ASSIGNMENT 3/10/2014 PART A: HISTORY OF INSURANCE LEGISLATION IN KENYA The notion of insurance in Kenya can be traced back to the “social insurance programme” which for a long time has been around Africa. However‚ the history of the development of commercial insurance in Kenya is closely related to its colonial heritage. Like some African and other developing countries‚ there was no specific insurance legislation in Kenya until 1960‚ when the Insurance Ordinance of that year was promulgated
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The capital of Japan is Tokyo Republic of Kenya is a country in East Africa that lies on the equator. With the Indian Ocean to its south-east‚ it is bordered by Tanzania to the south‚ Uganda to the west‚ South Sudan to the north-west‚ Ethiopia to the north and Somalia to the north-east. Kenya has a land area of 580‚000 km2 and a population of a little over 43 million residents. Its capital and largest city is Nairobi. First of all Japan and Kenya are two completely different countries for example
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Following promulgation of the Kenya Constitution 2010‚ Land Law in Kenya was reviewed‚ repealed and new legislation enacted. Does the new Legislation on land Law adequately address all the shortcomings that were inherent in the old law regime? Kenyan Land system was governed by a number of laws that were complex and with many shortcomings. Some of this shortcomings included lack of distinction in ownership between citizens and non-citizens‚ long leases of 999 years‚ inadequate protection of matrimonial
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facing small business in Kenya |Indeed‚to come with a logical definition of a small scale business is not that easy.It is dependent of quantity of output‚say number of | |employees‚stakeholders and also varies from one industry or firm to any other. | |A small scale business I can assert to be managed in sole proprietorship or partnership and whose output is relatively small. Since colonial | |times‚Kenya has had mushrooming small
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI COLLEGE OF EDUCATION AND EXTERNAL STUDIES FACULTY OF EXTERNAL STUDIES DEPARTMENT OF EXTRA-MURAL STUDIES COURSE TITLE: FUNDAMENTALS OF MANAGEMENT COURSE CODE: LDP 603 ASSIGNMENT: DISCUSS THE MAIN ELEMENTS OF KENYA VISION 2030 AND HIGHLIGHT THE FACTORS THAT ARE LIKELY TO INFLUENCE ITS IMPLEMENTATION PRESENTED TO: PROF. H.J. KIDOMBO DATE OF SUBMISSION: NOVEMBER‚ 2013 PRESENTED BY: GROUP 2 MEMBERS Name Chepkoech Agnes Okayo Percila Ringera Aron Sumba K Gilbert
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KEY GROWTH SECTORS OF THE KENYAS ECONOMY Economic growth is the increase in the amount of the goods and services produced by an economy over time. It is conventionally measured as the percent rate of increase in real gross domestic product i.e. real GDP. In Kenya the key main sectors to achieve economic growth are agriculture which is the mainstay economic growth drivers‚ energy sector‚ manufacturing and industry‚ service sector which is mainly tourism‚ financial services and banking and also the
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MICROFINANCE AWARENESS AND IMPACT IN KENYA: A CASE OF NAIROBI COUNTY 1 Table of Contents CHAPTER ONE ............................................................................................................................................... 3 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................................................. 3 1.1 Background of the Study ................................................................
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post-independence that were affected by single party politics‚ Kenya was not left out of the scene. The dominant parties rose due to the struggle of independence that was facing major countries. At the time most African states preferred having one united front to beat their colonial masters since ‘United we stand divided we fall’ was more of the mentality (Tordoff‚ 1997). From the beginning‚ Kenya was a single-party state as this was represented by the Kenya African Union that was formed in 1944. The purpose
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into Kenya. The group selected this company as we had just completed a communication strategy for them on how to expand in India‚ and one of our colleagues who is from Kenya thought that it might be a viable option for GFA to expand into Kenya. This paper will attempt not to repeat any facts stated already in the presentation‚ unless required to highlight a specific point. At a high level the group agreed‚ by a democratic process‚ to the consensus that GFA should not expand into Kenya‚ but
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND TO THE STUDY Nairobi which is the capital city of Kenya has a population of about 3 million people which calls for an organized mode of Transport. The ‘Matatu’‚ right from the time of its entry into public transport service‚ has been an arena of contending economic and political interests. Its entry in public transport in Kenya can be dated to the mid 1 950s‚ when they started operating in Nairobi and were considered an illegal commercial entity. VIC McCormick
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