Factors Influencing Growth of Informal Transport Sector: a Case of Bodaboda Transport in Central Division, Embu West District.
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Date
2014Author
Gitonga, Veronica W
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ThesisLanguage
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The purpose of this study was to establish the factors influencing growth of informal
transport sector, with reference to bodaboda service provision in central division,
Embu west district, Kenya. The objectives of the study were to establish how
unemployment influences growth of informal transport sector, to access how the cost
of acquisition and maintenance of bodaboda influence growth of informal transport
sector in, Embu west. To establish how versatility of bodaboda influence growth of
informal transport sector in Embu and to determine how ease of operation of
bodaboda influence growth of informal transport sector. The study was important as it
helped unearth the factors influencing the growth of informal transport sector. The
findings formed basis upon which recommendation were made which may help cut
down the number of bodaboda related accident and death. The findings will also help
ministry of transport and traffic police on management of bodaboda operators in
Embu west district. The study will be useful to future scholars as it will also add to the
existing body of knowledge. The study used descriptive survey design which helped
to gather information about the present existing condition. The target population was
312 comprising of 300 bodaboda operators, 10 users of bodaboda, 1 traffic base
commander and 1 Manyatta sub county revenue officer. A sample size of 169 was
selected using krejcies and Morgan tables (1970), user sample size was conveniently
sampled through observable schedule. Purposive sampling method was used to pick
traffic base commander and sub county revenue officer. Split half technique was used
to establish the reliability of the research instruments. The study found that a large
number of the bodaboda service providers are men at (95.1%) with females as the
major clients for the bodaboda services at (60%)Most of the bodaboda operators are
in age bracket of 21-30yrs and are married (61.8%)Most bodaboda service provision
is viewed as the main occupation by the operators. The study also found that most
operators ride their own motorcycles and the main source of the capital used to
acquire them comes through their own savings and bank loans. The operators earn an
average income of Ksh. 300 to Kshs. 500 per day with maintenance costs of about
Kshs. 1000 to Kshs. 3000 per month. Bodaboda operations are more versatile as was
found from the study that they could traverse all forms of roads; convenient at any
time of the day and their charges were negotiable. Lastly, findings from the study
showed that the distance per trip was short with a carriage capacity of one to two
passengers or one passenger with a load. This renders the operations flexible and easy
to operate, hence the high rate of investments in the business
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University of Nairobi
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