21 research outputs found
CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS AND PERFORMANCE OF FIBRE OPTIC INFRASTUCTURE PROJECTS BY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY, KENYA
No full textAbstract: Information Communication and Technology is crucial to Kenya’s economy since it fosters growth and gives the country’s economy a boost. The study focused on the effect of critical success factors and performance of fibre optic infrastructure projects in Information and Communication Technology Authority, Kenya. Project managers, the finance team, the stakeholders, and the management team on the various projects being carried out under Information Communication and Technology Authority, Kenya, are the study’s target population. The study found that project financing, top management support, stakeholder’s engagement and project monitoring had a significant positive influence on the project performance of fibre optic infrastructure projects in Information and Communication Technology Authority, Kenya. The study concluded that financing projects through the project finance route offers various benefits such as the opportunity for risk sharing, extending the debt capacity, the release of free cash flows, and maintaining a competitive advantage in a competitive market. The top management support relates to effective decision-making to manage risk and to authorize business process change. The stakeholder engagement is an ongoing process because the stakeholder landscape is forever shifting. The study recommended that the project managers should focus on a few critical financial metrics that are essential to specific business cases. The top management of the organization should communicate vision to the team members on the project being implemented so as to set clear expectations about the spirit of the project. Any effective stakeholder management approach requires you to first identify, assess and map stakeholders according to interest and influence so as to identify who key stakeholders are and how they are similar or different in terms of needs and opinions.
Keywords: Information Communication, fibre optic infrastructure projects, Technology Authority.
Title: CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS AND PERFORMANCE OF FIBRE OPTIC INFRASTUCTURE PROJECTS BY INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY AUTHORITY, KENYA
Author: Allan Kabiru Ngugi, Morrisson Mutuku
International Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations
ISSN 2348-7585 (Online)
Vol. 11, Issue 1, April 2023 - September 2023
Page No: 371-380
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 17-August-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8255559
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https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/critical-success-factors-and-performance-of-fibre-optic-infrastucture-projects-by-information-and-communication-technology-authority-kenyaInternational Journal of Management and Commerce Innovations, ISSN 2348-7585 (Online), Research Publish Journals, Website: www.researchpublish.co
Simple guide to urban land regularization in the informal settlements in Kenya
No full textAuthor: Dominic Mutuk
INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ROADS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY KENYA URBAN ROADS AUTHORITY IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
No full textAbstract: Numerous factors, all connected to an organizational system, can contribute to a project's failure. These include improperly setting objectives, inadequate project plans, numerous changes, and insufficient control measures, among other things. Projects frequently fail because of a lack of skills or subpar implementation due to poor performance. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the influence of communication on implementation of roads construction projects by Kenya Urban Roads Authority in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The type of research design that was used in this study was descriptive research design. The target population in this study was 5 projects being implemented by KURA from the year 2018 to 2022. The target respondents consisted of 75 respondents including 5 Project Managers and 70 Project Team members. A sample of 75 respondents formed the sample size of the study. Primary data collection was through questionnaires which were sent to all sampled respondents. Validity of the tool was measured through content, criteria and construct validity testing. The reliability of the questionnaire was assessed using the Cronbach’s alpha reliability coefficient. The quantitative data was analyzed using descriptive statistics (i.e. mean and standard deviation) and presented in tables. The study used inferential statistics, i.e. correlation analysis and multiple regression analysis, to identify the relationship between variables. According to the study, communication had a considerable positive impact on the Kenya Urban Roads Authority's road development projects in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study concluded that efficient communication is critical to project management since it allows projects to progress smoothly and on time. The study suggests that for efficient communication during project implementation, the organization should be aware of its team's location, its members' origins, whether or not they have taken any personality tests, and the kind of resource each team member is.
Keywords: Communication, Project Implementation.
Title: INFLUENCE OF COMMUNICATION ON IMPLEMENTATION OF ROADS CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS BY KENYA URBAN ROADS AUTHORITY IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Lester Musyoka Nzuki, Dr. Morrison Mutuku
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 11, Issue 3, July 2023 - September 2023
Page No: 158-163
Research Publish Journals
Website: www.researchpublish.com
Published Date: 25-August-2023
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8282798
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Self-Help Food and Fuel Supplements for Impoverished Communities in Kenya
No full textInfection by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus causing Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a devastating pandemic worldwide. Globally an
estimated 40 million people are currently infected with the virus and about 20 million
people have died. Within Kenya’s population of 35 million at least two million people are
living with HIV/AIDS disease while 1.5 million have perished from the scourge.
Research suggests that malnutrition leads to immune system impairment, exacerbates the
effects of HIV/AIDS, and contributes to a more rapid progression of the disease.
Medication for HIV patients helps little in the absence of adequate nutrition. The lifesaving
benefits of antiretroviral (ARV) treatment have been established in Kenya, but due
to poverty and food insecurity leading to poor nutrition among HIV patients, the full
benefits of ARV treatment are often nullified. Nutrition intervention to date is lagging,
with current international humanitarian practices and research tending to focus on food
aid supplements with little support for local production of a balanced, fresh and
nutritional diet for people affected by HIV/AIDS. Urgent self-help food security is
needed locally. A sustainable approach is to combine antiretroviral drugs with adequate
nutrition from food grown locally by patients and their families themselves.
To sterilize water by boiling and to cook food, these same HIV-affected persons
need a sustainable, convenient and affordable source of domestic fuelwood, too. In
Kenya, over 75% of the people use fuelwood as either firewood or charcoal as the most
accessible source of energy. However, this practice has led to massive depletion of
woody vegetation and fuelwood shortages spurring demand and skyrocketing prices of
charcoal and/or firewood. Therefore, an environmentally and economically sound method
of sustainable fuelwood production for domestic use in Kenya is an urgent need. Utilizing
dryland indigenous trees and shrubs in polyculture agroforestry systems for sustained
yield harvesting is an attractive alternative to the current unsustainable, illegal taking of
wood from forest reserves. Small-plot agroforestry with native dryland woody species
adapted to local conditions holds great promise for self-help fuel production.
As part of GEM projects addressing HIV/AIDS and sustainable agriculture and
forestry, this thesis addresses both critical needs of self-help food and fuel security for
impoverished communities in Kenya. For self-help food production training, different
organic gardening techniques such as compost-making, organic polyculture, square-meter
garden and sack garden establishment, plant pest and disease management, and
maintenance were deployed with over 1,200 persons trained and over 700 gardens
installed within a one-year period. For self-help fuelwood production, a seedling nursery
experiment was designed to test early growth responses of promising dryland woody
species and provenances for sustainable fuelwood and charcoal production. Both kitchen
garden and backyard domestic fuelwood systems can be implemented through a simple
integrated, sustainable agroforestry design for family households in Kenya and elsewhere
worldwide. This self-help food and self-help fuel project contributed significantly to
GEM’s grassroots progress towards achieving six Millennium Development Goals:
[MDG 1] eradicate extreme poverty and hunger; [MDG 3] promote gender equality and
empower women; [MDG 4] reduce child mortality; [MDG 5] improve maternal health;
[MDG 6] combat HIV/AIDS, malaria and other diseases; and [MDG 7] insure
environmental sustainability
An assessment of foreign donation on completion rate among selected public secondary schools in Msambweni District, Kenya.
No full textKenya’s secondary education is financed from various sources depending on the type of education
institution. All public secondary schools are majority financed by the government through domestic
financing. To supplement the government’s efforts in providing and making secondary education
more accessible foreign donors have partnered with a few public secondary schools in Msambweni
district to support certain education projects such as school infrastructure so as to make education
more accessible. The purpose of this study was to assess the influence of foreign donation on
completion rate among selected public secondary schools in Msambweni district, Kenya. The study
was guided by the following objectives: (1) To assess the influence of foreign donor school
infrastructure on completion rate in public secondary schools in Msambweni district: (ii) To evaluate
the extent of foreign donor fee subsidy on completion rate in public secondary schools in
Msambweni district. The study was guided by the classical liberal theory whose major proponent was
Rousseau who claimed that under natural state men were born equal. The study adopted the
descriptive survey design because it is a basic research design that involves social issues. This
involved the collection of data in order to determine characteristics of the respondents. Out of the 18
public secondary schools in Msambweni district, 8 schools were purposively sampled for the study
because they were beneficiaries of the private donor support. A sample of 8 head teachers and 120
forms 3 and 4 students out of a student population of 1200 were used. The research instruments used
in data collection were questionnaires for both students and headteachers and interview guide for
headteachers only. Content analysis was also used to analyse data on enrolment and completion rate
by students for the years 2010-2014. Piloting was carried out in 2 public secondary schools which
were not part of the actual sample. The Spearman’s correlation coefficient was used to ascertain the
reliability of the instruments. To eliminate weak items the university supervisors assessed the content
validity of the research instruments. Data was analysed through the use of the statistical package for
social sciences programme (SPSS) version 20. The inferential statics technique of one-sample t-test
was also used to measure the correlation of the variables. Analysed data was presented in form of
tables, figures and narratives. According to the findings of the study foreign donors had positively
supported secondary schools in Msambweni district in terms of infrastructure and fees subsidy to the
needy students thus making education more accessible and affordable to many. The research
recommended that more private donors to come forth and partner with the government in the
provision of quality education to Kenyan childre
INFLUENCE OF BENCHMARKING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN WAJIR COUNTY, KENYA
No full text<p><strong>Abstract:</strong><i> </i>Road infrastructures projects in Kenyan county administrations sometimes face challenges in meeting their set completion deadlines. A significant percentage of these projects exhibit delayed completion, with a time frame ranging from two to five years beyond the originally projected deadline, and in certain cases, they may even become indefinitely suspended. Certain projects may face uncertainty about their completion due to the presence of subpar work, which undermines the overall quality of the projects. Consequently, these projects experience delays and incur significant cost overruns. The aim of the current study was to investigate the influence of benchmarking on the performance of road infrastructure projects in Wajir County. The study was descriptive, the population of the study was 148 employees in Wajir county government, stratified random sampling technique was applied to sample 108 staff who provided data for the study by filling questionnaires that were administered both physically and online. The data collected was analyzed through both descriptive and inferential analysis. Results of the study were presented in tables and narratives. Bench Marking and performance revealed a β of 0.098, t=1.041 which was also associated with a p-value of .301>0.05. The study concluded that benchmarking had a positive but insignificant effect on the performance of road projects in Wajir County. The study recommended for revision of benchmarking practices as well as a commitment to make benchmarking across other counties, the current benchmarking practices were not found popular which could be a reason for the non-significant effect of benchmarking on the performance of road projects, actual visits in other counties for benchmarking roads projects or outside will be a step in evaluating whether well-designed benchmarking have a better effect on performance.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Benchmarking, Project Performance.</p><p><strong>Title:</strong> INFLUENCE OF BENCHMARKING ON THE PERFORMANCE OF ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN WAJIR COUNTY, KENYA</p><p><strong>Author:</strong> Garad Saney Mohamed, Dr. Morrisson Mutuku</p><p><strong>International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research </strong></p><p><strong>ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)</strong></p><p><strong>Vol. 11, Issue 4, October 2023 - December 2023</strong></p><p><strong>Page No: 245-252</strong></p><p><strong>Research Publish Journals</strong></p><p><strong>Website: www.researchpublish.com</strong></p><p><strong>Published Date: 04-November-2023</strong></p><p><strong>DOI: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10070901"><strong>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10070901</strong></a></p><p><strong>Paper Download Link (Source)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/influence-of-benchmarking-on-the-performance-of-road-infrastructure-projects-in-wajir-county-kenya"><strong>https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/influence-of-benchmarking-on-the-performance-of-road-infrastructure-projects-in-wajir-county-kenya</strong></a></p>
Modernizing the Kenyan Electoral System through Polkadot Blockchain Network
No full textThe 2007/8 post-election violence in Kenya brought the nascent Kenyan democracy to the brink of collapse. It anachronistically demonstrated that old ways of managing elections were being antiquated by new realities, such as a growing population, the need for technological support, and the immediacy of a supportive electoral legal regime. A decade and a half after the posthumous murder of Kenyans during the 2007 disputed election, Kenya is leapfrogging and sauntering to establish a vibrant democracy, albeit with specific challenges. Firstly, the presidential elections have been disputed thrice after the promulgation of the constitution in 2010. And secondly, the allegation of voter fraud against the electoral body is imminent. Further, public trust in the electoral body is low and has been so since the advent of pluralism politics in 1991. Besides, the electoral body gets overwhelmed by the number of elections they manage during the general elections, and technological failures have been a significant impediment. Ostensibly, these challenges compound an existing problem of mistrust among political players and gather moss, especially during the period between the end of the voting exercise and the announcement of presidential results by the electoral body. Erstwhile, such a fragile situation manifested and threatened public safety after the 2013, 2017, and 2022 general elections. However, despite scepticism, the finality of the supreme court process as an arbitrator of the disputed presidential elections has played a role in quelling violence and settling such matters. In this article, the author argues that the maturation of digital democracies and the incorporation of blockchain technologies can modernize grassroots elections and resolve allegations of voter fraud
EFFECTS OF VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY KENYA
No full text<p><strong>Abstract:</strong><i> </i>The functioning of Kenya's public health system has long caused the country's citizens much anxiety. Health is a prerequisite for better social development, less poverty, and the accomplishment of the social pillar goal of Kenya Vision 2030. In Kenya, it is anticipated that a decentralized health system would increase service delivery efficiency, encourage innovation across the board, enhance access to and equality of available services, and encourage accountability and transparency in service provision. The Kenya Health Policy 2014- 2030 offers direction to the health sector in defining and describing the necessary actions in accomplishing the government's health objectives. The policy is in line with Kenya's Constitution and global responsibilities to health. As a comprehensive platform for managing the success of immunization programs, the inventory optimization systems in public hospitals enable managers at all levels to manage stock and keep an eye on the supply chain. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the effect of vendor-managed inventory on the performance of public health institutions in Nairobi City County Kenya. The study utilized descriptive research design. The study population consisted of 180 county staff consisting of the county pharmacist, sub county pharmacist, pharmacist in charge and hospital administrators. The respondents were picked using purposive sampling and simple random sampling. Primary data was gathered by utilization of questionnaires which were tested for reliability and validity. The study employed both descriptive and inferential statistics for analysis of quantitative data. Descriptive statistics consisted of mean, mode median and standard deviations. While inferential statistics consisted of regression and correlation analysis with the assistance of SPSS to analyse the data. The study found the vendor-managed inventory had a positive significant effect on the performance of public health institutions in Nairobi City County Kenya. The study concludes that vendor managed inventory goal is to reduce inventory-related costs for both parties. When suppliers manage inventory, stock is replenished only when necessary, which reduces overstock and costs for the retailer. The study recommends that the hospitals should openly share information with the vendor to build confidence that it is able to fulfill customer needs and every order that comes through.</p><p><strong>Keywords:</strong> Vendor-managed inventory, Organizational Performance.</p><p><strong>Title:</strong> EFFECTS OF VENDOR-MANAGED INVENTORY ON THE PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTIONS IN NAIROBI CITY COUNTY KENYA</p><p><strong>Author:</strong> Mwiti Justus Kirimi, Dr. Morrisson Mutuku</p><p><strong>International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research </strong></p><p><strong>ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)</strong></p><p><strong>Vol. 11, Issue 4, October 2023 - December 2023</strong></p><p><strong>Page No: 307-313</strong></p><p><strong>Research Publish Journals</strong></p><p><strong>Website: www.researchpublish.com</strong></p><p><strong>Published Date: 07-November-2023</strong></p><p><strong>DOI: </strong><a href="https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10078651"><strong>https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10078651</strong></a></p><p><strong>Paper Download Link (Source)</strong></p><p><a href="https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/effects-of-vendor-managed-inventory-on-the-performance-of-public-health-institutions-in-nairobi-city-county-kenya"><strong>https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/effects-of-vendor-managed-inventory-on-the-performance-of-public-health-institutions-in-nairobi-city-county-kenya</strong></a></p>
Africa's 4th Industrial Revolution Post Covid-19: A Tale of Shenzhen's Enviable Successes.
No full textAfrica is likely to miss the prospects of the 4th industrial revolution if governments and policymakers do not take the abundance of caution. In the last two centuries, three discoveries changed the world¬— the steam engine, industrial revolution, and internet. Africa had no stake in any of those discoveries. As developed countries industrialized in the 18th and 19th centuries, the African continent was still reliant on primordial food and material production technologies. Unfortunately, a similar trend is repeating itself, exacerbated by the effects of COVID-19. While advanced nations are transitioning(ed) to digital investments in areas such as artificial intelligence, robotics, mechanized agriculture, 3D printing, and the internet of things, Africa appears to saunter. Not so many African countries are aligning themselves to exploit the opportunities that will come with the economic and social disruptions of the 4th industrial revolution. Challenges such as internet penetration, skill mismatch, poverty, poor governance, inequality, lack of modernization of agriculture, and improper structuring of economies will delay the revolution or truncate it elsewhere in the world. Besides, the COVID-19 pandemic presents new challenges undergirded by disruptions in global supply chains, slow economic projections, and inequalities in mass vaccination in the continent. However, Africa and its leadership can take deliberate, methodical, and timely interventions to seize the moment and lift its population from poverty and dependency. In this study, the author proposes a hybridized model embodying reverse engineering, infrastructural investment, special economic zones, and digital investment as the panacea for expediting Africa's prospects in seizing the possibilities of the 4th industrial revolution pegged on the successes of Shenzhen
Car Antifreeze and Coolant: Comparing Water and Ethylene Glycol as Nano Fluid Base Fluid
No full textMost internal combustion engines are fluid cooled using liquid coolants mostly water and ethylene glycol, whose heat transfer capabilities are limited. An alternative for improving their thermophysical properties is the addition of metal oxides so as to make Nanofluids. This study investigates car antifreeze and coolants by comparing water-based and ethylene glycol based Nanofluids to determine the Nanofluid which provides optimum cooling. The governing equations are non–dimensionalised using similarity transformation and the resulting equations solved numerically using the Runge–Kutta fourth order scheme. Graphical results of pertinent parameters on fluid velocity, temperature, skin friction and rate of heat transfer are presented and discussed in depth putting into consideration the industrial application. It was observed that the magnetic field slows the fluid flow while increasing the fluid temperature. Also ethylene glycol Nanofluid offers better cooling capabilities
