University of Nairobi Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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Factors Affecting Implementation of Strategic E-procurement of Construction Materials for Maintenance Works A Study of Private Hospitals in Nairobi City County
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Building maintenance is usually a requirement due to the use of the structure. Hospitals are not an exception in this, as there is a requirement to ensure comfort and ambience for those in such premises. There is a strong ... -
School Based Factors Influencing Implementation Of Competency Based Curriculum In Public Preschools In Garissa Sub-County, Garissa County Kenya
(UoN, 2019)The purpose of the study was to investigate school-based factors influencing implementation of competency-based curriculum in public pre-schools in Garissa Sub-County Garissa County Kenya. The study sought to establish ... -
Effect Of Energy Consumption On Economic Growth In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This paper uses the ARDL Bounds technique to examine the relationship of incremental energy use on Kenyan economic growth as well as causality during the period of 1979-2014. Overall findings showed a LR relationship from ... -
Access to Information in Kenya: a Critical Analysis of the Access to Information Act 2016.
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study analyzes the challenges encountered by Kenyan citizens in accessing information despite there being a comprehensive legislative framework on Access to Information. The study makes three main arguments. The first ... -
The Effect Of Telephone Connection In The Economic Growth Of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This paper investigated the relationship between telephone connection and GDP using time series data from Kenya for the period 1988 to 2018. Although telecommunication sector is identified as enabler of Kenya’s vision ... -
How Firm Level Factors And External Environment Dynamics Affect Strategic Planning And Performance Of Manufacturing Firms In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)The past empirical studies on strategic planning and firm performance have produced contradictory findings, which mean the findings are still inconclusive. Some researchers have argued that strategic planning influences ... -
Gender Equality and Education in Kenya: a Case Study of Women in Technical and Vocational Education and Training in Nairobi and Kiambu Counties
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study examines the effectiveness of legislation and policies towards enhancing gender equality in access to education in Kenya. It uses the example of women in Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) ... -
Trends in Inequalities in Use of Family Planning Among Women of Reproductive Age in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)This study focused on inequalities in use of family planning among women of reproductive age in Kenya with the main objective of the study being to assess the performance and thus the effectiveness of the national family ... -
Determinants of Demand for Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision by Male Adults in Ugunja Sub County
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) is the removal of the foreskin of the penis either surgically or by use of a device to males who have voluntarily consented. VMMC has been shown to be an effective strategy in the ... -
Total Quality Integration In Supply Chain Operations And Performance Of Large Manufacturing Firms In Nairobi, Kenya
(UoN, 2019)This study explores the impacts of Total Quality integration in Supply Chain Operations and performance within the context of large manufacturing firm in Nairobi Kenya. Most of the organizations has achieved world-class ... -
Effects Of Tax Incentives On Financial Performance Of Savings And Credit Cooperative Societies In Nairobi County
(UoN, 2019)The purpose of this study was to establish the effects of tax incentives on financial performance of SACCOs in Nairobi County. The study adopted a descriptive research design. The study population comprised of all the ... -
Embracing Transparency and Accountability in Kenya’s Extractives Sector
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Good governance of the extractive industry (EI)1 is critical in global governance of the natural resources.2 The Extractive Industry has been defined as the process where the earth’s raw materials are removed, processed ... -
Assessment of the Monitoring and Evaluation System for Kenyatta National Hospital
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The objective of this study was to assess the M&E system of the ASDSP and to determine the extent to which it meets the set-out standards of a functioning M&E system. The study operationalized the 12 components as the ... -
Big Data Analytics And Operations Decisions: A Case Study Of Banks In Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Big Data Analytics is emerging as technology that re-defines how companies compete through development of capabilities and new business models. In the era of Big Data decisions can be automated in a way that guarantees ... -
Demand for Agricultural Credit by Rural Smallholder Farmers
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The effect of climate change and variability on agricultural production systems cannot be underestimated especially in rural areas. Farmers more than often experience increased agricultural losses and reduced productivity ... -
Effects Of Behavioural Change On Tactical Asset Allocation In Insurance Companies In Mombasa Town Kenya
(UoN, 2019)Effects Of Behavioural Change On Tactical Asset Allocation In Insurance Companies In Mombasa Town Kenya -
Determinants of Demand for Credit by the Real Estate Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The study investigates the determinants of Kenya’s real estate sector demand for credit. The study used quarterly time series data for the period 2005 Q1-2018 Q4 and the Vector Error Correction model. The results indicate ... -
Essays on Smallholder Avocado Contract Farming, Gender Patterns in Labor Allocation and the Effect of Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture on Food Security in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2019)Avocado has been identified as one of the non-traditional export crops with national and global economic importance in Kenya. Production of the fruit predominantly depends on intra-household division of labor in which ... -
An Assessment of the Monitoring and Evaluation System of the Agricultural Sector Development Support Programme, Phase Ii (Asdsp Ii)
(University of Nairobi, 2019)The objective of this study was to assess the M&E system of the ASDSP and to determine the extent to which it meets the set-out standards of a functioning M&E system. The study operationalized the 12 components as the ...
