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Influence of Police Response Time and Investigative Practices on Homicide Case Clearance Rates in Kajiado West Sub County, Kajiado County, Kenya
Get PDFPurpose: This study examines the influence of police response time and investigative practices on homicide case clearance rates in Kajiado West Sub County, Kenya. Police response time is crucial for securing crime scenes, preserving evidence, and identifying suspects, while investigative practices such as forensic analysis, witness collaboration, and crime scene management play a significant role in case resolution.
Methodology: The study employed a descriptive research design, utilizing both primary and secondary data collected from 109 police officers through structured questionnaires and official crime records. Data analysis was conducted using SPSS Version 24.0, incorporating descriptive and inferential statistics, including multiple linear regression analysis.
Findings: Findings reveal that police response time significantly impacts homicide case clearance, with a strong correlation (r = 0.734, p < 0.01) and 53.9% of clearance rate variance explained by response time. Investigative practices also have a significant impact (r = 0.746, p < 0.01), explaining 55.6% of the variance in homicide clearance rates. Regression analysis confirms that improving response time (B = 0.596, p = 0.000) and investigative practices (B = 0.599, p = 0.000) significantly enhance clearance rates.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: To enhance homicide case clearance in Kajiado West Sub County, police response time should be reduced to below 30 minutes by increasing patrol vehicles and upgrading dispatch systems
Management Innovativeness and Growth of Occupational Pension Schemes in Kenya
Get PDFPurpose: Management innovation is critical for developing and sustaining occupational pension schemes. AI, blockchain, and machine learning present possibilities to improve efficiency and financial resilience and to strengthen members\u27 confidence. However, essential factors must be met fully for these innovations to thrive, including resistance to change, legal requirements, and technological factors. This review raises awareness of the need to nurture an innovative culture in pension fund management backed up by open policies and directed research. In that respect, adopting innovation will continue to be critical in dealing with these emergent issues and supporting the future viability of various communities worldwide. This study aimed to establish the influence of management innovativeness on the growth of occupational pension schemes in Nairobi City County, Kenya.
Methodology: This study used the Schumpeterian Innovation Theory. This study employed a hybrid research design that combined quantitative and qualitative methods. A longitudinal descriptive survey was used in this study. All 809 Nairobi City County occupational pension systems were targeted. In Nairobi City County, Kenya, this study sampled all the Kenya Retirement Benefits Authority occupational programs. 321 projects have fund values under 500 million Kenyan shillings, 275 between 500 million and 1 billion, 158 between 1 billion and 10 billion, and 55 over 10 billion. A biased stratified sampling procedure selected 267 of Nairobi City County\u27s 809 pension schemes. One manager, preferably the Finance and Investments Manager, from each of Nairobi\u27s 267.
Findings: The study concluded that management innovativeness significantly influences entrepreneurial culture and the growth of occupational pension schemes in Nairobi. Therefore, management innovativeness is a key determinant in supporting the growth of Occupational Pension Schemes in Kenya.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Based on the findings of this study, it is apparent that pension schemes need to adopt innovativeness in their business environment. The recommendation from the above study further reveals that only innovative pension schemes will be relevant in the market
Capital Structure and Corporate Value of Financial Institutions Listed in Nairobi Security Exchange, Kenya
Get PDFPurpose: Corporate value refers to shareholders’ perceptions and is closely tied to the market price of equity shares, serving as an indicator of a firm’s success, with higher stock prices reflecting greater corporate value. Recent declines in profitability in Kenya’s banking and insurance sectors prompt an investigation into the role of capital structure in influencing corporate value. The general objective of this study is to determine the effect of capital structure on the firm value of listed financial institutions in Kenya.
Methodology: A descriptive longitudinal design is employed to capture the dynamic influence of capital structure over five years, from 2019 to 2023. The target population comprises 16 financial institutions listed on the Nairobi Securities Exchange in the banking and insurance sectors, and due to the small population size, a census study approach is used. Secondary panel data is collected from financial statements filed with the Capital Markets Authority and processed using STATA, ensuring that the assumptions of the classical linear regression model are met. Data analysis reveals a subtle set of findings.
Findings: The overall model explains 59.17% of the variation in corporate value. Capital structure demonstrates a strong positive influence with a coefficient of 0.53 (p-value = 0.00), underscoring its role as a significant driver of firm value. The findings underscore the importance of capital structure as a critical lever in Kenya’s financial sector.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This study offers valuable insights for regulatory bodies, policymakers, and investors seeking to optimize capital structure for value maximization, providing empirical support for strategic decisions aimed at enhancing corporate value in emerging markets
Automated Teller Machine (ATM), Agency Banking and Operational Efficiency of Deposit Money Banks in Nigeria
Get PDFPurpose: The rapid advancement in technology is transforming the financial sector, positioning ATMs and agency banking as crucial innovations that significantly enhance the accessibility and efficiency of banking services. This study investigates the impact of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and agency banking on the operational efficiency of deposit money banks in Nigeria. The study objective was to assess the influence of Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) and agency banking on operational efficiency.
Methodology: Utilizing an ex post facto research design, the study sampled ten deposit money banks listed on the Nigerian Exchange Group (NGX) as of 31 December 2023. Secondary data were collected from the Nigeria Inter-Bank Settlement System Plc, Central Bank of Nigeria statistical bulletins, and annual reports of the selected banks for the period of 2009 - 2023. Descriptive and inferential statistical techniques, including correlation and panel regression analysis were used to analyze the effect of ATM and agency banking on operational efficiency.
Findings: The findings revealed that ATM usage has a significant positive effect on operational efficiency. Agency banking, measured through Point of Sale (POS) systems, also exhibited statistically significant effect on operational efficiency. The study concluded that technological advancements, particularly in the form of ATMs and agency banking, significantly contribute to the operational efficiency of banks in Nigeria.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that DBMs in Nigeria should continue investing in digital banking innovations to enhance performance and maintain competitiveness
Impulse Response to Exchange Rate, Exports and Imports Shocks in Kenya 1990-2023
Get PDFPurpose: This paper explores the trend of exchange rates over the past three decades, forecasts future trends, and investigates the impulse response of exports and imports on exchange rate shocks in Kenya. The study utilizes time series (1990-2022) data from the Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) and the World Development Indicators (WDI).
Methodology: The study employs the Structural VAR (SVAR) model, Vector Error Correction (VECM) model, and Impulse Response (I.R.) analysis to analyze the pass-through effect of exchange rate shocks on exports and imports in Kenya.
Findings: The results of VECM highlighted a long-term relationship between exchange rates, GDP growth, Inflation, and trade volumes. Moreover, the Impulse Response Analysis revealed no instantaneous pass-through effect on imports and exports. However, an appreciation of the Kenyan Shilling led to a significant negative pass-through effect on the volume of imports. Further, the results indicated a one-way causality between the exchange rate and GDP growth rate. Also, the exchange rate and Inflation rate have a one-way granger causality. Moreover, the exchange rate Granger causes the volume of exports, while the volume of Imports Granger causes the exchange rate and the GDP growth rate
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study findings emphasize the importance of stable exchange rate policies to mitigate negative impacts on trade. Policymakers should consider strategies to enhance export performance, reduce trade imbalances, and strengthen the economy\u27s resilience to exchange rate fluctuations
Young People’s Attitude and Prevention of Sexually Transmitted Infections in Institutions of Higher Learning, Machakos County, Kenya
Get PDFPurpose: The consequences of infection with Sexually Transmitted Diseases are a threat to populations worldwide, and especially to the youth. Young people constitute a huge part of the populace in most nations, as well as most active members of the workforce in economies. Thus, combating STIs is important for the health and development of countries. This study therefore sought to establish the influence of young people’s attitude towards prevention of STIs in Machakos County, Kenya.
Methodology: The mixed methods approach was utilized to collect data from undergraduate students in three institutions of higher learning in Machakos County and from key informants, opinion leaders who interact with the young people.
Findings: The study established that young people’s attitude had a great influence on prevention of STIs among the youth.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that key stakeholders should help the youth to develop positive attitudes that can yield positive outcomes in prevention of STIs among young people
Blending Perceptual and Social Information to Guide Psychomotor Behaviour: A Study of Ghanaian and Ghanaian-American Infants
Get PDFPurpose: This study examined how mothers from two different geopolitical areas having the same cultural roots blended perceptual and social information to coax infants’ psychomotor behaviour to learn how to walk. It emphasizes how culture and acculturation (migration) shape maternal social information and their behavioral outcomes to entice infants to learn how to walk.
Methodology: This research is observational quantitative. It collected and analyzed data, such as maternal coaxing of infants to walk, infants’ psychomotor decisions, infants’ perceptual exploration such as crawling or sitting down, infants facial and vocal expressions.
Findings: On maternal coaxing messages to induce infants to walk, with agreed baseline of 99.5% of trials, indigenous Ghanaian mothers, scored 95%, while the Ghanaian mothers living in New York scored 89.55%. Infants’ psychomotor decisions to reciprocate maternal coaxing to walk were 180 seconds individually for four of the Ghanaian infants, while three of the infants from New York-based mothers scored 180, 178 and 174 seconds respectively. Infants’ facial expression, such as laughing and babbling, the two groups diverged significantly on a benchmark of 91.3 %. Crying and facial frowning were found to be high among Ghanaian-American infants’: Ghanaian infants scored 40 percent (37.24), while Ghanaian-Americans infants scored 60 percent (55.86). These data were interpreted to mean that even though, the two groups of mothers were both Ghanaians culturally, yet the contexts of maternal expressions to coax infants to walk varied significantly. This suggests that infants’ executive function, as well as effortful psychomotor control, do not only depend on mothers deliberate coaxing methods, they also vary both across cultures, and more significantly within cultures as a result of the impact of migration.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: This study underscores how critical it is to understand the process of acculturation as key to migrants’ psychological adaptation to the new culture. At both group and individual levels, acculturation often influences changes to migrants’ home culture and their indigenous social practices as they become introduced to the overarching culture of destination, highlighting the need for a culture-sensitive, Childhood Education for immigrant children as they migrate from L1 to L2.  
Interplay between Philosophical Idealism and Religious Fundamentalism in Shaping Worldviews in Indonesia
Get PDFPurpose: The aim of the study was to analyze the interplay between philosophical idealism and religious fundamentalism in shaping worldviews in Indonesia.
Methodology: This study adopted a desk methodology. A desk study research design is commonly known as secondary data collection. This is basically collecting data from existing resources preferably because of its low cost advantage as compared to a field research. Our current study looked into already published studies and reports as the data was easily accessed through online journals and libraries.
Findings: Recent studies reveal that philosophical idealism and religious fundamentalism jointly shape worldviews by blending abstract metaphysical concepts with literal doctrinal interpretations. Individuals with strong idealistic leanings often adopt rigid religious views, influenced by factors such as existential insecurity and symbolic interactions. This integration fosters polarized cultural narratives and reinforces group identity in contemporary society.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: Social constructivism theory, symbolic interactionism theory & social identity theory may be used to anchor future studies on interplay between philosophical idealism and religious fundamentalism in shaping worldviews in Indonesia. Educators and practitioners should integrate religious mysticism into curricula and creative programs to foster a balanced dialogue between analytical and experiential modes of thought. Policymakers are encouraged to support initiatives that fund interdisciplinary research and educational programs at the nexus of literature, mysticism, and philosophy
The Rise of Meranaw Women Leaders: A Phenomenological Exploration
Get PDFPurpose: This study investigates Meranaw women leaders in the Philippines, examining their leadership styles, motivations, challenges, and strategies for success.
Methodology: This study focuses on Meranaw women leaders in Lanao del Sur, examining how they navigate traditional patriarchal structures and contribute to societal progress. By exploring their experiences, this research aims to contribute to a deeper understanding of Filipino Muslim empowerment and the evolving dynamics of gender and leadership in contemporary society.
Findings: Findings reveal a preference for facilitative and democratic leadership, driven by intrinsic motivations and a strong emphasis on community and collaboration. Despite facing challenges like cultural norms and resource constraints, these women demonstrate resilience and employ strategies like proactive problem-solving and community engagement.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study offers recommendations for empowering future leaders, emphasizing cultural understanding, leadership training, and addressing psychological needs
Lexical Borrowing and Cultural Identity
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Purpose: The general objective of this study was to examine how the use of borrowed words affects or reflects people’s cultural identity.
Methodology: The study adopted a desktop research methodology. Desk research refers to secondary data or that which can be collected without fieldwork. Desk research is basically involved in collecting data from existing resources hence it is often considered a low cost technique as compared to field research, as the main cost is involved in executive’s time, telephone charges and directories. Thus, the study relied on already published studies, reports and statistics.
Findings: The findings reveal that there exists a contextual and methodological gap relating to lexical borrowing and cultural identity. Preliminary empirical review revealed that lexical borrowing is a key process that reflects the evolving nature of cultural identity in a globalized world. It allows individuals and communities to adapt to external influences while maintaining elements of their indigenous identity.
Unique Contribution to Theory, Practice and Policy: The study recommended that linguistic theory incorporate a more sociocultural perspective on lexical borrowing, acknowledging its role in identity formation. Policymakers were advised to support bilingual or multilingual education, ensuring that language preservation was prioritized alongside the adoption of global lexicons