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Dr. Robert Kati
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Student’s Name : Robert Ojiambo Sande
The commercial banking has witnessed rapid changes. Competition is tough, thus forcing banks to heighten their effectiveness and competitiveness by raising their performance. In Kenya, commercial banks play a crucial role in driving economic growth and providing financial services to individuals and businesses. This study endeavoured to investigate the effect of forensic accounting on financial performance of commercial banks in Kenya.
Student’s Name : Nganga Everton Sifuna
The persistent challenge of ensuring financial accountability in devolved government units remains a critical issue in Kenya, with concerns over audit effectiveness and transparency affecting public trust and governance outcomes. Despite the existence of audit frameworks, questions about their sufficiency in promoting accountability continue to arise. This study sought to investigate the effect of external audit quality on the financial accountability of Bungoma County Government in Kenya.
Student’s Name : Barasa Janet Nekesa
The escalating competitive pressures and volatile market conditions in the sugar manufacturing industry have heightened the importance of effective cost management practices for ensuring profitability. Despite this, many private sugar firms in Western Kenya struggle to optimize costs and sustain profitability, often due to inadequate financial strategies and inefficient resource allocation.
Student’s Name : Omari Francis Khaemba
The commercial banking sector in Western Region of Kenya has experienced significant transformation due to increased competition, regulatory changes, and evolving customer expectations, necessitating enhanced effectiveness and competitiveness through improved financial performance. However, the specific relationship between taxation practices and financial performance among commercial banks in this region remained largely unexplored, despite the critical role these institutions play in driving economic growth and providing financial services.
Student’s Name : Sheillah Mukui
SMEs form the economic bedrock of economy globally since they have employed many people and they significantly play a huge role in the global employment. However, in Busia County, Kenya SMEs face significant challenges due to the high taxation imposed by the Kenyan government. These taxes have raised concerns about their impact on the financial performance of SMEs in the region.
Student’s Name : Oyinda Consolata Auma
Financial prudence is the practice of effectively, efficiently and properly utilizing and managing financial resources wisely, while focusing on long-term stability over short-term gains. It involves careful budgeting, controlled spending, and strategic saving or investing, minimizing debt and risks. Financially prudent individuals or organizations prioritize sustainability and resilience, preparing for future uncertainties with a balanced responsible approach.
Student’s Name : Kayugira Oscar Ndakalu
Past research with regard to the relationship between human resource management strategies and academic performance gave little attention on how knowledge management, employee experience design, talent analytics and up skilling and reskilling programmes affect academic performance.
Student’s Name : Daniel Sandachi Lwangu
The performance of public hospitals in Kenya has been marred with a lot of issues ranging from poor services to the patients, delayed supplier payments and constant labour unrest. Complaints have arisen from the manner in which procurement of goods and services are handled leading to inefficiencies in various departments including in the clinical medicine. Patients have been equally suffering in grief due to poor service delivery.
Student’s Name : Kaguri Magdalyne
Change management is effective management of a business modification that organizational leaders, administrators and employees thrive in to successfully realize the needed technology or organizational changes. Recognizing the essential for change and foreseeing organizations through change is the most challenging role for any leadership. Strategic management determines the vectors of the future development of the company with clear goal for activities.
Student’s Name : Naliaka Eddah Sibilike
Performance of individual employees contributes to an organization’s overall performance, which begins at the root where character affects the overall organization output. However, in Kenya, limited empirical research has focused on how components of emotional intelligence affect the job performance of National Police Service (NPS) officers, despite reports of performance challenges and emotional strain.
Student’s Name : Juma Wanjala James
Profitability, revenue growth, and cash flow improvements depended largely on how effectively firms managed and controlled their resources. The financial performance of Small and Medium Enterprises hinged on their ability to efficiently manage available finances. The main objective of this study was to investigate the influence of different sources of finance on the financial performance of youth-based SMEs in Bungoma County.
Student’s Name : Ouma Michael Kesa
Inventory optimization practices are critical for FMCG manufacturing firms in Kenya’s competitive market in order to improve their operational performance. Effective inventory optimization practices can significantly enhance operational efficiency, reduce costs, increase firm’s revenue and improve customer satisfaction besides making them have comparative advantage against others in the market.
Student’s Name : Ekeya Ezekiel Okumu
The operational performance of public-owned sugar manufacturing companies in Kenya remains critically low despite recent improvements in overall national sugar production. The sugar industry in Western and Nyanza Regions faces several performance issues that hinder its efficiency and profitability. Operational, logistical and financial challenges are the major performance issues that have been identified.
Student’s Name : Wekesa Simiyu Abraham
Employee job performance is essential in healthcare settings as it directly impacts patient outcomes, safety protocols and overall quality of care delivery. While green talent management strategies have demonstrated effectiveness in addressing employee job performance problems across healthcare, their implementation remains limited in developing countries. This study explored the influence of green talent management strategies and leadership support on employee job performance in public hospitals in Kenya.
Student’s Name : Wamalwa Martin Richard
Water is a basic driver of Kenya’s socio-economic development, and the delivery of safe, reliable, adequate and affordable water services is fundamental to the country’s sustainable growth agenda. Water service providers play a critical role in ensuring access to safe and reliable water, which is essential for public health, economic development, and environmental sustainability. However, persistent challenges in water service provision continue to impede sustainable development and community well-being.
Student’s Name : Magok Chuol Thomas
This study examines the performance of commercial banks in Juba, South Sudan, highlighting how strategic innovations and dynamic capability influence their performance. The purpose of this research focuses on four main objectives: to evaluate the effects of collaborative partnerships, employee engagement, information technology adoption, dynamic capabilities, and performance of Commercial banks in Juba, South Sudan.
Student’s Name : Yona Israel SAMO
The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of strategic flexibility, market dynamism on the performance of commercial banks in Nairobi City County, Kenya. In a competitive and dynamic financial landscape, commercial banks must effectively adapt to market changes to sustain their performance. The evolving nature of customer demands and regulatory requirements highlights the need for a deeper understanding of strategic flexibility.
Student’s Name : Lusambili Praxedes Khatenje
Employee performance in public Universities in Kenya has been declining gradually because of a combination of factors. Following the COVID-19 pandemic this situation worsened given that most employees had to stay at home waiting for its eradication. However, most organizations were forced into a combination of remote and in-person work, in order to continue with day-to-day work.
Student’s Name : Sirengo S. Edmond
This research thesis establishes the risk assessment practices adopted by the county government of Bungoma in improving revenue collection. The main objective of the study was to establish the relationship between risk assessment practices on revenue collection, while the specific objectives were to determine the effects of risk identification on revenue collection, to establish the risk analysis on revenue collection and lastly to analyze the risk mitigation on revenue collection
Student’s Name : Ayesiga Joyce
The study aimed to explore the relationship between workforce diversity and organizational performance in commercial banks in Kampala, Uganda, considering the moderating role of organizational culture. The objectives included assessing the effects of educational, age, and gender diversity on organizational performance, and examining how organizational culture influences these relationships
Student’s Name : Nasong’o Nafula Christine
This study determined the relationship between loan portfolio management and financial efficacy of listed commercial banks in Kenya. The financial sector performs a key role in the development of a country and the world at large. Banks operate in an environment of considerable risks and uncertainty due to various challenges experienced over time. Most commercial banks have registered unsatisfactory financial efficacy largely related to ineffective Loan portfolio management
Student’s Name : Philip Ojiambo Oundo
Financial performance, which reflects a company’s ability to generate revenue and manage resources efficiently has seen a marked decline among NSE-listed companies between 2016 and 2020.This trend reflects broader financial instability in regions like Southern Africa and Nigeria. The relationship between dividend payouts and financial performance has become a key area of interest, with researchers debating whether dividends positively impact company performance
Student’s Name : Esther Nekesa Lufwarura
The purpose of this study was to examine business succession planning and performance of selected supermarkets. One of the major problems faced by supermarkets globally is the transfer of leadership, ownership and management due to poor business succession planning that has led to decline in performance of selected supermarkets. Most supermarkets have been experiencing management issues and the real cause of this disruption is not yet clear
Student’s Name : Wafula Mercyline Nanjala
Employee wellbeing has emerged as a critical factor influencing performance and little research has been done, particularly in the public sector. This study examined employee wellbeing and performance of the county government of Kakamega, Kenya: the moderating role of organization culture. Specifically, it investigated four objectives that is, how employee engagement, work-life balance and motivation impact performance and the moderating role of organization culture on performance
Student’s Name : Celestin Havyarimana
The performance of commercial banks heavily relies on motivated employees. Motivation is a key factor in managing people at organizational interfaces. However, employees have various competing needs driven by different motivators, and there is limited research on the impact of extrinsic motivation on employee performance in the context of Rwandan commercial banks. The aim of this study was to explore the impact of extrinsic motivation on employee performance in commercial banks in Kigali, Rwanda.
Student’s Name : Wanyonyi Collins Festus
Savings and credit cooperative societies (SACCOs) have become a crucial source of financial services for low-income households in developing countries, offering savings, credit, insurance, and financial education to their members. This study examined the determinants of rates of return on financial performance of SACCOs in Western Kenya, focusing on share capital, membership growth, and asset quality, with the regulating environment as a moderating variable. The target population consisted of SACCOs operating in Western Kenya
Student’s Name : Chesori Chepkwemoi Vickie
Microfinance Institutions in Kenya has emerged as one of the effective sources of finance for socio-economic development and as an essential tool of financial inclusion. However, the positive impacts of Microfinance Institutions on the poor can only be achieved if the Institutions are financially sustainable. The purpose of this study, therefore was to examine the effects of financial sourcing and financial sustainability of Licensed Microfinance Institutions in Kenya mainly focusing on asset-based lending, debt financing, equity financing with firm size as the moderating variable.
Student’s Name : Uwambaye Cynthia
Performance is critical to the organizational and financial performance of any firm or company including manufacturing firms in Kigali, Rwanda. Most of these manufacturing firms are experiencing high employee turnover which raises a concern on the employee motivation and satisfaction at their places of work. This study therefore investigated how employee motivation (employee achievement, employee recognition, fear motivation and employee competence) influences the performance of manufacturing firms in Kigali, Rwanda, case study of Roto Ltd. The study was anchored on the Maslow’s hierarchy of needs theory, Incentive theory, and Equity theory.
Student’s Name : Yves Irakoze
The telecommunication companies in Burundi have registered an unsatisfactory performance over the last few years and business survival for the service sectors heavily depends on the quality of human resources that an organization possesses. The rise in knowledge-based economies and the advancement in technology have made it a difficult task for organizations to keep a skilled and motivated workforce needed to ensure a competitive advantage. Studies on the influence of High-performance Work Practices on improved organizational performance have been conducted around the world. However, in Burundi, little research has been conducted to address this topic.
Student’s Name : Wandeka Elizabeth
The general trend has been that secondary schools, under guidance of the Ministry of Education and Teachers’ Service Commission, have continuously adopted a number of Human Resource Practice standards for daily routine, in order to improve student performance. Unfortunately, in the honing process, varied life mishaps impinge on teachers’ delivery, destabilising workflow intermittently and as a result, individual wellbeing is affected and consequently, delivery to the learners. The overall objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of workplace counselling techniques on teachers’ performance in public secondary schools in Bungoma South Sub- County.
Student’s Name : Nancy Nafula Simiyu
The Ministry of Health in Busia County faces critical challenges in various areas,including treatment errors, patient safety, employee safety, safety climate, environmental variability, degree of competition, shortage of qualified labor, high labour turnover, inadequate resources, and high cost of employee replacement in the health sector. The aim of this study therefore was to investigate the influence of occupational safety and health practices on health service delivery among staff in the Ministry of Health Busia County, Kenya.
Student’s Name : Foni Agnes Mesiku Kalaja
Online shopping is the act of engaging with and purchasing goods, services, and other commodities from a vendor over the Internet in real-time. This component is evolving, and it was recently sparked by the Covid 19 pandemic and smartphone technology, resulting in a rise in the number of clients and business owners operating online. It is critical to recognize that online business is gradually displacing traditional markets. Customers’ safety, the quality of items offered, services, and the design of online stores in online shopping are observed to be obstacles in the current situation since today’s businesses are customer-oriented rather than seller-oriented.
Student’s Name : Muhingabire Karake Gloriose
In Rwanda, branding and market penetration by local enterprises continues to be impeded. Small and medium enterprises have inadequate knowledge of digital marketing. Digital marketing, which has become a global norm, is still in its infancy stage in Rwanda. The purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of the adaptability of social media networks on the performance of small and medium enterprises in Rwanda.
Student’s Name : Nyapala Joseph
The urge to achieve operational efficiency, economies of scale, competitive edge, and profit maximization by business enterprises has become a key factor of interest in the current business world. Likewise, adoption of appropriate enterprise information systems is believed to enhance transformations in business enterprises in-terms of products, process, and operations leading to firm efficiency but to no continuity. Hence, this study assesses the value gained from adopting enterprise information systems as enablers of agribusiness enterprise transformation in Kakamega County, Kenya.
Student’s Name : Mutali Marine Benard
Heightened competition in the business environment with many players seeking for market share and the ever-changing customer behavior due to changing customer needs coupled with rapid innovations in technology has led businesses to seek strategies to guard their existing clientele to avoid losing them to the competition. Automation of Customer Relationship Management systems in businesses is a key strategy of dealing with this challenge. The purpose of this study was to investigate automating of Customer Relationship Management System as a value indicator in customer service delivery in water and sanitation industry in Western Kenya.
Student’s Name : Mick Kawudha
The study’s general objective was to assess the relationship between Working Capital Management and Loan Portfolio Performance in commercial banks and microfinance institutions in Kampala, Uganda. The problem was that many reports have highlighted poor performance of financial institutions in Uganda. The average portfolio at risk, the risk coverage ratio and profitability showed a declining trend for the years 2021/2022. Issues of weak Working Capital Management and deteriorating competitive strategies have been identified as possible constraints limiting financial institutions from achieving their intended performance objectives.
Student’s Name : Dhor Margaret Kuei
Insurance firms typically make a range of investments using their assets in order to generate extra income in the form of interest, dividends, and capital gains. The majority of underwriting efforts are geared towards collecting premiums by offering insurance policies to consumers who subsequently become policyholders and pay premiums to the insurance business in return, insurance companies make money on underwriting. The insurance provider invests the cash premium it receives from consumers who purchase insurance in the financial markets in order to make a profit by compiling a portfolio of their largest client claims in order to better manage their risks.
Student’s Name : Musungu Joseph Wasula
Budget reforms happen when adjustments are done on how the government collects, allocates and spends money as per overall budget in public sector for improvement of financial performance. The study examined the effect of budget reforms on financial performance of County Government of Bungoma.
Student’s Name : Wataka Sicharani Levy
The high rocketing level of non-performing loans, in the Kenyan Money Lending Industry has been a big bottleneck to the economic success and stability. The major problem is unstable profit, which keeps on fluctuating because of default rate by customers caused by weak credit-risk mitigation practices. This has led to profit decline by 30.0 percent from 2019 to June 2020. The assets quality is deteriorating, with the ratio of non-performing loans to gross loans also rising from 12% in December 2019 to 13.1% in June 2020. This depicts some inconsistency and profitability is affected in the same way.
Student’s Name : Brian Wangila Mukhongo
The broadcasting industry continues to record growth despite the numerous challenges it has encountered over the years. The performance of broadcasters has struggled with the economic implications of the digital disruption, the mobile telephony and the advent of social media compelling managers to rethink and recalibrate their strategies while radio and television stations have shut down their operations in the recent times in Kenya. The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of expansion strategies on organizational performance of broadcasters in Kenya.