nematode, Meloidogyne is one of the most economically damaging plant parasitic nematode groups, and are widely distributed in Kenyan agro-ecosystems. The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of ... -
Performance Evaluation of Proximal Sensors for Soil Assessment in Smallholder Farms in Embu County, Kenya
(MDPI, 2016)Four proximal soil sensors were tested at four smallholder farms in Embu County, Kenya: a portable X-ray fluorescence sensor (PXRF), a mobile phone application for soil color determination by photography, a dual-depth ... -
Stakeholder Management Strategies and Deposit Taking SACCOs’ Bottom Line in Kenya
(2015)This study sought to establish the relationship between stakeholder generic strategies and the financial performance of deposit taking Savings and Credit Co-operatives societies in Kenya. The SACCO subsector is part of ... -
Factors Influencing Successful Implementation Of Biomedical Research Projects: A Case Of Kenya Medical Research Institute
(2015-08)The general objective of this research project was to examine factors influencing successful implementation of biomedical research projects in Kenya Medical Research Institute (KEMRI). These research sought to achieve ... -
Stakeholder Management Generic Strategies and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking SACCOs in Kenya
(2015-09)This study sought to establish the relationship between stakeholder generic strategies and the financial performance of deposit taking Savings and Credit Co-operatives societies in Kenya. The SACCO subsector is part of ... -
Influence of Entrepreneurial Management on the Growth of Small and Medium Tour Firms in Kenya
(2015)This study focused on proprietors and business development managers of the 367 tour companies in Kenya members of Kenya Association of Tour Operators (KATO). The sample size was 256 proprietors and business development ... -
Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy And Financial Performance Of Deposit Taking SACCOs In Kenya
(2015-08)This study sought to establish the relationship between Corporate Social Responsibility strategy and the financial performance of deposit taking Savings and Credit Co-operatives societies in Kenya. The SACCO subsector is ... -
Genetic Transformation of Sweet Potato for Improved Tolerance to Stress: A Review
(2016-10)The sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas Lam) is a major staple food in many parts of the world. Sweet potato leaves and tubers are consumed as food and livestock feed. Biotic and abiotic stresses affect yield leading to a ... -
Application Of Multiple Circular-Linear Regression Models To Animal Movement Data With Covariates
(2016-04)In a many biological and physical sciences studies, a set of techniques have been developed to analyse the relationship between the circular and linear data derived from the geographical positioning system (GPS) telemetry ... -
Spatial Modelling and Mapping of Socio-Demographic Determinants of Infant Mortality in Kenya
(2016-03)This paper addresses the problem of monitoring the infant and child mortality from point referenced data. Indicators of the determinants of child survival based on Mosley and Chen framework are derived and used to model ... -
Approaches for Testing Uniformity Hypothesis in Angular Data of Mega-Herbivores
(2016-03)Circularstatistics is an area not used verymuch by ecologists to describe animal movement patterns.Nevertheless,the connection betweenthe evaluation of temporalrecurring events and theanalysis of directional data haveconverged ... -
The Aesthetic Function of the style of Masking as used In V.S. Naipaul’s Collection of Sketches, Miguel Street
(2016-06)The study is based on the assumption that literary style is paramount to literary communication and the meaning we derive out of a work of literature. Literary meaning cannot therefore be divorced from literary style. The ...
