Question 1: Briefly explain role of the following Financial Institutions in the economic development of Kenya: a) Kenya Industrial Estates: Kenya Industrial Estates (KIE) Limited was established in 1967 as a subsidiary of Industrial and Commercial Development Corporation (ICDC) with a major role of promoting indigenous entrepreneurship by financing and developing small scale and micro enterprises. KIE Limited was established to facilitate development and incubation of micro‚ small and medium enterprises
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The possible reason why a baby in Kenya is delayed in cognitive development compared to a middle class child in America is because‚ Kenya culture is different for those who stay in America. Kenya is a small community where there is not a lot of people with money. Poverty is a major reason why they might have delay in development. They don’t have the right tools to help the child during that period such as‚ electronics‚ books‚ or toys. Another possible reason why this might have happened is because
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A SURVEY OF DIVIDEND PRACTICES IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF QUOTED FIRMS IN THE NAIROBI STOCK EXCHANGE JUNE 2009 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We are grateful to our supervisor‚ Mr. Luther Otieno for tirelessly guiding us throughout the writing of the project. Indeed‚ his encouragement and wise counsel greatly inspired us throughout the period we were writing this project. In addition‚ we thank all the lecturers at the University of Nairobi who taught us during our undergraduate studies. We are also grateful
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LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK IN KENYA ON THE RIGHTS OF CHILDREN WITH DISABILITIES INTERNATIONAL LAWS Under The Constitution of Kenya‚ article 2(5) and (6)‚ treaties and rules of international law are part of Kenyan Law. This essentially means that even without domesticating some of the treaties their obligations apply directly to Kenya. The Convention on the Rights of the Child is the first treaty that protected children rights. It guiding principles have a direct impact to children with disabilities. These
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“Banning Dowry Payment in Kenya” “Dowry payment should not be banned in Kenya”. People opposed to dowry payments strongly believe that it is a way of extorting money from poor men. It also represents a woman to be viewed as property. Though‚ others for dowry argue that is just a way of paying back a vote of thanks to the woman’s family. Despite what others may believe‚ dowry is a must in order to embrace our African traditions‚ each tribe has it way‚ woman becomes part of the man’s property‚ it
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DO PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA NEED STRATEGY? "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term: which achieves advantage for the organization through its configuration of resources within a challenging environment‚ to meet the needs of markets and to fulfill stakeholder expectations". Strategy plays a great role in Public Universities in that‚ Public Universities have progressively realized that effective service delivery to customers (students) and competitive advantage
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1.0 Introduction As per the requirement of the Bachelor in commerce and economics course structure‚ I was obliged to undertake an industrial attachment at an organization of my choice for a period of eight weeks. This exercise was meant to enable me glamatise with work environment‚ exercise skills and knowledge acquired in university and gain more competence in my area of specialization. The application process begun as early as third year 2nd semester and I must say it was not an easy task because
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under-developed) and make the comparative analysis on the basis of political‚ economic‚ social‚ technological analysis. For Assignment purpose we have selected: * Australia as developed country * Pakistan as developing country * Kenya as developing country AUSTRALIA BACKGROUND Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40‚000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770
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Collective bargaining generally includes negotiations between the two parties (employees’ representatives and employer’s representatives). Collective bargaining consists of negotiations between an employer and a group of employees that determine the conditions of employment. Often employees are represented in the bargaining by a union or other labor organization. The result of collective bargaining procedure is called the collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Collective agreements may be in the
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Abstract The Youth‚ who form a critical mass of the Kenyan population‚ are unemployed. Efforts have been made to alleviate the problem of youth unemployment in Kenya. However‚ these strategies and efforts have come under intense scrutiny in the recent years with the ever rising unemployment rates. This research set to critically examine the existing strategies and efforts to alleviate unemployment among the urban youth with the view to make recommendations on how best the strategies can be implemented
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