Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The Impact of Infrastructure Development of Trade Costs in the East African Community
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County Integrated Development Plan and Implementation of Affordable Housing Projects in Narok North Constituency, Narok County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The provision of basic services, secure and cheap housing, and the modernization of slums are the main objectives of United Nations Sustainable Development Goal (UNSDG) number 11. Since 1950, the number and scope of national ... -
The Effects of Social Media Use on the Mental Health of the Youth: a Case of the University of Nairobi Students
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Influence of Cash Flow Trends on Shareholders’ Returns Among Listed Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Trends in cash flows have been issues encountered by most firms if not only the listed commercial banks in Kenya, leading companies struggling in clearing short term obligations as well as long term obligations as they ... -
Effect of Corporate Governance Practices on Asset Quality Among Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Banks in Kenya have made significant investments in corporate governance to tackle issues about competition, income and cost. At the same time, the number of nonperforming loans held by commercial banks has increased. The ... -
Influence of Strategic Leadership on Employee Performance in Government Ministries in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Strategic leaders are termed as the focal point for better organizational performance. Strategic leadership promotes the culture of inquiry and allows the employees to learn from their mistakes and failures. Through good ... -
Effect of Working Capital Management on the Profitability of Construction and Allied Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Managing the liquidity of an organization is imperative for all businesses; large, small or medium. If an organization fails to manage its liquidity appropriately, there is bound to be cash shortages. As a result, the ... -
The Role of Contingency Planning on Business Continuity During Covid-19 Pandemic Among Investment Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)In Kenya the investment banking environment has been rapidly evolving posing a threat to the commercial banks’ operations. The current economic environment in Kenya is faced with the Covid-19 pandemic protocols, advanced ... -
Liquidity Management and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Saccos in Kericho County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)A company’s liquidity reveals both its degree of financial autonomy against its creditors and the kind and severity of the challenges and crises it is now facing. To what extent this occurs depends on the nature of both ... -
Community Participation and Sustainability of World Vision Donor Funded Youth Entrepreneurial Projects: a Case of Kariobangi Youth Livelihood Project in Soweto Slums, Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Donor projects funded by donors play crucial role in complementing different roles of governments in the delivery of key developmental needs within societies for instance access to socio-economic services such as shelter, ... -
Determinants of Profitability on Street Vending in Kisumu Central Business District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Street vending being a subsector of MSEs exponentially grows with urbanization. The main goal of street vending is to ensure that individuals earn an income and improve on their livelihoods. This however is far from being ... -
Effect of Financial Technology Usage on Growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Financial Technology (Fintech) has a long history. According to Tufano (2016), the term Fintech was first used in the 1950s. Innovation has been more significant in the money industry throughout time in ways that most ... -
Corporate Governance and Financial Sustainability of Non-governmental Organizations in Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The cumulative funding received by Kenyan NGOs plummeted to roughly 70 per cent from 95% thereby leading to closure of NGO programs and total disruption of beneficiary support services. This situation has been exacerbated ... -
Influence of Devolution Policy on Water Service Delivery in Samburu County, Kenya: a Case Study of Samburu Water and Sanitation Company (Sawasco)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The service delivery sector has been characterized by the fact that most of the services provided in the country are government controlled. For example basic education is provided only by the government, so most factors ... -
Influence of Country of Origin on Consumer Based Brand Equity of Baby Diapers in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study's goal was to determine how country of origin affected consumer brand equity of baby diapers in Nairobi, Kenya. The consumer-based brand equity theory and utility theory served as the study's guiding principles. ... -
The Effects of Interest Rate Volatility on Financial Performance of Real Estate Firms in Kenya
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Factors Affecting the Building of Political Institutions in Post Conflict Societies: the Case of Somalia (2000 – 2017)
(University of Nairobi, 2022)This study assessed the factors affecting the building of political institutions in Somalia. It covered the period between 2000 and 2017. The study had the following objectives: to determine the influence of insecurity to ... -
The Effect of Islamic Microfinance Products on Performance of Islamic Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)By bringing previously unreached groups into the realm of formal financial activity, Islamic microfinance is well positioned to boost the total market share of Islamic banking and finance. Due to the various political, ... -
The Effect of Foreign Direct Investment on Agricultural Output in Somalia: an Application of Ardl Model
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The study investigated the effect of foreign direct investment on agricultural output in Somalia. The study utilized time-series secondary data sourced from the World Bank Indicators and the United Nations Data website, ... -
Assessment of Monitoring and Evaluation System for the Embu Water and Sanitation Company Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The overall objective for this study was to assess EWASCO M&E system. The eight components of focus in this study were capacity building and resources, keeping of documents, collection of information, quality structures, ...
