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Concerns about accountability in NGOs have increased over the past two decades, due in part to a series of highly publicized scandals that have eroded public confidence in nonprofit organizations, coupled with a rapid growth in NGOs around the world. There was therefore the need to come up with a mechanism for enhancing accountability in the work NGOs are doing hence the genesis of Humanitarian Accountability Partnership standard. The purpose of this study was to establish the factors that affect implementation HAP of standard in NonGovernmental Organizations. The study was guided by the following objectives; to determine the influence of organization staff competency on implementation of HAP standard; to assess the influence of organization information sharing on implementation of HAP standard; to determine organization feedback and complaints mechanism influence implementation of HAP standard; to assess the influence of beneficiaries’ participation on implementation of HAP standard. The study employed a descriptive survey research design based on a cross sectional descriptive research and data was collected using questionnaires administered to 66 programme staff members from Nairobi, Gedo, Mogadishu and Garowe offices in the Norwegian Church Aid. The response rate after administering the instrument was 86.7%. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences tool. The findings of the study based on the factors that influence implementation of HAP standard that were under investigations revealed that a total of 40.4% of the respondents noted that Staff competency plays a big role in implementation of HAP standard. On the same, 86.4% of the total respondents confirmed that their knowledge on HAP makes it easier to implement HAP standard in the organization. On the other factor, a total of 45.6% of the respondents agreed that sharing of information organization influence implementation of HAP standard while 80.6% of the respondents stated that sharing of information influence implementation of HAP standard strongly. On the next factor, a total of 70.2% of the respondents agreed that complaints and feedback mechanism influence implementation of HAP. On the same also, a total of 42.5% of the respondents agreed that organization complaints and feedback mechanism influence implementation of HAP standard strongly. Finally a total of 75.4% of the respondents confirmed that beneficiaries’ participation contributes to the success of implementation of HAP standard while a total of 54.4% of the respondents stated that beneficiaries’ participation plays the biggest role in implementation of HAP standard. On dependent variable, 43.9% of the respondents confirmed that implementation of HAP standard is a very rigorous exercise for the organization. The major recommendations that was made from this study was that organization pursuing implementation of HAP standard should strengthen systems and procedures that allow and encourage beneficiaries participation since this is the factor that was rated as influencing implementation of HAP standard strongly.

DSpace logo DSpace JSPUI DSpace preserves and enables easy and open access to all types of digital content including text, images, moving images, mpegs and data sets DSpace logo Egerton University Institutional Repository Egerton Journal Egerton Journal of Education and Community Studies Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: http://41.89.96.81:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/453 Title: The influence of teacher characteristics on ICT adoption among secondary school teachers in Kenya Authors: Komen, K. H. Cheplogoi, S. K. Kirui, V. C. Keywords: Teacher characteristics ICT leadership e-learning Issue Date: 2-Dec-2015 Abstract: The society is moving very fast into a digital world with Information Communication Technology revolution. Education has not escaped with teaching and learning processes coming under scrutiny in ICT standards and impacts. ICT tools have helped to improve autonomy in learning, stimulate students’ sensory and cognitive curiosity, develop life skills, boost self-confidence and facilitate the learning of abstract ideas and theories. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of teacher characteristics on adoption of ICT among secondary school teachers. .A total of 102 respondents participated in the study of which eight public secondary schools which had introduced computers were selected using simple random sampling method. Structured questionnaires were used for data collection and likert scale was used in rating responses while interview schedule was used to collect data from the principals. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) where descriptive statistics including frequency tables, percentages and means were generated .Chi-square and regression analyses on the other hand were the main inferential statistics used to test the hypotheses of the study. were the main used while. Findings of the study indicated that teachers had not fully adopted ICT in teaching and learning despite showing positive attitudes towards adoption of ICT. Age was the only characteristic tested that had a statistical significance. The study recommends that policy makers and curriculum developers should consider making ICT as a core subject in secondary schools. Teachers need to be in serviced on the use of ICT in the teaching and learning process. Furthermore, secondary school principals should provide prudent leadership in ICT implementation.

This study examined the extent to which the identified determinants influence the effective utilization of routine health information in the private health facilities in Kampala. The study was based on the following research objectives: to describe how technical determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health facilities in Kampala; to determine how organizational determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health facilities in Kampala; and, to examine how behavioural determinants influence utilization of routine health information in private health facilities in Kampala. The study adopted a cross sectional survey research design and both quantitative and qualitative approaches were used. Four health facilities from each of the five administrative divisions that make up Kampala Capital City (Kampala Central Division, Kawempe Division, Nakawa Division, Makindye Division and Lubaga Division) were selected as a study sample. In total, a sample of 122 respondents were chosen who included division health officers, district health officer, health facility managers/directors, frontline health workers, district biostatistician and health information officers in the different health facilities in the five divisions. In collecting the data, the researcher used both secondary and primary sources. Data collection methods used were questionnaires and KI interviews, and the collected data was analyzed using multinomial logistic regressions analysis, Chi-square tests and Pearson correlation coefficient. The study findings revealed that: organizational and behavioural determinants are statistically significant in influencing effective utilization of routine health information than the technical determinants. Further analysis revealed that among the organizational variable composite index, planning had greater statistical significance than other organizational variables. It was concluded that: (i) among the technical determinants, only IT complexity was found to optimally have a statistical significant influence on routine health information use in the private sector; (ii) organizational planning has the most significant contribution to information use and this demonstrated the need for health facility management in establishing systems that support and promote routine evidence-based decision-making. It was recommended that: (iii) there is need to continuously provide technical support supervision to the private health facility in data and information management. Secondly, there is also need to support training of private health staff in RHIS management. Thirdly, private health facility managements should promote information use for evidence-based decision-making through integration of RHIS in the facility planning and management.

Solar thermal energy storage technology has made solar energy a potentially viable supplement for fossil fuels in much of the developing world. However one of the challenges in adopting the technology is the low efficiency of the storage media. Many thermal energy storage materials have difficulties and limitations such as handling, containment, storage and cost. Sand which is abundant, cheap, easy to handle and contain, can be used to alleviate the difficulties. Research carried out on sand as thermal energy storage material has been concentrated on the amount that can be stored. Literature on factors that influence the rate of charging sand thermal energy storage media could not be accessed. There is no existing information on the rate of charging various types of sand

The study sets out to investigate the effect of macroeconomic factors on commercial banks‟ lending to agricultural sector in Kenya. The relationship between the effect of macroeconomics factors and sectoral lending by commercial bank is of major concern in the bank lending function in an economy. Commercial banks use the findings of the effect of macroeconomics to predict the performance of sectors in order to take precautionary measures in lending to avoid financial crisis. Insufficient supply of agricultural sector credit is one of the constraints to modernizing agricultural production. Lending by commercial banks to the agricultural sector has not lived up to expectations. To this end, the study set out to investigate the effect of macroeconomic factors on commercial banks‟ lending to agricultural sector in Kenya. The findings have established the effect of Inflation rate, Interest rate, Exchange rate and (GDP) on commercial banks‟ lending to Agricultural sector. The population of the study comprised of all commercial banks‟ in the entire period in Kenya that were licensed and registered under the Kenya banking act. All the commercial banks in Kenya were sampled in order to provide a complete picture on the effect of macroeconomic factors on commercial banks‟ lending to agricultural sector in Kenya. The data required for the study was obtained from secondary source in the central bank of Kenya that was used to investigate the relationship between dependent and independent variables. The theoretical framework that was used in this study explored business cycle theory and contemporary banking theory of financial intermediation as the main root of limited percentage share of commercial banks‟ lending to agricultural sector in Kenya .The researcher employed descriptive survey design and data analysis used descriptive statistics, correlation analysis and regression analysis. While commercial banks were found involved in lending activity, they continued to lend low to agricultural sector. It was clear from the study that, a unit increase in interest rate, inflation rate and exchange rate negatively affected theamount of credit provided by the commercial banks respectively. This resulted to decrease in the amount of credit.GDP was found to have a positive relationship to lending. A unit increase of GDP led to increase to amount of credit provided by commercial banks. To cater for the credit needs of agricultural sector, it is incumbent upon the commercial banks to review its lending dimension. The study has important implications in terms of policies that will enhance economic growth through agricultural financing. There is need to increase the amount of lending to agricultural sector through the reduction of interest rates and controlling the negative effect of exchange rate and inflation to allow more economic growth in the country.

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In response to globalization and decreasing funding from governments and donors, research institutions like Kenya Forestry Research Institute (KEFRI) have had to lay off a number of their staff. This reduction in the number of staff has necessitated an improvement in employees’ performance in terms of efficiency, productivity and also effectiveness. To ensure consistency in employee performance, KEFRI has been adopting performance feedback systems. However, despite the use of performance feedback system, employee performance in research institutions still remains low. The researcher therefore sought1to evaluate the nexus between performance1feedback system and employee performance (EP) in KEFRI. The researcher used descriptive research method. Moreover, unit of analysis was KEFRI Headquarters domiciled within Kiambu County, while unit of observation was one hundred and seventy-eight (178) members of staff working in seven divisions in KEFRI. The research used a census approach and hence involved all the one hundred and seventy eight (178) members of staff in the headquarters of KEFRI. The researcher utilized primary1and also secondary1data. Specifically, secondary1data on KEFRI was gathered from annual reports. Primary data was obtained by employing semi structured questionnaire. The questionnaire provided quantitative and also qualitative data. Moreover, qualitative data was then analysed by employing thematic content analysis while quantitative data1was analysed by employing descriptive and also inferential statistics1with assistance of SPSS1version 22. Moreover, descriptive statistics included frequency distribution, percentages, standard deviation and means. The1study employed regression and1correlation analysis to evaluate the link between performance feedback system and employee performance. The study discovered that performance feedback system has positive and significant effect on employee performance in KEFRI. The study also found that feedback frequency has significant and positive influence on employee performance in KEFRI. The study established that performance feedback communication channels have statistically significant positive effect on employee performance. Moreover, feedback based training has significant positive influence on the employee performance in KEFRI. The study recommends that management should provide open and honest feedback on1regular basis to enable the employees1to create trust and accept responsibility for improving performance and increasing their abilities. In addition, the management of Kenya Forestry Research Institute should provide clear, accurate, precise and detailed performance feedback so that employees can acquire information on their weaknesses and strengths that can1help them1to improve1their performance. Further, the management of Kenya Forestry Research Institute should provide performance feedback on frequent basis in order to motivate and help the employees improve their productivity and reach their goals.

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