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Corporate governance practices by Kenya Airways Limited
(2011-11)
The collapse of major corporates across the world like Ansett Airlines, Retailer Harris
Scarfe, Enron and WorldCom has triggered a global consciousness to clear out the
problem of governance. Since the collapses in ...
Competitiveness of interest rates charged by microfinanace institution in Migori county-Kenya
(2011-11)
Microfinance is touted as the solution to the wide spread poverty in most developing countries,
however, some people have been wondering how MFIs can fulfill their social obligations while
charging their clients interest ...
The relationship between interest rates and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2011)
This study set out with an objective of establishing the relationship between interest rates and financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya. To achieve the objective of the study regression models were developed ...
Child sexual abuse: challenges of prosecuting child sex offenders in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
Prosecution of child sex offenders is one way of putting in practice provisions that are contained in the Sexual Offences Act. The Sexual Offences Act has excellent provisions that could be utilized to protect children ...
Porter’s value chain model and competitive advantage in the oil industry in Kenya
(2011)
The task of any business is to deliver customer value at a profit. In a hyper competitive
economy with increasingly rational buyers faced with abundant choices, a company can
win only by fine-tuning the value delivery ...
Application of remote sensing and GIS in assessing land use and land cover changes and their impact on hydrological regime in River Gucha catchment, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
A study to assess the impact of climate and land use/cover on hydrological regime in River Gucha Catchment was conducted with the principal objectives of (a) assessing trends in land use/cover change for the past 34 years ...
Breaking down barriers in Rural Kenya: a case study of M-PESA services in Migwani area of Mwingi District, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The cellular mobile industry in Kenya has become one of the most popular and fastest growing industries in Kenya. Safaricom, Airtel (known as Zain during this study), Orange Kenya and Yu are the four mobile operators in ...
Analysis of the most frequent mistakes in Simultaneous Interpretation and why they occur
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The purpose of this study is an attempt to analyze the most frequent mistakes that occur in simultaneous interpretation (SI) within the framework of the IDRC model designed by Gile (2002). Other views have also been taken ...
Factors influencing teacher performance on implementation of free primary education in City Council primary schools in Nairobi province, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The Free Primary Education (FPE) initiative was first declared in Kenya in 1974 and re-declared in January 2003. The implementation of FPE led to an increase in the enrolment of pupils in public primary schools which grew ...
Socio-Economic factors influencing participation of households in CDF projects: a case study of Constituency Developement Fund in Ol-Kalou Constituency
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)
The main objective of this study was to explore on socioeconomic factors influencing participation of households in CDF projects to alleviating rural poverty. Shortcomings of the highly centralised system, has resulted in ...