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An Analysis of Types of Traumatic Events Experienced among Children in Children’s Homes in Nyeri County, Kenya by Maina, Peter, Munene, Alice, Tuikong, Sylvia

“…The validation of the research instrument was done by subjecting the items in the questionnaire to content validity and its reliability determined using Pearson chi-square test. The data analysis was computed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. …”
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Treating Complicated Grief among Orphaned Children in Kenya: Effectiveness of Complicated Grief Therapy by Ngesa, Maureen O., Tuikong, Sylvia, Ongaro, Kennedy

“…A total of 426 orphaned children aged 10 - 15 years were screened using the Brief Grief Questionnaire to sample those with elevated grief scores. Of the 263 who met the criteria, only 241 participants fully participated in the six months study with 123 and 118 participants in the treatment and the control groups respectively. …”
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Prevalence and Severity of PTSD among Children in Children’s Homes in Nyeri County Kenya by Maina, Peter, Munene, Alice, Tuikong, Sylvia

“…The validation of research instrument was done by subjecting the items in the questionnaire to content validity and its reliability determined using Pearson chi-square test. The data analysis was computed with the help of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 23. …”
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The Effect of Innovation on Service Delivery in The Public Sector in Kenya by Wambugu, Doris, Wachira, Muturi, Mwamba, Dorcas

“…The study also recommends that Huduma centers directors should encourage the employees to come up with new ways to better service delivery. Huduma centers should also address the issue of lack of adequate and sufficient finance since it poses a major challenge to development of innovations at the centers…”
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Macroeconomic Variables, Volatility and Stock Market Returns: A Case of Nairobi Securities Exchange, Kenya by Kirui, Evans, Wawire, Nelson H. W., Onono, Perez Ayieko

“…Threshold Genaralized Autoregressive Conditional Heteroscedasticity (TGARCH) model was used to capture the leverage effects and volatility persistence at the NSE. Published time series quarterly data from 2000 to 2012 was sourced from the Central Bank of Kenya, Kenya National Bureau of Statistics. …”
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The Causal Relationship between Inflation, Interest Rate and Stock Market Volatility in Kenya by Amata, Evans, Muturi, Willy, Mbewa, Martin

“…Findings also show a positive and significant short run relationship between inflation and stock market volatility (chi-square value of 13.39 and a p-value of 0.0039). …”
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Malaria healthcare policy change in Kenya: Implications on sales and marketing of antimalarials by Ngure, Peter K., Nyaoke, Lorraine, Minja, David

“…In view of the fact that continued sale of SP drugs and limited availability of AL poses the risk of increasing the incidence of malaria in Kenya, it is therefore, recommended that pharmacy surveillance systems be strengthened to ensure drugs that have been rendered non-viable or that prescription-only medicines are not sold contrary to the national guidelines.…”
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Influence of Christian Mothers in Nurturing Spiritual Development of Children by Mogute, Mary

“…Children are a blessing from God and a source of new life and hope for continuity in thecommunity as documented by Mbiti (1969) that “children are buds of society, and every birthis the arrival of ‘spring’ when life shoots outand the community thrives.” …”
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Relevance of strategic thinking in improving performance: A case of Kenya water for health organization and Kenya rainwater association by Moke, Ngaba Arthur

“…The study recommends that the NGO sector, especially the two organizations in this study set forth clear policies that promote strategic thinking, alternative income generating activities that can help them reward their employees appropriately to reduce the high employee turnover. …”
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The Efficacy of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on Depression Among Family Caregivers of End Stage Kidney Disease Patients in Nairobi County, Kenya by Waiyaki, Winnie

“…The sample was divided into experimental (n=49) and control groups (n=47). A quasi-experiment was done to determine the efficacy of CBT in reducing the symptoms of depression in the participants by applying the treatment to the experimental group. …”
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Effects of Work Life Balance on Staff Performance in the Telecommunication Sector in Kenya by Keino, Dinah Chebet, Kithae, Peter Paul

“…The study focused on the three levels of management who are directly dealing with the day to day management of the companies. …”
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The Effect of Deafness on Attachment among Children in Selected Deaf Centres in Nairobi County by Ruthuku, June Wanjiku

“…The schools included: Joseph Kang’ethe Primary, Race-course Primary, Aga Khan Primary and Giovanni e Silva school in Nairobi County. …”
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Investigating Female Children’s Rights to Family Property and Its Implication on Children’s Justice in Kisii County, Kenya by Mogute, Mary

“…The study recommends awareness creation of constitutional and other legal frameworks that promote female children’s property rights, their effective implementation and severe penalties for those who violate these provisions aimed at promoting children’s justice.…”
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The effectiveness of telecenters in rural development: a case of Sega Silicon Valley telecenter in Kenya by Ouma, Beatrice Awuor

“…The telecenter model is increasingly being championed in the developing countries by governments, donor agencies and NGOs who see their potential in generating rural development while affording marginalized communities the opportunity to enjoy the benefits of the information revolution (Parkinson, 2005). …”
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The Interface Between Security And The Refugee Crises In Africa: A Contextual Analysis Of The Dadaab Refugee Camp In Kenya by Wangai, Peter Ndungu

“…Refugees were also regarded as a group of vulnerable people who needed protection. The study recommends that in order to address the problem of illegal immigrants, the government should be provided with additional support by UNHCR and donors in order for it to increase the number of trained security personnel assigned to the Kenya-Somali border.…”
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The relationship between transformational leadership and leadership effectiveness in Kenyan indigenous banks by Louw, Lynette, Muriithi, Samuel Muiruri, Radloff, Sarah

“…Research design, approach and method: The study utilised a survey method to collect both quantitative and qualitative data while probability and non-probability techniques were used to sample target population. …”
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Cultural – Political Influence on the Mandatory Adoption of IFRS: Case of South Korea and Kenya by Muthoka, Dorothy Mutanu, Soon, Lee Jang

“…Using one way ANOVA method, the hypothesis was rejected and using the Chi square test, three factual differences arose from the study: (1) the level of enforcement; (2) the language of IFRS; (3) the question of adoption and convergence. …”
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Relationship between Human Capacity Building and Performance of Micro and Small Enterprises (Mses) In Kisumu City by Kithae, Peter Paul, Keino, Dinah Chebet

“….* Convenience* sampling* technique* is* used* to* simplify* data* collection* procedures* and* to* avoid* the* complications* of* simple* random* method* since* the* researcher* just* picks* on* those* who* happen* to* be* available*and*are*willing,*until*the*desired*size*is*attained.…”
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Business Incubators: The Missing Link to Small Business Survival by Muriithi, Samuel Muiruri, Ndegwa, Catherine, Juma, Joy

“…The success rate of incubated businesses is evident in different countries such as New Zealand (87%), United States of America (85%) and Germany (90%) while South Africa and Brazil both have 80% success rate. …”
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The effects of reward systems on employee satisfaction: a case study of kenya forestry research institute (KEFRI) by Koyier, Thomas, Mageto, Peter, Wachira, Muturi, Gitamo, Sarah Moraa

“…In particular, frequencies, tabulation and chi-square were used as descriptive statistics. …”
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