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Factors influencing domestic violence among families in Chebunyo ward, Chepalungu sub-county, Bomet county, Kenya
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Factors Influencing Education During the Covid-19 Pandemic, a Case of Primary Schools in Kajiado County
(University of Nairobi, 2021)The World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a public emergency threatening global health due to its infectious nature causing millions of deaths around the world. On March 13, 2020, Kenya reported the first case of ... -
Factors influencing effectiveness of Kenya’s community health strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS: a case of Transmara west sub county, Narok county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014)The purpose of this study was to explore the factors that influence effectiveness of Kenya’s Community Health Strategy in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Specifically, the study sought to establish the influence of resource ... -
Factors influencing farmers’ decisions to adopt agro-silviculture in kenya: a case of Kapenguria division, west Pokot county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Agro-forestry is a collective name for all land-use systems and practices where woody perennial plants are deliberately grown on the same land management unit as agricultural crops and/or animals, either in spatial mixture ... -
Factors influencing forest conservation in Bungoma county. A case of mt.Elgon forest, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Mt.Elgon Forest land provides an important resource base for rural people‟s livelihoods. Despite above, there is an alarming increase of forest encroachment catapulted by uncontrolled human activities such as logging. ... -
Factors influencing implementation of major road infrastructure projects in Kenya: a case of the southern bypass project, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Road construction is considered to be one of the most important aspect in an economy, as it interacts with nearly all fields of human endeavor. The productivity, welfare, and security of both rural and urban people ... -
Factors influencing implementation of women enterprise fund in Kenya, a case of Kajiado south constituency, Kajiado county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)In Kenya, women face various challenges in their live endeavours as they endure to attain self economic empowerment. To address the challenges faced by women in their attempt to access affordable credit, the Kenya ... -
Factors influencing management of liquid waste in kenyan urban centres: the case of Machakos Town, Kenya
(2015)The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors that influence liquid waste management in urban areas in Kenya, the case of Machakos Town. It was guided by four objectives; to establish the extent to which funding ... -
Factors influencing occupancy level of houses in slum upgrading projects: a case of Kibra Soweto-East in Nairobi county, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The purpose of this study was to establish the factors influencing occupancy level of houses in slum upgrading projects; a case of Kibra Soweto-East in Nairobi County. Urbanization plays a major role in the development ... -
Factors Influencing Performance of Community Based Organizations in Implementing Agricultural Extension Services in Buuri Sub-county, Meru County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2016)Agriculture remains the main source of income for many people in the world. The purpose of the study was to establish the factors influencing performance of community based organizations in implementing agricultural extension ... -
Factors influencing performance of county government projects: a case of Gatundu modern market, Kiambu County, Kenya
(School of Mathematics, University of Nairobi, 2018)Performance of projects is a concern for most project managers since this will guide in accounting for the resources provided and leads to customer’s satisfaction. The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors ... -
Factors Influencing Policy Researchersbehavioral Intention to Use Open Data Technologies in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)With the growing open government movement, governments have put effort to open their data, and provide it through open data technology. One important determinant of the success of open data initiatives is the extent to ... -
Factors influencing retention of engineers in power generating project: a case of geothermal power station, Naivasha Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The vision of KenGen is “Provision of reliable, safe, quality and competitively priced electric energy in East Africa”. Its mission is “To efficiently generate competitively priced electrical energy using state of the art ... -
Factors influencing subscriber adoption of mobile payments: a case of safaricom's lipa na m-pesa service in Embu town, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)M-PESA service was introduced in the year 2007 by Safaricom Company as a business strategy to increase the company‟s business growth and deepen financial inclusion in Kenya. Currently it is being widely used by a population ... -
Factors influencing successful implementation of hunger safety net programme in the vulnerable livelihoods in northern Kenya: a case of Wajir county
(University of Nairobi, 2015)The main aim of this study was to undertake and investigation of factors affecting the success of Hunger Safety Net Programme in the Vulnerable Livelihoods in Northern Kenya, in Wajir County. The purpose of this study ... -
Factors influencing teenage pregnancy in public secondary schools in Imenti north sub county, Meru County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Sub-Saharan Africa has one of the highest levels of teenage pregnancies in the world. In spite of that, there is paucity of research on causes of teenage pregnancies in African countries. Teenage pregnancies and the ... -
Factors influencing the adoption of cloud computing in software development companies in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018-07)The main aim of this study was to establish the factors that influence cloud computing adoption in the software development companies in Kenya. The study was guided by four specific objectives; to establish the organizational ... -
The Factors Influencing the Adoption of Software as a Service (Saas) by Small and Medium Size Enterprises (Smes): a Case Study of Nairobi County in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2016)The output of this research was a framework that informs the adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) for Small and middle-sized businesses (SMEs). Recent research has shown that there are significant advantages of SaaS ... -
Factors influencing the development of bamboo value chain in Kenya: A case study of Nairobi county
(2014)Kenya, like many other developing countries has experienced its fair share of challenges of balancing between environmental sustainability and development. Key among these challenges is the deteriorating environment as ...