Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Responsiveness Of Horticultural Production To Infrastructure Development In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Empirical evidence indicates that development of infrastructural such as irrigation, education, roads and electricity, has a positive effect on agricultural production. In Kenya, road transport, electricity and irrigation ... -
Determinants Of Choice Of Health Insurance Plan Among Rural Households In Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)In Kenya, health insurance coverage is low with approximately 17 percent of the country’s population having a form of prepayment health insurance cover. Health insurance coverage has largely remained an urban phenomenon ... -
Effect Of Corporate Governance On The Dividend Payout Of Manufacturing Firms Listed At The Nairobi Securities Exchange
(UoN, 2019)The outcome hypothesis gives a suggestion that dividend payout is an output of governance quality. In organizations with poor administration, managers who are self-seekers have the ability of retaining a lot of the cash ... -
Effects Of Occupational Stress On Employee Job Performance At State Department For University Education And Research
(UoN, 2019)Stress has been analyzed as a major contributor to employee absenteeism and turnover limiting the potential success of an organization. It has been attributed to have negative impacts on employee emotionally, behavioral ... -
Antimicrobial Susceptibility Patterns of Bacterial Isolates in Patients at Moi County Referral Hospital, Voi
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is an increasing worldwide concern to global health. Infections caused by these resistant organisms increase morbidity, mortality and treatment costs. This study was conducted at ... -
Perceived Effect Of Terms Of Employment On Satisfaction With Talent Management In Kcb Bank Ltd: A Case Study Of Contact Centre Employees
(UoN, 2019)Talent management is critical to the success of any organization as it helps to manage, retain and develop talented personalities at all levels. Banking sector is an environment that is viewed as full of volatility, ... -
Change Management Strategy And Asset Control: A Case Study Of The United Nations Department Of Safety And Security In Somalia
(UoN, 2019)Globalization has led to an increase need to improve the management of the assets in order to create value. Asset management has been increasingly been becoming digitized in order to improve their management. The study ... -
Modeling the Trend of Malaria Reported Cases in Kisumu County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background: Although there has been an extensive scale up of Malaria interventions in Kenya, Malaria infections persist at unacceptably high levels in some of the regions. Even with renewed calls to eradicate the disease ... -
Information Security Management Practices And Risk Exposures Among Commercial Banks In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)This research is about implemented information security management practices and information security risk exposures in Commercial Banks in Kenya. The research was motivated by the need to determine the extent of implementation ... -
Determinants Of Loan Repayment Default Among Small And Medium Enterprises In Kisumu Central Sub County, Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Loan repayment default has been a challenge among SME`s in Kenya. This study checked determinants of loan repayment default among SME`s at Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya. The study adopted descriptive cross sectional ... -
Primary School Enrolment In South-Sudan: Evidence From Cross-Sectional Survey Data
(University of Nairobi, 2019)In spite of the important role of human capital investment in a country’s socioeconomic development, primary school enrolment in Sub-Sahara Africa and particularly in South-Sudan remains very low. This study examines the ... -
Integrated Database System for Hiv/aids Management: a Case of Kicoshep-kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Kicoshep is a national NGO founded in 1990 in Kibera slums with the aim of supporting communities to cope with the impact of HIV/AIDS and provide home-based care services to the people living with HIV (PLHIV) and their ... -
Information and Decision Making on Assisted Reproductive Technologies Among Families Experiencing Infertility in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study sought to explore the information on infertility and information on Assisted Reproductive Technologies available in Kenya and how it was packaged and disseminated; to find out whether those suffering infertility ... -
Socioeconomic Determinants Of Treatment Choice For Childhood Fever In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The existence of fever, especially in young children, gives an indication of existence of an underlying health condition that would require treatment. Acute fever in most cases is caused by respiratory infections that ... -
Demand For Caesarean Delivery In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Background. Caesarean delivery is a method of child birth whereby an incision is made through the abdominal muscles and uterine wall to remove the baby. Historically, it was done only if the mother had died before delivery. ... -
New Vernacular TV Viewership Habits;A Case of Inooro TV
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Impact Of Public Health Expenditure On Household Consumption In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Regardless of the fact that public health spending contributes significantly in determining the consumption levels among Kenyan households, it is still not clear by what extent does public health spending determine ... -
Corporate Sports Sponsorship and Brand Awareness of Commercial Banks in Kenya: a Case of Family Bank’s Eldoret Half Marathon
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Using Family Bank’s sponsorship of Eldoret Half Marathon as a case study, this study aimed to establish how corporate sports sponsorship and brand awareness affect the bank’s customers. The study was anchored on the Social ... -
Social Media Influence on Body Influence on Body Image Among Female University Students :a Case Study of Instagram
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study aimed at examining how social media and precisely instagram influences body image among female university students. The specific objectives were to find out and investigate: the consequences of instagram use ... -
Impact of Information and Communication Technology-based Extension Services on Dairy Production and Household Welfare: the Case of Icow Service in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Agricultural extension services play an important role for growth and transformation of the agricultural sector in Sub Saharan Africa. Benefits such as high productivity, quality of produce, reduction of diseases and pest, ...
