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An Analysis of Factors that Influence Accessibility of Devolved Funds by Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya
(KeMU, 2011-06)Concentration of power and resources at the center has led to a skewed development pattern in many countries. Awiti (2008) defines devolution as the delegation of authority to formally constituted government bodies to ... -
Performance Contract as a Tool for Evaluation of Strategic Planning Process
(KeMU, 2011-06)The study investigated performance contract as a tool for evaluation of strategic planning process in local authorities in Laikipia County. Performance contracting is a tool used to evaluate and control strategic planning ... -
An Investigation into Factors Influencing Business Growth of Private Physician Practices
(KeMU, 2011-06)This study was carried out to investigate the factors that influence business growth of private physician clinics in Nyeri County with particular reference to management skills and knowledge. The survey was aimed at ... -
Factors Affecting the Implementation of Strategic Plan in Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies
(KeMU, 2011-06)Strategic planning model describe how to develop a business strategy and link it to operational programs. It is also a link between investment of an organization and its external environment through assessment of possible ... -
The Effects of Strategic Outsourcing on Business Performance
(KeMU, 2011-06)Thi study was carried out to analyze the impact of strategic outsourcing on the performance of commercial banks in Nyeri. The study involved a survey of selected commercial banks in Nyeri. Five variables were analyzed which ... -
Effects of Plant Population Density and Leaf Harvesting on both Grains and Vegetable Yields of Amaranth.
(KeMU, 2011-06)Amaranth (Amaranthus spp.) is a newly introduced C4 dicotyledonous pseudo-cereal crop in Kenya. Amaranth has high potentials in seeds used as a grains and leaf as vegetables, yet factors affecting grains and leaf yields ... -
Impact of school management on Kenya certificate of secondary education (KCSE) performance in Isiolo county of Kenya.
(KeMU, 2011-06-06)Educators and the general public have expressed concern over factors that influence student performance in examinations. The most outstanding factor has to do with the school management. Performances in national ... -
Effect of Conventional Collateral Requirements on Borrowers Access to Finance. A Survey of Selected Borrowers in Kerugoya Town
(KeMU, 2011-07)Credit is considered a very important aspect of modem economy in Kenyan economy; however the relationship between lenders and small business borrowers is inherently risky. Lenders insist on collateral to mitigate against ... -
Factors Influencing Reliance on Debt In Coffee Co-Operative Societies. A Survey of Societies in Kirinyaga County Kenya
(KeMU, 2011-07)Achievement of the desired profitability of a business is the prime goal of each organization. To achieve this adequate finances are a prerequisite. The title of the thesis is factors influencing reliance on debt in the ... -
Effect of Di-Ammonium Phosphate Application on the Yield Components of Three Sweet Potato (Ipomoea Batatas (L.) Lam) Varieties in Homabay District.
(KeMU, 2011-07)Sweet potato (Ipomoea batatas (L.) Lam) is a drought tolerant root crop consumed as human food and its vines fed to livestock as fodder. Currently the average national yield is 5.6 ton/ha against a potential of 50 tons/ha ... -
Effect of Early Pyrethrum (Crysanthemum Cinerariaefolium) Seed Harvesting on Germination in Molo District
(KeMU, 2011-07)Seed is the main source of planting material in pyrethrum; whereby the farmers raise seedlings to establish pyrethrum fields. In the recent past pyrethrum production has been on the decline and currently it's at its lowest ... -
Control of Potato Tuber Moth (Phthorimaea Operculella) Using Integrated Pest Management in Kenya.
(KeMU, 2011-07)Potato tuber moth is the most important pest of Irish potatoes in the world. The most economically important damage occurs predominantly through the PTM larvae's feeding on the tuber. The larvae excavate tunnels throughout ... -
Evaluation of Maize-Legume Intercropping Systems on the Performance of Maize (Zea Mays)
(KeMU, 2011-07)A cropping system that increases productivity through efficient utilization of resources, ensuring environmental conservation, is the main strategy to fulfill the ever increasing demand for food. The objectives of this ... -
Growth Response of Stinging Nettle (Urtica Massaica ) to Fertilizer and Manure Application on Embu County
(KeMU, 2011-07)The biodiversity of traditional African vegetables such as stinging nettle, now considered as weeds, has been greatly eroded by the preference for the temperate vegetables usually grown under intensive agricultural systems. ... -
The Effect of Plant Density and Defoliation Frequency on the Biomass of Spider
(KeMU, 2011-07)A study was carried out at Geta village of Mochenwa location Gesima division, in Masaba North District in the year 2010 to determine the effects of plant density and defoliation frequency on the leaf, seed and root yield ... -
Evaluation of Suitable Substrate(S) and Production Methods of Oyster Mushrooms (Pleurotus Ostreatus) in Kisii Central District
(KeMU, 2011-07)Oyster mushrooms (Pleurotus ostreatus) are an emerging crop in Kisii Central District that is of nutritional and medicinal importance. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the suitable substrate(s) and methods ... -
Effects of Phosphate Fertilization on Productivity of Grain Amaranth ( Amaranthus Incas )in Murinduko Location of Kirinyaga County
(KeMU, 2011-07)This study was carried out between November 2010 and March, 2011 to determine the influence of phosphate fertilization on productivity of Grain Amaranth (Amaranthus incas). Kenyan farmers in the dry lands suffer perpetual ... -
Effects of Di-Ammonium Phosphate on Yield and Yield Components of Maize Under Smallholder Farmers in Mbita ,Homabay County
(KeMU, 2011-07)Phosphorus and plant densities are some of the important factors that influence maize (Zea mays L.) growth worldwide. The objectives of this study were to establish yield under different di-ammonium phosphate (P) fertilizer ... -
The Effect of Timing Transplanting on Performance of Baby Corn (Zea Mays L).
(KeMU, 2011-09)The country is facing the problem of rainfall shortage due to global warming as a result of climatic change. Horticulture farming helps the farmer to generate income and also helps the country to generate foreign currency ... -
Prevalence of night bedwetting among children aged ten to fourteen years. A case of boarding primary schools in Maara district- Kenya
(KeMU, 2012-04)Night bedwetting is the most prevalent and chronic of all childhood problems. The experience, particularly of the older children can be extremely distressing and limiting. Most bedwetting is just a developmental delay, ...