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Effectiveness of grievance management standards in influencing employee work performance
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Public universities in Kenya have adopted Grievance Management Standards (GMS) as a form of best practices for handling Human Resource operations and administrative functions. Despite this adoption, there are numerous ...
Board characteristics and financial performance of listed manufacturing and allied firms in Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
The manufacturing sector in Kenya contributes significantly to the economic development of both developing and developed economies. The government in in its Big 4agenda seeks to raise the share of manufacturing sector from ...
Achieving competences for sustainable development and sustainability: analysis of the role of transformative learning at university level
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Kenya’s education system has often been criticized for its inability to prepare learners for their lives out of school and even out of university. In particular, the graduates from our universities are criticised by the ...
Completeness of compact operators who’s norms are eigen values
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
The class of compact operators is fundamental in operator theory. Characterization of compact operators acting on different spaces has been fascinating to many Mathematicians. In this paper we consider the Hilbert and ...
Refugee enclave, conflict and effect on internal security in Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Although refugees are victims of protracted conflicts from their home country, they can cause negative externalities in asylum states, such as a disturbed ethnic balance, food insecurity, security threats, treatises and ...
Lean operations practices as a tool for healthcare and nutrition for all: a case study of public hospitals in Nairobi County
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Healthcare and nutrition for all can be achieved by the application of lean operations practices in public hospitals to improve organizational performance. Research done has shown that private hospitals perform better than ...
Assessing 30 years historical climate data and its implication on livelihoods in Kapsokwony division, Mt. Elgon Sub -County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Mountain ecosystems represent unique areas for the detection of climate change and assessment related impacts. Highlands are warming faster than lowlands.People living on the margins of the forested part of the MEE are ...
Enteric bacterial communities associated with the Omubhira stream in Kakamega County, Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
The present study was undertaken to establish the distribution and diversity of enteric bacterial communities along the Omubhira stream and also determine if physico-chemical parameters influence their distribution in water ...
Determinants of academic performance of girls in secondary schools in Mt. Elgon Sub County, Bungoma County Kenya
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Education of girls is critical for sound economic development of any country. Despite this realization, there has been an outcry about the participation and academic performance of girls in secondary schools in Mount Elgon ...
Potential of preserving diffferent fodder crops by blocking technology
(KIBU, 2018-06-12)
Inadequate feed during dry season is a major cause of low dairy productivity. Forage production is rain fed thus feeds are abundant during the rainy season. Napier grass, sunflower and bean husks are important feed resources ...