http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/107032 Tue, 19 May 2026 18:19:49 GMT 2026-05-19T18:19:49Z http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168224 Rethinking Geothermal Law in Kenya: Progress, Pitfalls, and the Path to Reform Chebelyon, Beatrice C Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168224 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168219 The Effect of Investment Decisions on the Performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Kenya Ochonjo, Erick O The outcome of this study revealed the impact of different investment decisions on the performance of the SACCOs in Nairobi County, Kenya. Taken as antecedents, the study measures the impact of each decision on SACCO performance using a multiple linear regression model on lending, real estate investment, expansion, R&D, and employee literacy as a mediating factor. The secondary data was collected from 46 SACCOs based on their timely reporting and high level of compliance to the regulatory standards set by the SACCO Societies Regulatory Authority (SASRA).This paper shows that lending operations especially extension of credit in short term and mobile products increases SACCO profitability and member participation. Other sectors that are positive include; real estate investment, property, Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) and others because they offer regular income and growing asset base. Market development and branch establishment decisions are used to reveal that they enhance the profitability due to the increased market reach of SACCOs. Businesses’ research and development spending is consistent in delivering positive returns through sales and technological advancements that assist organizations in creating sustainable competitive advantages and superstructures. Additionally, increased employee literacy also assumes the role of mediator in the relationship between efficiency and profitability of operations. This study establishes the concept of strategic investment decision making and a positive impact of employees’ literacy level in enhancing such investment on the overall performance of SACCOs. This work could be useful for SACCOs planning to leverage this area to achieve efficiency in investment and financial improvement. SACCOs should therefore go on expanding the lending products; here mobile and short term loans in order to capture the needs of different members besides improving on returns. Secondly, Real estate continues to be a favorable and valuable kind of investment; for this reason, SACCOs should erect capital on rental and REITs to garner more returns. One key area of focus to enhance the performance of SACCOs should be opening up additional branches and venturing into other untapped market segments in order to greatly increase membership. Further, an amendment of the R&D investment can improve the competitiveness of SACCOs, and the services they offer in an ever-changing financial market which is critical in the growth of SACCOs. The present paper elicited that increasing SACCOs employees’ literacy and technical skills will go a long way in boosting up the organizational operations, hence the organizational outcomes, because the overall service delivery is increased. Mon, 01 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168219 2024-01-01T00:00:00Z http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168218 Election Technologies and Democratic Consolidation: A Case Study of Kenya, 2007-2022 Ogutu, Tonny O This study examines the impact of election technologies on Kenya’s democratic consolidation from 2007 to 2022. The study was guided by the following objectives: First, to assess the extent to which the legal framework governing election technologies has influenced democratic consolidation in Kenya. And second, to examine how the application of integrated election technologies has impacted democratic consolidation in Kenya. The study used qualitative methods, including interviews, to collect primary data. The primary data was triangulated with secondary data drawn from election reports to conduct the analysis. This study revealed that post-2010 legal frameworks have laid an important foundation for democratic consolidation by enhancing electoral integrity and institutional independence. However, their effectiveness remains limited in the absence of robust accountability mechanisms and sustained stakeholder engagement. The study also finds that while election technologies such as BVR, EVID, and RTS have improved transparency, accuracy, and efficiency in electoral processes, persistent challenges, including technical failures, legal ambiguities, and institutional weaknesses, continue to undermine their overall contribution to democratic consolidation in Kenya. With regards to recommendations, Kenya’s experience illustrates that reforms should first prioritize strengthening the IEBC’s independence, procurement transparency, accountability mechanisms, and stakeholder engagement. Specifically, the study recommends legal reforms to streamline procurement schedules, testing protocols, and data protection laws, alongside the establishment of an electoral technology oversight body. Operationally, it suggests continuous training for election officials, enhanced pre-election technology testing, targeted civic education, and strengthened cybersecurity measures. Additionally, it advocates for the integration of IEBC and national registration data to maintain a clean voter register and the expansion of electoral infrastructure in marginalized areas. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168218 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168217 The Interventions of Negotiated Democracy in Political Inclusion: A Case Study of Migori County Bondo, Denish A This research study addressed the dynamic paradigm of political inclusion in Migori County, a region characterized by high ethnic diversity and a history of political antagonism. The gap between the theoretical potential of negotiated democracy to create political inclusion and the actual practice of negotiated democracy in Migori County, where minority groups feel marginalized, constituted the research problem. The basis of this study was to assess the impact of negotiated democracy on enhancing political inclusion. To achieve this, mixed research design was applied to examine the three study objectives, including assessing the effects of corporatism, identifying the effects of consociationalism, and evaluating the effects of regimes of veto players on political inclusion in Migori County. The study employed a mixed-method design which incorporated quantitative data based on a survey, reinforced by qualitative data pegged on focus group discussions. The target population was the political leaders, community elders, civil society members, and citizens actively participating in the politics of Migori County. The results showed that negotiated democracy, especially through consociational and regimes of veto players practice, has influenced political inclusion, which, though has always been short-lived in every instance, has taken place, as evidenced by the power-sharing agreements during the 2013 general election. The study, however, revealed that the stability of such agreements over time is threatened by the lack of formal legalities and the superiority of majoritarian politics, resulting in a sense of exclusion among minority ethnic groups. In addition, the study recommends, formulation of legal framework and institutionalization of power sharing within the county for sustainability, frontrunner political party (ODM) to exercise the provision of direct nomination to candidates from minority communities to enhance their election, the civil society and interest groups to heighten civic education and need for compromise to realize political inclusion, and the researchers to undertake further study on the possible modalities of establishing legal framework and institutionalization of negotiated democracy within the county for longevity and sustainability Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke/handle/11295/168217 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z