Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
Now showing items 1421-1440 of 1840
-
The socio-cultural factors influencing infant feeding practices among HIV positive women attending post-natal clinic at Kisumu East sub-county hospital, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) intervention is a global health priority, whose aim is to increase child survival and to reduce HIV infections in infants. Reducing post-natal MTCT of HIV especially ... -
Effect of supplier sourcing strategies on organizational performance in South Nyanza sugar company limited Migori county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Performance of most sugar companies in Kenya has been taking downward trend overtime with shareholders complaining of the ever declining asset values. South Nyanza Sugar Company located in Migori County is one such ... -
Ethnography of woodcarving and basketry in socio-economic enterprises in Kiruhura district, South-Western Uganda
(Maseno University, 2017)Many households in the globe continue to depend on woodcarving and basketry among other forms of traditional material culture to support their daily activities despite competition from factory-made items, whether imported ... -
Influence of procurement process on performance of public institutions in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Procurement process remains fundamentally central to the success of procurement function and to the performance of any organization, private or public. Previous studies have been conducted on the subject matter of procurement ... -
Strategic challenges facing the growth of small and medium enterprises in Kitengela township, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2018)In Kenya, the Small Medium Enterprises (SMEs) account for 50% of the country’s GDP and have employed 80% of the country’s work force. SME is a very important sector for the Kenyan economy because it plays a very significant ... -
Effect of lean practices on operational performance of Vihiga county government, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)With the Promulgation of the new constitution in 2010 in Kenya, most government functions were decentralized. Services that were initially offered from a centralized position were devolved and brought to the counties, an ... -
Strategic challenges in agency banking growth among cooperative bank of Kenya agency, in Kitengela township, Kajiado county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)The banking operating environment has been characterized by stiff competition among the banking industry players and other key players offering close products such as soft loans and easy money transfers via mobile banking. ... -
determinants of revenue collection in Homa bay county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Revenue collection has, over the years, been the major source of finance for county governments to fulfill their expenditure obligations. However, this has not been possible in Homa Bay County where the report of Auditor ... -
Antimicrobial Activities of Secondary Metabolites From Vernonia Adoensis and Ocimum Kilimandscharicum Medicinal Plants and Associated Endophytes From Kakamega Forest in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Medicinal plants have been used for the treatment of different ailments in human and animal health systems for many years. Approximately over 80% of rural and urban African populations use plant-based synthetic products ... -
Effect of interest rate ceiling on micro lending Market in Migori county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Interest rate ceilings have been declining over the past several decades globally as most of the developing countries continue liberalizing their financial policies. Prior to 2015, Kenya’s banking sector was vibrant and ... -
Mathematical Model to Determine the Concentration of Fly-Ash at Sony Sugar Company in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)Mathematical modeling continues to attract attention of applied math- ematicians, physicists, engineers, biologists, research institutions and oth- ers. This study focuses on air pollution concentration: a case study ... -
Effect of credit management practices on loan repayment performance in micro finance institutions in Kisumu town, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Loan Repayment Performance is the ability of a borrower to service his loan effectively as and when loan installments fall due. Whereas the existing microfinance institutions have contributed in bridging the credit access ... -
Effect of e-procurement on service delivery among county Governments in western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Globally, e-procurement has gained popularity especially with the advent of technology. In United States of America for instance, rapid development of e-procurement was reported in early 2000 just before the recession. By ... -
The effects of livestock rearing on livelihood of the Borana community, Funaan Qumbi village, Marsabit county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Globally it is estimated that pastoralism is practiced by between 200 and 500 million people. In Africa they reside in over 21 countries across the continent. They usually inhabit areas which are hard to carry out other ... -
Enumeration, identification and antagonistic potential of selected microbial isolates from sugarcane variety co 421 rhizosphere against sporisorium scitamineum in Kibos, Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Sugarcane smut disease caused by a fungus Sporisorium scitamineum is a limiting factor to cane production in Kenya. It is threatening the sugar industry due to its effect on cane quality and yields. Sugarcane (Saccharum ... -
The effects of free primary education on barriers to universal access to education in Kawino location, Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Free primary education programme was launched in Kenya to support realization of universal primary education. Despite the fact that free primary education programme is in place, the enrollment rate is of 73% in Kawino ... -
Relationship between green manufacturing practices and performance of Kibos sugar and allied industries limited Kisumu, Kenya
(2016)Green Manufacturing (GM) refers to production processes which use inputs with relatively low environmental impacts, highly efficient, and generate little or no waste or pollution. The sugar sector in Kenya contributes up ... -
Influence of enterprise risk management strategies on performance of medium scale businesses in Kisumu city, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)The ability of the management of medium scale enterprises (MEs) to carefully identify the risks that their businesses could face and take appropriate counter-actions will certainly lead to successful and profitable ventures ... -
Analytic solutions of call and put options of nonlinear black-scholes equation with transaction costs and price slippage
(Maseno University, 2016)A nonlinear Black-Scholes Partial Differential Equation whose nonlinearity is as a result of transaction costs and a price slippage impact that lead to market illiquidity with feedback effects was studied. Most of the ... -
Application of life table model in studying progress of public primary school pupils in Migori sub county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2016)Education progress plays a very important role in determining the future of a pupil and even in planning for the schools and education sector as a whole. Primary Education forms the basis of implementing Poverty Reduction ...