The performance of rural smallholder dairy agrienterprises in Kenya is very critical as it contributes to welfare improvement of rural people especially the youth and women. Despite this acknowledgement, the farm productivity of rural dairy agripreneurs is persistently low. Entrepreneurial orientations and utilization of agribusiness support services have been viewed as a catalyst for improvement of agrienterprises performance. This study sought to determine impact of agripreneurial orientati...
e modern devolution development across the globe has been in part driven by assertions of a supposed ‘economic dividend’ linked with the devolved expenditure. There is however, little empirical evidence to validate these assertions in Kenya. Most empirical studies across different countries have used different methods of analysis, different time periods and diverse techniques of measuring variable which have generated mixed conclusions and others are inconclusive. More so, in Kenya these ...
Witnesses in highly sensitive cases are often intimated and physically harmed by people they are witnessing against or their associated. Kenyan government has enacted witness protection laws as results of pressure from International Criminal Court as part of conditions in prosecution of Post-Election Violence (PEV). This study sought to identify and document challenges facing implementation of witness protection program in Kenya. Specifically, this current study sought to achieve following ob...
This study examined the factors which influenced the implementation and prioritization of the three-pronged strategy which the Government of Kenya adopted in 2003 to fight corruption. Despite its adoption, the prevalence of corruption in the country remained high as reported in the anti-corruption commission reports, corruption perception surveys, parliamentary reports and in the media. The widespread corruption was an indication that the strategy faced challenges in reducing it and this situ...
This study examined gender-labour relations in tobacco production and their implications on household‟s socio-economic welfare in Kuria Sub-Counties. The major issue that led to this study was and still remains that tobacco is being regarded as a crop belonging to men since its inception in the 1960‟s. Consequently, men have institutionalized restriction and constraints on women regarding the access to land resources and the benefits accrued from tobacco sales on one hand, while appropria...
This study sought to examine the participation and ascendancy of elite women in political leadership as it is of a national concern in Kenya. However, the case of Maasai community; especially within Narok South Sub-County has been focused in this study. The objectives of the study were to explore the influence of historical trends, socio-cultural, economic and demographic factors on women’s political participation. On the strength of these objectives, a conceptual framework was developed il...
Abstract/Overview Climate change accounts for ninety percent of global weather-related natural disasters. Cultural perspectives shape the interpretation and expression of climate change phenomenon among indigenous peoples all over the world. In Kenya, research and discourse have under-represented sociocultural perspectives on climate change. The people of Ahero Irrigation Scheme sub-location in Kenya draw on cultural perspectives to explain and adapt to climate change. However, studies have ...
Abstract/Overview Education is one of the basic human rights. The right to education has been enshrined in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948). Girl child education was identified as the most urgent priority at the World Conference on Education For All, held in Jomtein (1990).This includes the rights of females who are physically disabled. The rights of people with disabilities is a growing phenomenon Worldwide. Female learners who are physically disabled have constraints in att...
Abstract/Overview This chapter uses evidence from the Parenting across Cultures (PAC) project to illustrate ways in which longitudinal data can help achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs; https://sustainabledevelopment. un. org/). The chapter begins by providing an overview of the research questions that have guided PAC as well as a description of the participants, procedures and measures. Next, empirical findings from PAC are summarized to illustrate implications for six specific ...
Abstract/Overview The current cross-cultural study aimed to extend research on parenting and children’s prosocial behavior by examining relations among parental warmth, values related to family obligations (i.e., children’s support to and respect for their parents, siblings, and extended family), and prosocial behavior during the transition to adolescence (from ages 9 to 12). Mothers, fathers, and their children (N = 1107 families) from 8 countries including 11 cultural groups (Colombia;...
The study examined the nexus between exchange rate volatility and financial performance of manufacturing companies in Nigeria between 2014-2023. Exchange rate volatility which is the independent variable was measured by exchange rate volatility, interest rate and inflation rate while financial performance was measured by return on asset, return on equity and net profit margin. The study adopted ex-post facto research design using five manufacturing companies as sample size. The secondary sour...
This study investigates the environmental ramification: the untangle effect of malaria on socio-economic development in Bayelsa state, Nigeria. The Life Cycle Theory serves as the theoretical framework for this study. Data for the research were primarily gathered through questionnaires administered to 367 respondents. Logistic regression models analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) v23 were employed to test the relationship between the predictor: namely Malaria (MAL), a...
Abstract: This study investigates the assessment of socioeconomic factors on Nutritional status of under-five children in economically disadvantaged families in Ebonyi State, Nigeria. Quantitative research design was adopted and a sample size of 400 was arrived at from a population of 1,025,100; and these samples made up the number of questionnaires that were distributed; while the purposive/judgmental sampling technique was used for analyzing the data gathered through structured questionnair...
The study provides a focused analysis of Kenya’s determinants of debt sustainability owing to its consistent budget deficits and higher debt servicing costs. Unlike broader studies, this research focuses on Kenya's unique economic conditions and talks about the consequences of unchecked debt servicing payment failures in Kenya that could undo macroeconomic progress if unchecked. The study deploys a single equitation regression analysis followed by a series of robustness checks and a genera...
This manuscript investigates the impact of gender-focused foreign aid on income inequality in East Africa, a topic with limited existing research. This research adds value by providing practical recommendations for policymakers to enhance the effectiveness of aid programs in fostering economic equity through targeted interventions. Using the Generalized Method of Moments (GMM) on panel data from three East African countries for over a decade provides robust evidence that gender-sensitive aid...