dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of CBOs particular influence on the
economic empowerment of the rural community of Bahati location in Bahati division in
Nakuru county of Kenya. The empirical study on CBOs activities influence on community
economic empowerment was a gap being addressed. The problem was to establish whether
CBOs' activities had influence on economic empowerment of the target population. The study
sought to establish whether CBOs activities influenced the economic empowerment of the
community by answering question;-. "Do the CBOs activities influence the economic
empowerment of Bahati rural community? The specific objectives was to establish the CBOs
activities, approaches the CBOs uses, the level of CBOs partnership, the level of community
participation in CBOs work and establishing relationships between CBOs activities and
economic empowerment. In order to ensure the study depicts logic, the variables under
examination were operationalised on the basis of the four objectives in relation to dependent
variable. The study involved seventy nine (79) respondents. This included 75 households
stratified on the basis of age, education level and sex. To enhance objectivity six
representative respondents were randomly derived from three CBOs management team and
six from each of the three development partners selected randomly. The study targeted 1500
households, 36 people in the three CBOs management team and 45 employees of
development partners in Bahati division in Nakuru County. The research sample involved 79
respondents. Seventy-five (75) from households, two (2) people in CBOs management team
and two (2) from the three developments agency partners randomly selected. Descriptive
survey design was adopted utilizing both numerical and non numerical primary and secondary
data. Background information to study was achieved through literature review of previous
studies, development reports, conferences presentation and text books. Data was collected
through a questionnaire, observation, focused group discussion and content analysis. The
statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used in data analysis and Measures of
central tendency and variability were analyzed. The information has been presented in text,
tables and figures. The findings of this study established that there exists a relationship
between CBOs activities and economic empowerment; in the rural livelihoods. The study
recommends that level of partnership and methods of project selection should be focused as
one of the factors for analysis when selecting CBOs activity; if economic empowerment is a priority. | en |