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Influence of headteachers’ instructional supervision practices on teachers’ job performance in public primary schools in Lang’ata sub county, Nairobi Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)xii ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of the headteacher‘s instructional supervision practices on teachers‘ job performance in public primary schools in Lang‘ata Sub County in Nairobi ... -
User- Centric Evaluation Of Government Of Kenya Online Services: The Case Of Itax
(University of Nairobi, 2016-05)In recent years, the Kenyan government has worked to use Information and communication technologies (ICTs) to increase openness and transparency in their operations. These ICTs are seen as a cost-effective and convenient ... -
Influence of community based organisation programs on women empowernment in kibra constituency: a case of Permaco women self help group, Nairobi city county Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The role of Self Help Groups (SHGs) in the context of improving women empowerment has become a vital one. Even now nearly 50 per cent of the Kenyans live below the poverty line which has over time encouraged SHG activities ... -
Integrated Analysis Of Student Feedback, A Business Integrated Intelligence Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)Over the years the negative notion that people have held about feedback is quickly changing and now more than ever we are using our customer feedback as a way to assess our current market placement and improve our services. ... -
Adhesive post operative small bowel obstruction in adult patients as seen at the Kenyatta National Hospital.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Background: Adhesions are the leading cause of small intestinal obstruction worldwide. The commonest risk factor to the formation of adhesions has been shown to be previous abdominal surgery. The degree of peritoneal ... -
Fertility transition status in Sub Saharan Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Fertility transition has been identi ed to be a¤ected by numerous factors. This research aimed at investigation of the most e¤ective factors a¤ecting fertility transition in Kenya. These factors were rstly extracted ... -
The Effects of Board Characteristics on Financial Performance of Listed Commercial and Service Firms at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)Corporate boards are tasked with overall financial performance of firms under commercial and service sector which have for decades been at the centre of driving the economies of the developing nations as evidenced through ... -
Factors influencing the role of women in devolved funded projects: a case of Njoro subcounty, Nakuru county, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Women constitute a very important part and parcel of the population of any particular country. Therefore their contribution towards various development projects in terms of identification, initiation and propagation of ... -
Effects of Financial Innovation on Growth of Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)In a new generation of models studying the impact of innovative activities on firm growth, the focus has shifted to the complex innovation process and channels through which the innovation inputs are transformed into better ... -
Application of the utaut model to understand the factors influencing the use of web 2.0 tools in e-learning in Kenyan public universities
(University of Nairobi, 2016-04)The focus of this study was to identify factors influencing the use of Web 2.0 tools in e-learning in Kenyan Public Universities. The tools can then be introduced and used to aid in successful collaborative learning. The ... -
Factors Affecting Entrepreneurship Development of Mobile Money Within the Telecommunication Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-10)In today’s turbulent job market, starting and having own business venture is a dream of young generation. Telecommunication companies like Airtel, Orange and Safaricom through their mobile money platforms have provided a ... -
Knowledge Management Capabilities And Performance Of International Humanitarian Organizations In Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)In the present dynamic business environment, Knowledge has taken centre stage as a valuable resource for firms, the most unique feature being that this knowledge is embedded in the minds of the workers within the firms. ... -
Factors Influencing Sustainability of Rural Community Based Projects; a Case of Jatropha Curcus Growing Project in Garsen Constituency – Tana Delta County
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)A large number of jatropha (Jatropha curcus L.) projects have been implemented in various countries to develop a viable bioenergy cropping system, based on the understanding that the tropical woody perennial tree or shrub ... -
Antonymy in Gĩkũyũ: a Cognitive Semantics Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2016-11)This study endeavored to investigate antonymy in Gĩkũyũ using the Cognitive Semantics approach and provide an analysis of both the traditional (structural) and the cognitive approaches to this sense relation. This research ... -
Social network analysis for Credit Risk Modeling
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)The modern society quest for credit has led to an increase in consumer credit uptake with proportionate increase in default rates. Some of the current credit risk models deteriorate over time and need frequent validation. ... -
A roadmap for the adoption of government e-payments in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016-07)Analogous to the motorists’ roadmap that shows roads, directions and distances to a destination of a given region, A roadmap in this context is a detailed guideline that answers the “why-what-how" questions and lay out the ... -
Managerial Practices Influencing Integration of Information Communication Technology in in-service Programmes at Police Training Institutions in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of administrators of police training institutions managerial practices on integration of Information Communication Technology (ICT) into in-service programmes ... -
Factors influencing completion of construction projects in Kenya: a case of government buildings construction projects in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The main purpose of the study was to determine the factors influencing completion of projects in Kenya: a case of government buildings construction projects in Nairobi County. The study was guided by four specific objectives: ... -
Antinociceptive activities of extracts of croton megalocarpus hutch (eurphobiaceae) using animal models
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The use of plant parts for therapeutic purposes has been widely practiced in Africa. One of the trees used for fever and analgesia is Croton megalocarpus. However, animal studies have not been done to evaluate this claimed ... -
Factors Influencing Sustainability of Constituency Development Funded Projects in the Devolved Government in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2016)CDF is a development initiative that was created by the NARC government in 2003(CDF Act 2003) to address poverty and development at grassroots level. For the purpose of this study, the researcher sought to investigate why ...
