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Factors Influencing Sample Size for Internal Audit Evidence Collection in the Public Sector in Kenya
(IJAME Publication, 2012)
The internal audit department has a role of providing objective assurance and consulting services designed to add value and improve an organization’s operations. In performing this role the internal auditors are required ...
The impact of front office Sacco activity on Sacco performance in Kenya; A case study of Meru South and Maara district in Tharaka Nithi County in Kenya
(2013-05)
While Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies (Saccos) are an autonomous Association of Persons united voluntarily to meet their economic and social needs, their performance has been affected by ...
Genetic variability analysis for growth and yield parameters in double cross maize (Zea mays l.) genotypes in Kitale county of Kenya
(Science Journals Publishing, 2013)
Present study was conducted to select hybrids with improved yield, to identify testers for grain yield and to determine the magnitude of genetic variability in maize hybrids for yield and its elements. Adaptability of ...
Tea breaks: how flower visitors can benefit from unplanned floral buffer strips in a Tanzanian tea plantation
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2013)
Effects of Exchange Rate Volatility on French Beans Exports in Kenya
(Springer, 2014-01)
In Kenya, exports of French beans are one of the leading foreign exchange earners. Nevertheless, the economic impacts of exchange rate volatility on French beans exports in Kenya are unclear. This paper evaluates the ...
Effects of Market Reforms on Irish Potato Price Volatility in Nyandarua District, Kenya
(2013)
This paper evaluates the effects of market reform policies on the volatility of Irish potato prices in Kenya through an analysis of a 20 year monthly time series data set from Nyandarua district using an autoregressive ...
Strategic Organisation Development and Project Performance of Not for Profit Organisations’ In Isiolo Sub-County-Kenya
(2014-06)
The study was conducted to establish the influence of strategic organization development strategies on the performance of not for profit organizations projects in Isiolo district. The study was developed from a problems ...
Comparative Trapping Efficiency to Characterize Bee Abundance, Diversity, and Community Composition in Apple Orchards
(Oxford University Press, 2015-07)
Bees are important pollinators of numerous crops, and monitoring their abundance and diversity in commercial agricultural ecosystems is of increasing importance due to pollinator declines. In season-long field studies ...
Effects of Zeolites X and Y on the Degradation of Malathion in Water
(2013)
The inclusion of both zeolites X and zeolite Y significantly affected the dissipation of malathion in water. In the fresh water, malathion degradation followed a pseudo-first order kinetics with concomitant half-life ...
Using Apsim-Model as A Decision-Support-Tool for Long-Term Integrated-Nitrogen-Management and Maize productivity under Semi-Arid Conditions in Kenya
(Cambridge University Press, 2015-04)
There is continued decline in per capita agricultural productivity in the drier parts of Kenya’s central highlands. The declines have been linked to low and declining soil fertility, soil water, high atmospheric heat, ...