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SPORTS TOURISM AND PERCEIVED SOCIOECONOMIC IMPACT IN KENYA: THE CASE OF MACHAKOS COUNTY
(Elsevier, 2017-08)
Purpose – Smaller events have been favoured by many commentators in sports research because mega events have been criticised for failing to have an aggregate positive advantage to local communities, especially in developing ...
Profit based unit commitment in deregulated electricity markets using a hybrid lagrangian relaxation - particle swarm optimization approach
(2017)
In deregulated electricity markets, individual generation companies (GENCOs) carry out independent unit commitment based on predicted energy and revenue prices. The GENCOs unit commitment strategies are developed with the ...
Diagnostic Control Systems and Overall Firm Performance of Sugar Firms in Western Kenya
(2017-01)
Diagnostic control systems are the backbone of traditional management control, designed to ensure predictable goal achievement. Unfortunately, managers typically pay little attention to these feedback systems to improve ...
A Survey of Security Protocols for Wireless Sensor Networks
(International Journal of Applied computer Science, 2017)
There are numerous wireless sensor network
(WSN) applications being developed day to
day. These applications range from simple
environmental monitoring such as collecting
temperatures in an agricultural farm to
complex ...
Challenges of change management on service delivery in the Administration Police Service in Muranga County
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN COMMERCE, IT & MANAGEMENT, 2017-08)
Change is an inevitable part of life, a well-planned and formulated change, can produce positive results. Despite planning change, change is hard to incorporate,
accept and appreciate. Change has an impact on the individuals ...
An Empirical Assessment of Monthly Default Penalties as a Deterrent Measure of Default on Higher Education Loan Recovery in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2017)
Despite the various measures taken by Higher Education Loans Board (HELB) in Kenya to
increase its loans recovery, there has been reluctancy by HELB funded University graduates to
repay their loans. In this regard, HELB ...
Understanding the travel motivation among youth travelers in Kenya: the ‘push’ and ‘pull’ paradigm
(African Journal of Hospitality, Tourism and Leisure, 2017)
The purpose of this study was to provide an in-depth understanding of the factors that motivate youth
travel in Kenya using the ‘Push’ and ‘Pull’ paradigm of travel motivation. The study adopted a
questionnaire survey ...
EFFECT OF MONETARY RESOURCES UTILIZATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND PROJECTS IN KENYA (A case of Kiharu Constituency Murang’a County)
(2017-06)
The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established by an Act of parliament in Kenya in the year 2003 with an aim of ensuring equitable resource allocation to all constituencies which are the electoral zones. The ...