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Moderating Effect of Firm Size on The Relationship Between Credit Risk and Financial Performance of Microfinance Banks in Kenya
(Research Academy of Social Sciences, 2023-03)Microfinance banks (MFBs) in Kenya have continued with a trend of posting high aggregate annual losses in contrast to other financial institutions in banking sectors such as commercial banks. The commercial banks ... -
Social accounting practices among Kenyan firms: An empirical study of companies quoted at Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2014)Profit and shareholders wealth maximization have for long dictated accounting and reporting practices, the concern for the social costs and the benefits of the business practices have given rise to the need for environmental ... -
Influence of Focus Strategy on Performance of Small and Microenterprises (SMES) in Machakos Town, Machakos County, Kenya
(2022-03)The objective of this study was to establish the influence of focus strategy on performance of small and micro-enterprises (SMEs) in Machakos Town.The study employed a mixed research design where were both quantitative ... -
Competitive Marketing Competencies of Dairy Cooperatives in Machakos County, Kenya
(2018)The objective of the study was to explore the competitive marketing competencies of Dairy Cooperatives in Machakos County, Kenya. The competencies were explored with respect to customer perspective competencies, competitors’ ... -
Influence of Hybrid Strategy on Small & Micro Enterprises (SMES) Performance: A Survey of Electronics Firms in Machakos Town, Machakos County, Kenya
(2022-01)The purpose of this study was to investigate influence of hybrid strategy on the performance of Small & Micro Enterprises (SMEs). This study focused electronics firms in Machakos Town, Machakos County, Kenya. A mixed ... -
The efect of various fuels on the yield, structural and optical properties zinc zirconate nanocomposite
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2020)Various types of fuels were used in a low-temperature solution combustion synthesis of zinc zirconate nanocomposite at a pH of 7. In the synthesis, the fuels used were citric acid, glycine, urea, hydrazine hydrate, and ... -
Investigation of the effect of precursor ratios on the solution combustion synthesis of zinc zirconate nanocomposite
(Elsevier, 2019)Zinc zirconate nanocomposite was synthesized by a low-temperature solution combustion method using citric acid as fuel at a pH of 7. The synthesis was done by varying the ratios of zirconium butoxide and zinc nitrate, which ... -
Structural and optical characteristics of dysprosium-doped zinc zirconate nanocomposites
(Optica Publishing Group, 2020-09)Zinc zirconate nanocomposites with varying compositions of Dy3+ ions were synthesized through a solution combustion method using citric acid as a fuel. There were mixed hexagonal ZnO and cubic ZrO2 phases in the X-ray ... -
Principals’ Stress in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(International Organization Of Scientific Research (IOSR), 2020-08)Stress of principals in public secondary schools has been a serious problem to parents, the government and the Ministry of Education in developed and developing countries including Kenya. The problem has generated a lot of ... -
The Influence Of Health Services On Personal Development Of Youth With disabilities In Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya
(International Journal of Current Research, 2021-01)Disability is a natural part of the human experience and therefore should not affect the rights of individuals to live independently, contribute to society, enjoy full inclusion in education and pursue a meaningful career. ... -
Strategies Employed by Principals to Overcome Stress in Performance of their work in Secondary Schools in Kisumu County
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020)Globally, there has been an outcry on stress by the principals in the management of public secondary schools in Kisumu County, Kenya. Stress comes about when the principal is subjected to unusual situations such as ... -
Assessment Of The Influence Of Employment On Personal Development Of Youth With Disabilities In Elgeyo-Marakwet County, Kenya
(Open Access Publishing Group, 2021)Disability is a natural part of the human experience and therefore should not affect the rights of individuals to live independently, contribute to society, enjoy full inclusion in education and pursue a meaningful career. ... -
Effects Of Mastery Learning Strategy On Changing The Attitude Of The Students Towards Mathematics Among Secondary School Students In Machakos County, Kenya
(MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY: THEME PROMOTING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT THROUGH DISRUPTIVE RESEARCH AND INNOVATION, 2022-10)Mathematics is considered as a vital subject that supports the development of critical and logical thinking. It provides effective power to analyze, describe and understand the sciences hence fundamental subject in ... -
An Empirical Investigation of Viability of Alternative Approaches to Basic Education among the Samburu Nomadic Pastoralists Of Northern Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2012)Alternative Approaches to Basic Education (AABE) were introduced in Kenya to promote access to basic education and to enhance Universal Primary Education (UPE.) However, in Samburu County, the levels of school enrolment ... -
“God Didn’t Make a Mistake in Creating Me”: Intrapersonal Resilience Processes among Gay and Bisexual Male Youth in Kenya
(MDPI, 2021)Gay and bisexual male youth in Kenya experience human rights violations, including pervasive stigma and discrimination, and these oppressive forces are associated with elevated rates of mental health concerns. Despite ... -
An Appraisal on the Potential uses of Bentonite and its Availability and Exploitation in Kenya
(2022-06)— Bentonite is a smectite clay formed from the alteration of siliceous, glass-rich volcanic rocks such as tuffs and ash deposits. The major mineral in bentonite is montmorillonite, which is a hydrated sodium, calcium, ... -
Examining the Influence of Push and Pull Travel Motivation Factors on Domestic Tourism Performance. A Case of Mombasa County, Kenya
(2022-09)Understanding tourist’s motivations to visit destinations is important as it helps in segmenting the markets thereby allowing tourism stakeholders to correctly target them. This study aimed at establishing the influence ... -
Students stress patterns in a Kenyan socio-cultural and economic context: toward a public health intervention
(Nature Publishing Group UK, 2023-01)This study aimed at determining the prevalence of stress, different types of stress, their severity and their determinants in Kenyan university, college and high school students. The following tools were administered to ... -
Developing a Secure Messaging Platform in Mobile SMS Using Advanced Encryption Standard Concept
(2014-04)Billions of text messages are sent daily through GSM networks sent in plain text format which makes them susceptible to various attacks. With the increasing number of software crackers available for free in the internet, ... -
Partial Isothermal Sections of the Cu-Rich Corner of the Al-Cu-Zn System at 200 and 240 °C
(Springer US, 2019-06)Partial isothermal sections of the Cu-rich corner of ternary Al-Cu-Zn system at 200 and 240 C were plotted up to 55 at.% Cu and 85 at.% Zn based on scanning electron microscopy, energy-dispersive x-ray spectroscopy and ...