Browsing Department of Social sciences by Title
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Economic Assistance to Peacebuilding and Reconciliation Community-Based Projects in Northern Ireland and the Border Counties: Challenges, Opportunities and Evolution
(International Journal of Politics, Culture, and Society - Springer Link, 2015-10)The International Fund for Ireland and the European Union (EU) Peace III Fund have provided external economic resources to local community projects in Northern Ireland and the Border region to support intercommunal relations, ... -
The effect of environmental change on sustainable energy in Olkaria geothermal and Kenya power station, Nakuru County, Kenya
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN BUSINESS AND SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2020)Energy is one of the most important resources in the growth of an economy. The generation of power is key to the effectiveness of sustainable energy management. Energy production warrants production hence connected to ... -
Euphemistic Sugarcoats of Bribe in Dholuo: A Cognitive Integration Model
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)The supposition by cognitive linguists that certain language data requires analysis above conventional provisions of grammar is the take-off point in the studies exploring the relationship between cognition and language. ... -
From Center to Margin: An Appraisal of the Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) as a Decentralization Strategy in Kenya
(2015-09-30)Since independence in 1963, the governance of development in Kenya has faced numerous challenges leading to poor economic performance and hence negative consequences on Kenyans. The poor-rich gap has not only widened ... -
Human Capital Development and Services Delivery of Public Health Facilities
(International Journal of Commerce and Finance, 2020)Healthcare provision stipulated by Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is a relatively new concept in many developing countries SubSaharan Africa part of Asia. Therefore, this study examined the influence of human capital ... -
Influence of Budget Efficacy on Household Effects in Kenya
(2019)The purpose of this study is to find out whether Budget Efficacy influences household effects under Fiscally Decentralized economy as it is today in Kenya. The study was anchored on the theory of fiscal federalism and ... -
Influence of Leadership on Innovation Efficiency in Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(International Journal of Management, Knowledge and Learning, 2020)The purpose of this paper is to determine the influence of leadership on Innovation Efficiency (IE) in manufacturing firms in Kenya. A mixed research methodology was and cross-sectional design was applied. The target ... -
Influence of Political and Cultural Factors on Education in Kenya: Approaches to Build Competencies
(IJCEM International Journal of Computational Engineering & Management, 2015-05)Education has received considerable attention worldwide; however, its low success rate in Kenya both in terms of quality and quantity warrants further investigation. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of ... -
Institutionalization of Corruption in Kenya: A Review of Disintegration of the Moral Fabric
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)Institutional corruption is a term that was coined by Dennis F. Thompson in 1995 and has since been used by scholars to analyze the seemingly increasing trend of systematically using public offices to influence outcomes ... -
Isochronal Map of Fresh Fruits and Vegetable Transportation from the Mt. Kenya Region to Nairobi
(Journal of Maps, 2011-01)Developing countries like Kenya face problems of poor transportation networks, which make the time distance relationship in the transportation of fresh fruit and vegetables (FFV) products to be of great importance in ... -
Kenya’s Social Development Proposals and Challenges: Review of Kenya Vision 2030 First Medium-Term Plan, 2008-2012
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2014-01)Kenya faces several development challenges including poverty, disease, unemployment, negative civic engagement among others. The development bottlenecks worsened following the introduction of the IMF/World Bank-propelled ... -
Kenya’s Social Development Proposals and Challenges: Review of Kenya Vision 2030 First Medium-Term Plan, 2008-2012
(2014-01)Kenya faces several development challenges including poverty, disease, unemployment, negative civic engagement among others. The development bottlenecks worsened following the introduction of the IMF/World Bank-propelled ... -
Managerial Skills and Corporate Strategic Planning
(International Journal of Management Science and Business Administration, 2016)The aim of this study is to establish the relationship between managerial skills and corporate strategic planning. The study was premised on increased call to meticulous strategic planning in all organizations across all ... -
Modus Operandi of Oppressing the “Savages”: The Kenyan British Colonial Experience
(Peace and Conflict Studies, 2018-05)Colonialism can be traced back to the dawn of the “age of discovery” that was pioneered by the Portuguese and the Spanish empires in the 15th century. It was not until the 1870s that “New Imperialism” characterized by the ... -
Nepad from below: Towards Intra-country Peer Review Mechanism (iprm) in Kenya
(Elixir, 2012-01)Kenya is administratively divided into forty-seven (47) counties each of which shall be under the stewardship of a County Governor once the new constitution is finally implemented. These officers shall be tasked with the ... -
The Oscillating State’s Role in the Provision of Social Welfare Services in Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2016-05)The provision of social services in the global south has largely remained the role of governments with the private sector playing a peripheral role. At Kenya’s independence in 1963, provision of social services was solely ... -
Police Corruption and Canada’s Distinction
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019)Corruption in policing is a topic for renewal, in any country, as the growing challenges and opportunities of advancing technology and Internet access, changing police science and the ever-evolving relationship of police ... -
Post-2015 Development Planning: Adaption of a Holistic Approach to Planning and Research - a Commentary from a Practitioner’s Perspective
(International Journal of Innovation and Economic Development, 2004)In this article, we analyse the argument that lack of holistic approach in planning and research have contributed to the lack of sustainable development in Africa. We base our discussion on the speech by the special advisor ... -
Practices in International Value Chains: The Case of the Kenyan Fruit and Vegetable Chain beyond the Exclusion Debate
(TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE ENSOCIALE GEOGRAFIE, 2013-02)The emerging role of private standards as new forms of regulation and co-ordination in international trade and production is discussed in various fields including economic geography. A prominent example is the impact of ... -
Psycho-Social, Financial and Health Predictors of a Quality Retirement Life: A Kenyan Case
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2019-07-07)Research has established a positive correlation between pre-retirement life and quality of life (QoL) in retirement. Yet, many retirees in Kenya continue to experience endless challengesand a lowQoL. Hence, this ...
