dc.contributor.author | Kipkore, Pius C | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2013-05-12T09:49:24Z | |
dc.date.available | 2013-05-12T09:49:24Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2004-10 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Masters Of Business Administration (MBA) Degree, University of Nairobi | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/22396 | |
dc.description | A Management Research Project submitted in
partial fulfillment of the requirements of the
Master of Business Administration Degree | en |
dc.description.abstract | The research looks into operations and performance of Eldoret international
airport as a public utility. Efforts have been made to evaluate performance by
establishing whether cargo tonnage of industrial and commercial nature have
been increasing or decreasing ever since the inception of the airport. Passenger
use of airport has also been established, so do the flow of tourists to western
part of the country through the facility.
The research is a case. It has thus used the case study approach in which case
the population of interest is centered within the airport. However efforts were
made to seek information from relevant ministry officias and stakeholders in
Eldoret town.
The data needed was obtained through face to face interviews with various
airport officials. A questionnaire was also prepared and used. The questionnaire
was aimed at gauging the peoples' attitudes and general feelings on the presence
and eventual use of the facility in the region.
Tables, graphs and charts have been fully used in the analysis of the data. The
data analysis revealed that since the beginning of operations aircrafts have been
increasing in the airport. However both cargo and passengers in terms of
tonnage and numbers have been respectively decreasing. The reducing trend
was noticed from 2003 when the government surprisingly slapped a ban on
cargo and other flights from using the airport.
Two types of recommendations are given. It is instructive to learn that people
around Eldoret do not have an affinity for aircraft flights. This is unlike those
around Kisumu who have a high flavor for flights. It's something to be
recommended for further research. The entrepreneurial spmt of the people
around the catchment area of the airport is still low. This again is recommended
for further research.
Further recommendations have been given on the way forward for the airport .I
Strongly hold that if the airport management were to make use of these
recommendations, good results would be achieved. However some of the
recommendations require time to implement. | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | University of Nairobi | en |
dc.title | Evaluation of public utility projects: the case of Eldoret international airport | en |
dc.type | Thesis | en |
local.publisher | School of Business | en |