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    • Social Health Insurance Scheme for All Kenyans 

      Njeru, Enos H N; Arasa, Robert; Nguli, Mary (IPARCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2004)
      The health sector reforms that have hitherto taken place (including introduction of National Health Insurance Fund, free health services, cost-sharing, exemptions and waivers, etc) have all aimed largely at addressing ...

    • Primary education in Kenya 

      Njeru, Enos H N; Bwonda, Eldah Nyamoita (IPARCollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2005)
      The study provides a critical analysis of primary education in Kenya between 1989 and 2002, focusing on participation, internal efficiency and equity. Key findings indicated that the major challenges facing primary school ...

    • HIV/AIDS Financing and Spending in Eastern and Southern Africa 

      Njeru, Enos H N; Odundo, P A; Kioko, Urbanus; Korir, Julius Kipkemoi (IDASACollege of Humanities and Social Sciences (CHSS), 2008)
      Substantial financial and human resources from donors, governments, civil society organisations and the private sector have been committed to fighting HIV/AIDS since it was first discovered in Africa. As more resources are ...

    • Combating HIV/ AIDS in Kenya 

      Njeru, Enos H N; Onyango, Christopher H. (College of Humanities & Social Sciences (CHSS), 2004)
      HIV/AIDS pandemic has emerged as one of the leading challenges to global public health and development. The report on the global AIDS epidemic shows that about 40 million people are currently living with the virus worldwide. ...

    • The influence of ICT infrastructure on readiness to adopt e-learning in secondary schools in Kitui district, Kenya 

      MULWA, ANGELINE SABINA; KYALO, DOROTHY NDUNGE (Department of Extra-Mural Studies, 2011)
      This article advocates for speedy provision of ICT infrastructure in all secondary schools to make it possible for the teachers and learners to adopt e-learning to accelerate development and economic growth of our Nation. ...

    • An Empirical Analysis of Risk and Size Factors in Momentum Profitability at the Nairobi Stock Exchange 

      Lishenga, Lisiolo (ORSEASchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011)
      A generation ago, the intellectual dominance of the efficient markets hypothesis as the accepted asset pricing paradigm was unchallenged. By the start of the twenty-first century, however, the acceptance of the efficient ...

    • Naïve Reinforcement Learning As a Guide for Path Discovery 

      Opiyo, Elisha T. O.; Ayienga, Eric; Odongo, William Okello; Manderick, Bernard; Nowé, Ann (ORSEA, 2011)
      Usually, a problem arises given that one is at a point – call it A, and needs to reach a destination, let’s say point G through several other intermediate points in a large space. In the absence of a viable tool to use ...

    • Factors that influence consumer preference of television stations by public primary school teachers in Langata division, Nairobi 

      Wachira, Rose Kirigo (ORSEASchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-10)
      The urban viewer especially in Nairobi has an abundance of channel choice because of the number of new television stations and proliferation of alternative entertainment sources (such as the internet, video rentals, digital ...

    • Challenges of e-banking adoption among the commercial banks in Kenya 

      Munyoki, Justus M.; Ngigi, Eva Nduta (ORSEASchool of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      The objective of this study was to investigate the factors influencing e-banking adoption among commercial banks in Kenya, and the challenges faced by commercial banks in the adoption of E-banking. Descriptive research ...

    • Effects of a shared services strategy on cost reduction 

      Mbugua, Michael M.; Kinoti, Mary W. (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2011-10)
      Moving to a shared service method of operation entails a huge culture change for an organization. The entire business context must be changed. It takes time, effort and vast amounts of management energy to move from a ...

    • The influence of time management tendencies on the relationship between employee empowerment and organizational performance 

      MONARI, FRONICA; K’OBONYO, PETER O.; ANDOLLO, AGNES ANYANGO (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      The main objective of this study was to determine the influence of time management tendencies on the relationship between employee empowerment and organizational performance. Preference-driven variations in the temporal ...

    • E-Commerce Strategy and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya 

      ASIABUGWA, MARY AYUMA; MUNYOKI, JUSTUS M. (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012-07)
      This study aimed at establishing the relationship between e-commerce strategy and performance of commercial banks in Kenya, and the factors influencing the adoption of e-commerce strategy. The study adopted a cross sectional ...

    • Lean manufacturing tools and techniques in industrial operations 

      Ondiek, Gerald Ochieng; Kisombe, Stephen Mgenyi (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      The study sought to examine the extent to which lean manufacturing tools and techniques are adopted by sugar processing companies in Kenya and their impact on factory time efficiency. The study was a survey covering five ...

    • Towards Understanding the Design of Human Resource Development Infrastructures for Knowledge Intensive Organizations 

      Kilika, James M.; K’Obonyo, Peter O.; Ogutu, Martin; Munyoki, Justus M. (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      The design of HRD Infrastructures in organizations remains largely understudied. This paper used the existing theoretical literature to provide empirical evidence on the design of HRD Infrastructures among universities ...

    • Factors influencing Change Management Process at Tamoil Kenya Limited 

      Kinuu, D.; Maalu, J.; Aosa, E. (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      This study set out to establish change management practices within Tamoil Kenya and evaluated the change management process in light of the models of change management and factors that affected the change management process. ...

    • Corporate governance structures and performance of HIV/AIDS NGOs in Nairobi, Kenya 

      Machuki, Vincent N.; Oketch, Nereah A. (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      The study examines the relationship between corporate governance structures and performance of HIV/AIDS Non-Governmental Organizations. Using a structured questionnaire, data on the corporate governance structures ...

    • Corporate governance as an instrument for ethical behaviour in Organizational success 

      Gichaba, Sharon Matama; Magutu, Peterson Obara; Onsongo, Erick Nyakundi; Nyenze, Christopher (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      Corporate governance based on the ethical values is leadership that has the rules, processes, or laws by which businesses are operated, regulated, and controlled, the internal factors are defined by the officers, stockholders ...

    • The link between compliance with corporate governance disclosure code, and firm performance for Kenyan firms. 

      MBAKA, ACQUILLYNE; LISHENGA, LISIOLO (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      In 2002, The Capital Markets Authority (CMA) of Kenya issued the CMA guideline on Corporate Governance. Listed Companies are required to comply or give reasons for non-compliance with the “guideline”. Recent empirical ...

    • An exploratory study of quality management issues in the health service sector in Nairobi, Kenya. 

      NYAMAMBA, M. E.; LUNG’ANZI, M. P.; WAWERU, W. J. (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      Quality has no one common definition. The many definitions are based on origin emphasized, operations / manufacturing, economics, position on marketing-consumer chain and changes focus from product to the process. Quality ...

    • An evaluation of the perfomance of islamically screened portfolios at the Nairobi Stock Exchange 

      Mwatuwano, Aziza M (School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2012)
      There has lately been great interest in Islamic Finance in Kenya. Concerns have however risen where investors fear that by investing Islamically, they risk getting lower returns from their investments. This study therefore ...