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Factor Substitution in Integrated Maize-Dairy Farming System in Uasin Gishu District
(2020-07)This study looked at the existence of jointedness in production, cost complementarity and factor substitution in small hold mixed maize and dairy production system. The smallholder farmers in UasinGishu County practise ... -
Factors Affecting Intention to Join and Remain in The Trade Unions by Security Firms’ Employees in Kenya: G4s Security Services Limited, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences Management and Entrepreneurship, 2018)There seems to be widespread recognition of the rational base of trade unions in the literature on industrial relations throughout the twentieth century. However, in the recent years, union membership has drastically ... -
Factors Affecting Internal Auditor’s Performance in Public Universities in Kenya
(Global journal of Economics and Business Administration, 2018)The study focused on the factors affecting internal auditors ‘performance in public universities in Kenya. It aimed at achieving the objectives: to determine how the working environment, to assess how the challenges to the ... -
Factors Affecting Performance of Cut Flower Firms in Kenya: A Case of Maji Mazuri Flowers Ltd, Uasin Gishu County
(2016-06)The flower firms in Kenya face high competition from those in the developed countries whose produce is deemed to be of quality. There is a need therefore to improve on the activities in Kenyan flower firms to gain competitive ... -
Factors Affecting Project Performance of Vulnerable Children Programs in Lurambi Constituency of Kakamega County
(International Journal of Novel Research in Humanity and Social Sciences Vol. 8, Issue 6, pp: (12-24), 2021)The purpose of the study is to investigate the factors affecting performance of vulnerable children projects with specific objectives, to establish how project planning, project financial resources, Project human resources ... -
Factors Affecting Provision of Quality Service in the Public Health Sector: A Case of Nyahururu District Hospital, Kenya
(International journal of management and economics invention ||Volume||2||Issue||09||Pages-852-896, 2016)In healthcare industry service quality has become an imperative in providing patient satisfaction because delivering quality service directly affects the patient’s satisfaction. The public health sector should ensure ... -
Factors Affecting Purchasing Effectiveness in the Public Sugar Sector: A Case Study of Nzoia Sugar Company Limited
(2014-06)In the recent past, procurement performance has been attracting great attention from practitioners, academicians and researchers due to poor performance resulting from non adherence to proper processes and procedures. Many ... -
Factors affecting tax compliance among small and medium enterprises in Kitale town Trans-nzoia County, Kenya.
(2014-12)This study seeks to establish factors affecting tax compliance by Small and Medium Enterprises, with special emphasis on Income Tax and Value Added Tax and their effects on government revenue. Tax compliance level which ... -
Factors Affecting the Applicability of Group Lending As Innovation Strategy for Loan Borrowing and Repayment in Bungoma County
(2016-08)One innovation to extend credit to the poor that simultaneously addresses the asymmetric information problem and enforcement concerns lies in group lending. However, Group lending as an innovation is faced with some ... -
Factors Affecting The Choice Of Promotional Mix By Commercial Banks In Kenya: A Case Study Of Kenya Commercial Bank Limited
(2018-03)Faced with intense competition in the market, commercial banks have engaged in aggressive marketing. This entails increased annual allocation for marketing promotion and competitive pricing of services. However, with reports ... -
Factors Affecting the Use of Public Procurement and Disposal Act Of 2005 in Public Secondary Schools - A Survey Study Of Trans-Nzoia County In Kenya
(2014-12)Kenya is undertaking public procurement reforms, by enacting the Public Procurement and Disposal Act (PPDA) of 2005 which became operational in 2007. This research considered the factors which affect the implementation of ... -
Factors Influencing Learning Programmes in Technical and Vocational Training Institutions in Kenya during Covid 19 Pandemic: A Case Study of Tvets in Western Kenya.
(2021-04)In the recent past months, there has been a growing focus on the various learning methods that TVET institutions management needs to adopt in this time of COVID 19 pandemic. Therefore, this research aimed to establish the ... -
Factors Influencing Pastoral and Agropastoral Household Vulnerability to Food Insecurity in the Drylands of Kenya: A Case Study of Kajiado and Makueni Counties
(2016)This study establishes the determinants of household vulnerability to food insecurity in pastoral households of Kajiado and agropastoral households of Makueni Counties of Kenya. A randomly selected sample of 198 households ... -
Factors Influencing Pastoral Household Livestock-Dependent Incomes in Selected Areas of Turkana and West Pokot Counties of Kenya
(2020-09)This study was designed to determine factors influencing pastoral household livestock-dependent incomes in selected areas of Turkana and West Pokot counties in Kenya, and to find out if the choice of veterinary delivery ... -
Factors Influencing Supply Chain Performance in the Public Sugar Sector - A Case of Nzoia Sugar Company Limited
(2014-12)This paper sought to evaluate the effect of technology adoption, early supplier involvement, low-cost sourcing and backward integration on supply chain performance in the public sugar sector, guided by four objectives: To ... -
Factors Influencing the Capital Structure of Micro and Small Enterprises in Kapenguria Town, West Pokot County in Kenya
(2017-07)The purpose of this project was to investigate the factors that influence the capital structure of micro and small enterprises (MSEs) operating in Kapenguria Town. The capital structure that an enterprise chooses is bound ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING TRAINING COSTS IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGES IN KENYA: A CASE OF MURANG’A UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
(2018-06)The study sought to find out the factors influencing training costs in university colleges in Kenya a case of Murang’a University College. This was occasioned by the fact that the university colleges charge different amounts ... -
Factors influencing transient poverty among agro-pastoralists in semi-arid areas of Kenya
(2012)In Africa, many pastoral households are increasingly settling in response to curtailed mobility and shrinking grazing areas. Households in pastoral areas are characterised by few resources, low income, low level of human ... -
Farm Size, Modern Technology Adoption, and Efficiency of Small Holdings in Developing Countries: Evidence from Kenya
(2011)Low efficiency is a problem in most developing agriculture, and is one of the reasons for food insecurity. This paper provides information on smallholder production efficiency in one of the developing Sub-Saharan Countries: ... -
Feeding value of Acacia tortilis pods in goats
(2003)Fresh Acacia tortilis pods were mixed with low quality native grass hay to form 5 rations - T 1 (100% hay), T 2 (25% pods + 75% hay), T 3 (50% hay + 50% pods), T 4 (75% pods + 25% hay) and T 3 (100% pods). Male goat groups ...