Kenya Methodist University Digital Repository: Recent submissions
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Effect of Spacing and Number of Plants per Hill on Growth and Yield of SC Duma 43 in the Coastal Lowlands
(KeMU, 2021-09)Maize (zea mays L.) is an important cereal grain globally as feed, and food for human and livestock respectively, rated third after wheat and rice in terms of production. The per capita consumption is 103 kg per person ... -
Social Economic Factors Influencing Learners’ Absenteeism in Primary Schools of Oldonyiro Division, Isiolo County
(KeMU, 2021-09)Education is considered as a prime driver of the financial improvement of countries and societies to the extent of 20% of the Domestic Gross Product. This is particularly so, when the learners consistently attend classes, ... -
Nexus Between University Education and Students’ Elite Sports Talent Development in Selected Universities in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)The study was designed to establish “Nexus between University Education and Students’ Elite Sports Talent Development in Selected Universities in Kenya”. United States of America and European countries like United Kingdom, ... -
Management of School Environmental Factors on Dropout Rates on Public Primary Schools in Kuresoi South Sub County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Kenya has made tremendous progress towards the achievement of universal primary education since independence. It has experienced an impressive increase in the number of pupils enrolled in primary schools. Despite the ... -
Influence of Strategic Human Resource Practices on Public Service Delivery of Huduma Centres in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Huduma Centre innovation in Kenya was as a result of public service delivery inefficiency that brought about corruption and was time consuming and expensive. The study examined whether Huduma Centres are a success in ... -
Institutional Factors and Strategy Implementation in Public Secondary Schools in Selected Counties in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Strategy implementation is arguably the most important phase of strategic management process because it is at this phase that benefits of the whole process should be reaped. In the same vein it is argued to be the most ... -
Analysis of Procurement Practices and Growth of Selected Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises in Imenti North Sub-County Meru, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)The thrive of the economy of Kenya beyond the minimal ten percent threshold annual target of vision 2030 goals, depends on the drive to have as many small and medium-sized enterprises as possible. Small and medium-sized ... -
Neo-Pentecostal Churches and Alleviation of Domestic Water Scarcity in Tigania West Constituency, Meru County, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Alleviation of domestic water scarcity is a participatory role of all stakeholders including the churches. However, the role of NPCs in alleviating domestic water scarcity, which now stands at 97 percent in Tigania West ... -
Drama Participation as a Strategy in the Management of Discipline among Students in Secondary Schools in Central Region, Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Indiscipline among secondary school students remains as a significant challenge in virtually all countries globally including Kenya. Despite the various educational reforms instituted at national and international levels ... -
Managerial Ties, Citizen Participation and Performance of County Assemblies in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)County Assemblies are obligated by the Constitution of Kenya, 2010 and other statutes to discharge crucial mandates in county governments. They apply and adopt various strategies to facilitate improvement on their performance. ... -
Strategic Leadership, Strategy Execution and Organizational Performance: A Survey of Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-09)Organizations strive to achieve satisfactory performance in order to satisfy the needs of their stakeholders. However, the fact that some organizations experience poor organizational performance continues to attract the ... -
The Moderating Effects of Service Innovation on the Relationship Between Social Media Usage and Performance of Selected Microfinance Institutions in Meru County
(KeMU, 2021-09)In the world today social media platforms have snowballed and sparked both opportunity and concern on how their use affects the financial performance of selected microfinance institutions. Implementation of premeditated ... -
Board Characteristics and Financial Distress of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperatives in Kenya
(KeMU, 2021-08)Savings and Credit Cooperatives (SACCOs) have evolved over time from mobilizing savings and granting loans to become established entities that provide banking services to their customers. According SASRA, SACCOs have ... -
Preparedness of County Referral Health Facilities in Implementing Adolescent Friendly Health Services: A Case of Mama Lucy Kibaki County Refferal Hospital, Kenya
(Global Journal of Health Science;, 2015)Background: Health service delivery is a key pillar of health system management. However, there is limited peer reviewed literature on health services to adolescents necessitating assessment of whether the existing ... -
Effectiveness of Ng’adakarin Bamocha model in improving access to ante-natal and delivery services among nomadic pastoralist communities of Turkana West and Turkana North Sub-Counties of Kenya
(Pan African Medical Journal., 2015-04)Introduction: Access to maternal and child health care services among the nomadic pastoralists community in Kenya and African continent in general is unacceptably low. In Turkana, only 18.1% of the women had seen a nurse ... -
Assessing How the Packaging of Immunization Services Influence Uptake of the Immunization Services in Selected Health Facilities of Kajiado North Sub-County Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology IJSRSET, 2016)Background: Immunization as a preventive measure to diseases is vital to organizational performance. Among the six pillars of the health system, this research focused on service delivery. A desk review indicated that there ... -
FACTORS RELATED TO QUALITY DATA WHICH DETERMINE HE ALTH INFORMATION UTILIZATION IN MAKING DECISION AMONG HEALTHCARE MANAGERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, K ENYA
(2020)Purpose: This was a study based on Health Info rmation Systems pillar. T he st udy sought to explore factors related to quality data which influence health information utilization in ... -
Towards a Well-functional Computerized Health Management Information System: A case of Mbagathi County Hospital, Kenya
(International Journal of Computer Applications (0975 – 8887), 2017-03)Health Management Information Systems (HMISs) initiatives in Kenya have traditionally been donor-driven with minimal, if any, organizational input in their design. This has consequently led to predictable failures ... -
Attitudes of Primary Health Care (PHC) Gatekeepers Towards Patient Referral Policy, Machakos County, Kenya
(Science Journal of Public Health, 2016-06)Primary Health Care (PHC) serves as the foundation for building a working healthcare system that provide good health outcomes. The quality of PHC delivery and the decision to refer patients depends on some behavioural ... -
Health Insurance Plan and Utilization of Health Services: The Case of Tanykina Community Health Plan; Nandi County, Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2016-03)Community Based Health Insurance mechanism of Health financing targets the informal sector and the Rural who cannot access the national social health insurance. Tanykina Community Health Plan was established to help dairy ...