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Community Policing and Crime Management in Mathare North Informal Settlement in Nairobi City, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2025-12) Ireri, Jason Kinyua
The study sought to examine Community Policing (CP) and crime management in Mathare North informal settlement in Nairobi City, Kenya. The study focused on three critical relationships; (1) the effect of policing practices on crime management; (2) the effects of stakeholders’ attitudes on crime outcomes, and (3), the effect of joint partnerships (multi-stakeholder initiatives, including Nyumba Kumi) on crime management. Broken Windows and Social Capital Theories were used for conceptual framework which helped inform how policing practices, neighborhood security structures and community relations were interpreted. The study employed a cross-sectional mixed-method design, analyzing data from 382 valid respondents. These were drawn from security personnel, local administrators and community stakeholders. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS, focusing on frequencies, percentages and multiple regression, while the qualitative data underwent thematic analysis. The study was based in Mathare North, Nairobi, Kenya, because reports identified the area as one of the informal settlements with critical security risks, making it a suitable case study for assessing community-police approaches to crime control. Key findings captured in the study indicated that policing practices had a positive effect on crime management (regression B=0.953, p <.001), while stakeholders’ attitude b=0.016, p = .014) and joint partnership, (while small but statistically significant effect, p= .023) also led to improved crime outcomes. The participants acknowledged that, community policing initiatives contributed to trust and information sharing. They also agreed that joint patrols and partnerships are important in mitigating crime. This study recommends strengthening police-community collaboration, clarifying the role and governance of Nyumba Kumi structures ad conducting comparative studies across informal settlements to assess generalizability. The findings give a practical guidance for policymakers and local stakeholders seeking to improve security in the urban informal settlements.
Budgetary Control Practices and Financial Accountability of Meru County Government in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2025-11) Kiriungi, Pamela Karambu
Meru County, like other counties in Kenya's devolved governance system, faces significant challenges in implementing required budget control guidelines and ensuring financial accountability. The Office of the Auditor-General's fiscal year 2022/2023 report reveals critical issues including irregular payment of Kshs. 9,160,000 for an undelivered motor vehicle, unjustified expenditure of Kshs. 71,637,894 on operating expenses, and irregular spending of Kshs. 9,590,800 on domestic travel violating National Treasury regulations. Persistent financial management issues from 2014 to 2023 suggest that existing interventions have been inadequate, creating a notable research gap in understanding how specific budgetary control practices impact financial accountability in Meru County. This study examined the effect of four key budgetary control practices (budget planning, feedback mechanisms, monitoring processes, and employee training) on financial accountability in Meru County, Kenya. The research was guided by Public Choice Theory addressing feedback mechanisms, Fiscal Federalism Theory underpinning budget planning, and New Public Financial Management Theory informing monitoring and training practices. Using a cross-sectional research design, data was collected from a stratified random sample of 80 respondents comprising Members of County Assembly, Public Accounts and Investment Committee members, Budget Committee members, and Office of the Auditor General representatives through structured questionnaires. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression analysis. Ethical considerations included obtaining authorizations from the university's research committee and NACOSTI, ensuring participant confidentiality through encrypted data storage, maintaining transparency through informed consent, and upholding academic integrity by properly acknowledging all sources. The findings revealed that budget planning (β=0.285, p=0.008), feedback mechanisms (β=0.312, p=0.005), and monitoring processes (β=0.338, p=0.014) significantly and positively influence financial accountability, while employee training showed no significant relationship (β=-0.026, p=0.846). Descriptive statistics indicated moderate implementation effectiveness, with below-average budget plan clarity, moderately useful feedback mechanisms, and infrequent monitoring activities. The study concludes that: first, budget planning significantly enhances financial accountability but requires improved clarity and comprehensiveness to maximize impact; second, budget feedback mechanisms effectively promote accountability but need redesigned channels for better accessibility and two-way communication; third, budget monitoring positively impacts accountability but suffers from implementation gaps requiring increased frequency and modern tools; fourth, employee training alone is insufficient for enhancing accountability without supportive organizational culture and follow-up mechanisms. The study recommends that Meru County enhance budget plan clarity through standardized formats, redesign feedback channels, increase monitoring frequency with digital systems, and restructure training programs with mentorship mechanisms. Policy actors including the Controller of Budget, Auditor General, and EACC should provide technical assistance, conduct evaluations, and establish complaint investigation systems. Future research should conduct comparative studies across multiple counties, employ longitudinal designs to track improvements, and examine moderating effects of organizational culture and political factors on budgetary control-accountability relationships within Kenya's devolution framework
Project Financial Management Techniques and Implementation of Agribusiness Projects in Murang'a County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2025-11) Wangui, Damaris Waheti
Agribusiness projects in Murang’a County have faced multiple implementation challenges, affecting their overall success and sustainability. Many projects experience delays in execution, cost overruns, and deviations from the originally planned scope. These issues have often resulted in substandard outputs that fail to meet the intended quality standards or the expectations of community members and other stakeholders. Murang’a County has experienced increased number of agribusiness projects. The projects have adopted various financial management practices in an attempt to enhance sustainability of the projects. However, more than 80% of the agribusiness projects in Murang’a County are poorly implemented. Further, previous studies have shown research gaps that needed to be filled. This research sought to bridge these gaps by determining the project financial management techniques and their effect on implementation of agribusiness projects in Murang'a County, Kenya. Specifically, the research aimed to find out the effect of financial risk management techniques on implementation of agribusiness projects; determine the effect of budgeting techniques on implementation of agribusiness projects; determine the effect of financial reporting techniques on implementation of agribusiness projects; and establish the effect of cash-flow management techniques on implementation of agribusiness projects in Murang'a County, Kenya. The current investigation utilized a design that was descriptive in nature. The research targeted 21 agribusiness projects in Murang’a County with 265 project staffs within the projects. The sample size was computed using Yamane formula and selected using stratified sampling procedure. Semi-structured questionnaires were utilized. The researcher undertook piloting involving 7 project staffs from one project in Murang’a County. The investigator employed the drop-wait-and-pick methodology in administering the questionnaire. Data was analyzed utilizing inferential as well as descriptive statistics. From the results, the model had an r value of 0.619 indicating a strong correlation between variables. The r square value was 0.383. From ANOVA statistics the F value was 9.296 (p-value=0.000). From the regression equation, financial management techniques had positive and significant regression coefficients. The study concludes that project financial management has a positive effect on implementation of agribusiness projects in Murang’a County. The research concludes that financial risk management, budgeting, financial reporting and cash flow management techniques have a positive effect on implementation of agribusiness projects in Murang’a County. From the findings, this study recommends that agribusiness projects in Murang’a County come up with strategies that would improve project implementation which is poor. This can be done through improved financial management; effective budgeting techniques; comprehensive financial reporting; and increased cash inflows in order to improve the implementation of agribusiness projects within Murang’a County. This research recommends that a same investigation be undertaken on other factors influencing implementation; other project financial management techniques; other measures of project implementation; and other counties and different projects other than Murang’a and agribusiness projects.
Amref’s Healthcare Diplomacy and Implementation of Sustainable Development Goal Three in Nairobi City County, Kenya, 2015-2023
(Kenyatta University, 2025-11) Mwendwa, Jacinta M.
Healthcare diplomacy has increasingly become a critical mechanism for sustainable development goal three in the global health landscape, particularly in Kenya, where health challenges are compounded by socio-economic factors. This study examined the role of AMREF Health Africa in advancing healthcare diplomacy and its contributions to sustainable development goal three (SDG 3), on Good health and well-being. The broad objective of this study was to assess AMREF’s health diplomacy and implementation of SDG 3 in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study was guided by the following specific objectives: first, to examine the contribution of AMREF’s healthcare diplomacy on sustainable health outcomes. Secondly, to analyse the effectiveness of AMREF's healthcare diplomatic strategies and enhancement of sustainable health development. Lastly, to assess the obstacles that impeded the implementation of AMREF’s healthcare diplomacy efforts. The study area was Nairobi City County, Kenya. The target population involved healthcare practitioners and professionals, Government officials, policy makers, beneficiaries of health programs, private sector partners, community based health organization and AMREF officials. The scope of the study was between the years 2015 to 2023. The theories of Constructivism and Global Governance were used to guide the study. Besides, the study adopted descriptive survey and explanatory research designs and used questionnaires and interview guides to collect data. Purposive and snow balling sampling were used to select respondents. Data analysis was achieved through qualitative and quantitative techniques. The findings of objective one revealed the following that AMREF’s important approach anchored in policy advocacy, collaborative partnerships, improved community access, capacity building, and data-informed planning has produced measurable impacts across various levels of the health ecosystem. AMREF Health Africa, as a prominent African-led health organization, has positioned itself at the intersection of health diplomacy and community empowerment. Further, the findings of objective two exposed that through advocacy, partnership-building, digital innovation, and localized interventions, AMREF has contributed significantly to shaping policy and practice in some of Nairobi’s most underserved areas. Finally, the findings of objective three disclosed that inadequacy of government collaboration and bureaucratic inefficiencies entrenched within public health systems impede implementation of AMREF’s health diplomacy efforts. These issues manifest through frequent delays in approvals, lack of timely coordination between different levels of government, and the slow, sometimes reluctant, integration of AMREF’s innovative community health models into national and county health planning frameworks. The study recommends on the need for strengthened public-private collaboration. The study also recommends increased domestic investment in health, and institutional support to ensure the long-term impact and scalability of AMREF’s health diplomacy efforts across Kenya
Compensation Management Strategies and Service Delivery in Lapsset Corridor Development Authority, Nairobi, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2025-05) Maisori, Nyaichoro Benson
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This study sought to examine compensation management strategies and their effects on service delivery within the LAPSSET Corridor Development project by the LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority. The study’s objectives were: to assess the effect of reward and recognition on service delivery in LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority, to evaluate the effect of training on service delivery in LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority, and to examine the effect of allowances and bonuses on service delivery in LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority. In this study, Expectancy Theory, Human Capital Theory, and Equity Theory were used to explicate the variables. A descriptive correlational research design was used. The target population comprised the 96 employees situated at LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority headquarters. All the 96 employees at the headquarters served as sampling units, making this a census. The researcher collected primary data using a self-administered semi-structured questionnaire. Quantitative data from the surveys were analyzed using statistical instruments (SPSS version 26) and methods to identify trends, correlations, and patterns related to compensation strategies and service delivery. Descriptive statistics, such as means, frequencies, and percentages, provided an overview of the data distribution. Inferential statistical methods, including correlation and regression analyses, were used to explore the strength and direction of the relationships between different variables. For the qualitative data gathered from the open-ended questions, thematic analysis was utilized to identify and interpret key themes and patterns within the responses. The study deduced that reward an recognition, training and allowances & bonuses had a positive effect on service delivery in LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority. It was concluded that that reward and recognition practices positively influence service delivery within LAPSSET Corridor Development Authority. It was concluded that promotion opportunities, recognition programs, and performance-based rewards significantly enhance employee motivation, thereby improving service delivery. It was also concluded that regular on-job training and digital literacy initiatives have contributed to the timely delivery of services and prompt responses to client inquiries. It was recommended that the Salaries and Remuneration Commission should introduce a flexible allowance system that adjusts to regional and field-specific conditions. This would ensure fairness in how travel, housing, and other allowances are allocated. Furthermore, the Commission should implement regular audits of total reward packages including bonuses, recognition, and career development opportunities to identify gaps and align benefits with employee needs and service delivery goals.