MMTI Theses and Dissertations (2017)

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A Mobile based accounting and sales management system for small retail shops
(Strathmore University, 2017) Magerer, Lawrence Kibet
The study showed that most of small scale retailers have not yet embraced technology in their business with only 17% having implemented a computer-based system. The study proposes an application for accounting and management of inventory to be adopted by the small scale retailers in Kenya. The application enhances the accounting and inventory management processes of retail shops by countering the challenges of the traditional paper-based system which is used by most small scale retailers. The application assists retailers to manage kiosk’s products, stock and to review product sales. It has integrated a barcode system for easier tracking of the shops inventory. It has implemented the VMI system that allows suppliers to keep track of the product stock levels thus making the management of inventory more efficient and effective. The proposed solution was developed following the agile development life cycle which provides flexibility in reworking of the solution. The solution was built to have a front-end that was implemented as a mobile application and the backend as a web application. The mobile application is used by the retailers to manage their shop and suppliers to keep track of inventory levels and the web application provides sales analytics and system administration.
Information dissemination framework for Technical Training Institutions in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017) Alianda, Patrick
Mobile Technology is increasingly being utilised as a tool for information dissemination and collection. Information is an important tool used in the realisation of any objective or goal set by individuals. Effectiveness of any information dissemination system is measured in terms of accessibility, timeliness as well as relevance of the information provided. Accessing Academic Information in Technical Training Institutions has been marked with numerous challenges. Key of these include under funding of these institutions and technological advancements that the Institutions have failed to embrace over a long period of time. This research provides a detailed study of the information needs of students in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya, the techniques currently used to disseminate information, how a mobile application for information dissemination can be designed, developed and tested and if the mobile application solves the challenges that are faced when using the current information dissemination techniques. Online Questionnaire were used to gather user requirements. Data analysis was done using Google analysis tools that led to the development of the Web, SMS and Mobile application to be used to disseminate information. The final prototype was an Android application that was synchronised with a backend that was very friendly and easy to use. Agile Software Methodology was used in the research. The Methodology has a series of steps that make the user much more involved in the development process. The final prototype was tested to check if functional and nonfunctional requirements were met. Testing was conducted by both the developer and potential users of the application. Last but not least the Mobile application was published on Google Play Store, SMS application hosted on both Africa is Talking Gateway with a customised name of Masai TTI and masaitti.com as the domain name. Finally a responsive Website hosted on masaitti.com to facilitate students, lecturers and support staff to be able to access timely, less costly, efficiently disseminated information.
A Career guidance mobile application based on personality
(Strathmore University, 2017) Too, Faith
Providing secondary school students with early and ongoing exposure to experiences, information necessary to make informed decisions when selecting a career that connects to academic preparation and future aspirations has been left to career counsellors. However, not all schools are privileged to have them and even those who have them, these career counsellors also have other subjects to teach and this leaves them with limited time to attend to all the students or even plan for activities or forums on career guidance. This has denied secondary school students adequate career guidance that ought to help them relate their academics and extra curriculum activities to their career goals.This research provides a comprehensive study of the career guidance situation in the country and globally, the factors that ought to be considered for successful career guidance and the existing solutions. The collection of data was done using document reviews and questionnaires this was useful in identifying the improvements that need to be made in the way career guidance is done currently. Analysis of the data collected was done using Google analysis tool and the results used to come up with system requirements. Agile methodology was adopted as the software methodology for developing the application.The solution is a mobile application that can be introduced to students early enough to enhance their understanding of personality types and what different careers involve to help in career planning, development and guidance.This will be achieved by use of Holland’s intruments that is the Self Direct Search (SDS) and the Vocational Preference Inventory (VPI) to match students to career possiblities. A web based application was also developed to be used by professionals in offering guidance to students and for administrative purposes. Testing was carried by potential users of the application.
Mobile application linking entrepreneurs to mentors and investors
(Strathmore University, 2017) Rop, Kimutai Felix
There is a growing culture of entrepreneurship in Africa with countries like Kenya becoming centers for innovation and entrepreneurship. This is evidenced by the development of world-leading technological innovations like MPESA - a renowned mobile phone based money transfer platform pioneered by Kenya’s largest telecommunication company, Safaricom. Despite existing potential, young African start-ups and existing businesses in the technology sector are faced with multiple challenges. Lack of access to capital, mentorship and training stand out among key challenges. This study reviews existing systems employed to address concerns such as limited access to funding, mentorship, and training by entrepreneurs. It identifies these systems’ limitations and proposes how they can be improved. The waterfall methodology was used to undertake the reseach and the development of an Android based mobile application that will address the current gap of accessing metors and investors. Out of the total sampled population , 90% of the entrepreneurs confirmed that they had faced difficulties in accessing mentors and investors . The application was validated after development and 95% of the sampled population highly welcomed the adoption of a mobile application that had been developed to address the gap. The developed mobile application will facilitate entrepreneur’s access to mentorship allowing them to gain the skills needed to run their businesses and investors who can inject capital to actualise their ideas and stimulate growth. This is likely to promote entrepreneurship in Kenya and lead to a more stable economy. There is a possibility that most of the African countries will adopt the use of the Android based mobile application.
Dynamic passenger recovery model for airline disruption management
(Strathmore University, 2017) Mutinda, Almodad Muendo
Airline operations experience schedule disruptions every day. These schedule disruptions require intervention from the airline operations controllers through schedule recovery. In a hub and spoke airline network model, a disruption such as a flight cancellation can affect passenger itineraries in multiple fight legs, making it hard for airlines to re-accommodate disrupted passengers within a short time period. The current airline recovery solutions do not explicitly consider passenger recovery. This dissertation investigates the passenger recovery process by considering the challenges faced by passengers during a schedule disruption, the current solutions used to recover disrupted passengers and how a suitable solution can be designed, developed, tested and validated to ensure that it solves these challenges. Data was collected from existing records of flight schedules and passenger bookings. The data collected was used as input to an optimisation model for passenger recovery. Scrum Agile Development methodology was adopted as the software methodology for developing the solution. A proof of concept web application was developed to make passenger recovery easier and reduce operational cost and passenger delay time. An optimization model was developed based on IBM ILOG CPLEX optimiser to help solve disruptions faster. Testing was conducted by both the developer and a selected sample of airline industry users.
A Model for aircraft recovery problem
(Strathmore University, 2017) Khajira, Anthony Bukhalana
In the airline industry, a myriad of uncertain events take place that lead to the disruption of original flight schedules. Such events include mechanical failure, technical challenges, weather changes, airport and crew related issues. Airlines therefore need a robust, dynamic way of recovering their schedules during disruptions in order to remain profitable. In recovery scenarios, aircraft recovery is given the highest priority since aircraft are the scarcest and most utilised resources in the airline. A mathematical model for airline schedule recovery that recovers aircrafts was presented in this study. The model is based on defining a recovery scope once a fleet of aircraft has been disrupted. The model examines the possibility of delaying the flights for a short period, reassigning aircraft, ferrying aircraft and also cancelling flights. The objective of the model is to minimise costs associated with assigning a different aircraft to the disrupted flight leg, delay costs, cancellation costs for business class passengers, cancellation costs for economy class passengers and ground costs. This study uses real time data from Kenya Airways to test the proposed model. A decision support system was then developed and deployed to the Integrated Operations Control Centre in Kenya Airways for use by the duty managers to come up with optimal solutions with the least cost implications to the airline.
A Mobile application for real time analysis of customer feedback in banks based on Naive Bayes model
(Strathmore University, 2017) Chebet, Patricia
Within a week of poor customer service, customers move to a competitor’s business. When this happens in large scale, the company is at risk of closing down or experiencing extreme losses. This is so because losing existing customers means decreased sales and degrading of brand reputation, as disappointed customers will spread the word, discouraging potential customers from that brand. This clearly indicates that customer satisfaction is a critical factor that dictates whether a company will be a success or not. Banks need to implement strategies that can help them predict customer issues before they escalate. These strategies should enable these banks to identify and solve any slight change in customer behavior in real-time. This study focuses on developing an application that is usable by banks to prompt customers for and analyse customer feedback to understand the customer’s opinion about their service using a mobile application. Currently, in banks, a customer leaves a note of how he or she views the banks services or give feedback using the “One click feedback” strategy that requires a customer to rank or rate the service to know their customers view about their services. In the proposed mobile application, real-time analysis of customer feedback is achieved through the utilisation of the Naive Bayes model. This model relies on the assumption that every feature, in this study each word in a review being classified, is independent of any other feature. To classify text to a polarity of either positive, negative or neutral, this model requires two data sets; a training set and a test set. The training set is used to train the model to classify texts and it had two files, one made up ¾ of 60 positive reviews and the other made up ¾ of 60 negative reviews. The test set is used to estimate the accuracy of the model and makes up ¼ of each the positive and negative data sets. The mobile application was developed using Agile Software Development Methodology and runs on Android platform.
A USSD and android based tea farming information system: a case study of Mungania Tea Factory Company Limited
(Strathmore University, 2017) Njeru, Kenedy Munene
Current trends in information and communication technology have led to emergence of smartphones with faster wireless speeds, faster graphics, better screens, and faster chips, virtual and augmented reality. These phones are context-aware, have embedded physical sensors, have data exchange capabilities and allow installation of applications to perform almost any task. Tapping into this technology can lead to development of mobile information systems that promote sustainable farming through timely information access, especially in tea farming. The traditional practice in tea farming has seen dissemination of information through extension officers, Farmer Field Schools, mass media or farmer’s own experience. Consequently, this vital information is either accessed too late or when obsolete and sometimes completely lacking. Limited access to information has led to an information gap hence farmers practice poor planning and farming resulting to reduced revenue for both farmers and the Government of Kenya and environmental degradation. This study focused on developing a tea farming information system to meet the information needs of tea farmers. The nature of the study required the researcher to adopt deductive approach so as to compare the data findings against the existing literature through logical reasoning. A case study strategy was employed to gain a rich understanding of the research perspective with the focus being the tea farmers of Mungania Tea Factory Company Limited. Through qualitative and quantitative analysis the research findings can be generalised to all the tea farmers. Agile system development methodology was employed due to its sustainable development having testing integrated throughout the lifecycle. Scrum framework was adopted to allow for faster iteration with quick and accurate response to changes from user feedback. The contribution of this research concerns adoption of a tea farming information system to improve on productivity, service delivery and profitability, decision making and farmer protection from fraud and losses. Moreover, it facilitates the communication between the factory and the farmers giving easier access to extension services. It further enhances processing of more accurate and comprehensive information and generation of useful reports.
Investigation and nnowledge base application: case of Kenya Police
(Strathmore University, 2017) Onguko, Ernest Esiabia
The police mainly depend on the information they get from various sources to aid investigations, usually, there is delayed investigation process if no information about a suspect or a scene of injustice is in place. To add on that even if there is information the police collect this information by use of paper and notebooks, usually it is hard to maintain and correlate the data from the field by the police officers because they are on paper. Therefore, the police need to develop a better model for collecting information on criminals. This study sought to find out how to integrate technology into the Kenya police service to improve their service delivery in terms of intelligence and information gathering and data analysis. The study has used both qualitative and quantitative methods to collect data because there will be need to get a deeper understanding into how the Kenya Police work in order to understand their data gathering process and how well the application would fit into their operations and improve them. It also sought to help build knowledge base for the police for easy manipulation of data to assist in predicting and even giving heads up on where to begin investigations. The end results was a mobile application that helps the police gather intelligence and be able to fasten their investigations easily by analysis, criminal mapping, triangulation of data, fast retrieval of criminal suspects.
A Mobile based casual labourers management and payment solution
(Strathmore University, 2017) Gitata, Robert
Casual workers or casual labourers are workers who have an explicit or implicit contract of employment which is not expected to continue for more than a short period of time, and whose duration is to be determined by the specific terms of employment or specific task to be carried out. In the management of these casual labourers, the data collected has replication of data records including the daily or weekly registration of names, national id, and phone numbers. These records are also very prone to change because casual labourers are labour brokers, who can move from one employer to another without notice or any legal approval making calculation of wages very cumbersome and dynamic. There is also a high insecurity risk of theft in paying cash to the casuals in these workers in the remote working sites. The developed prototype has used agile methodology coming up with a web and mobile component. The web component handles project and task definition, reporting and user management. The mobile component allows for field data collection. Service Oriented Architecture was used, so as to allow connections to payment and SMS gateways. The developed prototype also got an overall acceptance rating of 80% using usability testing and 75% on functional testing.
Mobile health architecture for health-care information delivery: case study: a breast cancer awareness mobile application (PINK RIBBON)
(Strathmore University, 2017) Gakinya, Carolyne Wariara
Mounting interest in the field of m-Health—the provision of health-related services via mobile communications—can be traced to the evolution of several interrelated trends. In many parts of the world, including the developed and the developing countries, access to health care is a basic need yet this is not a reality to a large section of the population in these countries. These challenges normally arise as a result of high costs of healthcare, few medical personnel compared to the patients to be served and few medical facilities. In the developing countries, other challenges such as poor infrastructure, poor policy implementation, literacy levels and language barrier are stumbling blocks to access health care services. Yet in these same places, the explosive growth of mobile communications over the past decade offers a new hope for the promotion of quality healthcare. This reliable technology helping to bridge the ‘digital divide’ gap. There is a growing body of evidence that demonstrates the potential of mobile communications to radically improve healthcare services—even in some of the most remote and resource-poor environments. The research explores the usage of m-Health applications in developing countries especially Kenya as well as the health needs to which m-Health can be applied. It determines the design requirements of an m-Health architecture that can be used both as an informative and educative tool to the masses. This architecture is implemented by analysing, designing and testing a primary m-Health application that can be used to raise awareness about Breast Cancer as well as assist Community Health Workers to educate the general public about other general health related information. In conclusion some key design, business and technical requirements that need to be considered are suggested.
A Mobile phone solution for systematically identifying and reporting unqualified practitioners in healthcare, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017) Aradi, Doreen Viduya
Effective observation and reporting of unqualified health practice demands timely identification and dissemination of information to bodies responsible for licensing , regulation and certification of health care practitioners to warrant necessary action in case of any malpractices. Tools used to identify and report existence of unqualified practitioners and unregulated health facility determine the level of efficiency and effectiveness of the exercise .Traditional way of reporting incidences of unqualified practitioners through the media and crack downs done by the Medical Board reporting procedures compromise on completeness, timeliness and correctness of information. This scenario creates unprecedented opportunities whereby the researcher can use to improve the current way of identifying and reporting unqualified practice in health care. A mobile application was developed to offer an interactive menu where users search for qualified practitioners and report unlicensed doctors and health facilities on their mobile devices. Agile methodology was adopted as the software methodology for developing the application. Tru-Daktari, a mobile application was developed as a tool to offer an interactive menu where users can search for health practitioners and registered health clinics and report unregistered health practitioners through the application installed on their mobile phones. The proposed solution was developed on Android platform. It was developed concurrently with a web application developed in PHP. The testing of the application was successful and it was strongly agreed by the respondents that the system would be effective in solving the existing problem. The recommendations made by users were used to improve the application. Based on the overall statistics of user testing and evaluation it is safe to say that the application fulfils its usability and functionality requirement. Based on the questionnaire responses, the application is generally considered easy to use and understand. The implication of the results of application testing is that the application will come in handy in reporting unqualified practice in health care thus leading to quality health care.
A Mobile-based drugs and alcohol addiction self-assessment and management scheme
(Strathmore University, 2017) Mutua, Lewis Mwangi
The number of people dying of drugs and alcohol induced causes is alarmingly high and is gradually rising. One reason for the high numbers is that most drugs and alcohol users are not aware when they transition into addicts. However, some users believe that they are in control of their drugs and alcohol usage. Other users might be aware of their addiction but may not get help due to: the high cost of getting help, the absence of help, or the fear of stigmatisation. Some of those aware might have accepted the addiction as part of their life, or might have other personal reasons for not seeking help. To reduce the deaths, drugs and alcohol users need to know if they are addicted, the severity of the addiction and how to manage the addiction. To identify and manage an addiction, a drugs and alcohol assessment is done by a trained clinician who then recommends ways to help manage the addiction. This could be costly to most drugs and alcohol users, and family or friends might get involved which can lead to stigmatisation. A review on drugs and alcohol assessment tools and existing applications was done to get an understanding of how the tools work and how they can be improved. Existing drugs and alcohol assessment and management mobile applications where analysed to identify their strengths and areas of improvements. The review of the tools and analysis of the assessment applications provided the requirements needed for the research. The identified requirements helped in designing a scheme that was implemented to help the users and addict. The solution was verified and validated to make sure that it meets the users’ requirements through accurate assessment results on drugs and alcohol use, and enabling addicts manage their addictions. The methodology used was applied research through prototyping. This was done by using a quantitative and qualitative research approach using: interviews, observation, questionnaires and documentary analysis. Interviews with drugs and alcohol users, addicts and clinicians was done to find out the need of the application and their expectations and suggestions. Observation was used to see how drugs and alcohol assessment is done, and questionnaires was given to addicts and users to identify their needs and the need of the application, existing gaps and their expectations. Documentary analysis was used to gather information on the assessment and diagnosis tools, and information on existing applications to identify their strengths and areas of improvement.
A Cryptography-based system for offline collection, verification and accounting of revenue in County governments
(Strathmore University, 2017) Wanga, Carlton H
An integrated revenue collection system is primarily a cash and receipt management system that incorporates a highly-distributed payment processing system. It enables county governments to consolidate revenue across their operating branches at the end of the day. In the current context of county governments in Kenya, efficient tax collection is highly dependent on validation of payment documents. This has significantly been challenged by the fact that revenue collection has traditionally employed paper-based collection receipts. The research targets to address the challenges of validation of payment receipts in offline revenue collection systems. It supports automation attempts that have been made through the introduction of electronic mobile point of sale terminals. The solution is based on providing an offline model that supports the distributed nature of payment stations. This approach focuses on using cryptography-based techniques to enable offline validation of receipts even in cases of unreliable network connectivity. The aim is to provide a solution that affords ease of both revenue collections for the county governments and payments for the Citizenry while stopping revenue leakages, ensuring reliable verification of payment receipts and maximising of revenue collection by providing reliable accounting reports. The research applies the use of the Waterfall methodology. Waterfall methodology was preferred because it provides better management of timelines and project deliverables. The research lead to the development of a reliable revenue collection system that enables offline receipting and verification of payment receipts in integrated mobile point of sale terminals.
Mobile based County revenue collection system
(Strathmore University, 2017) Njenga, Gabriel Kimotho
Today more than ever, different entities are relying on information technology to enhance the performance of their operations. At the forefront of this reliance is mobile technology which possesses versatile and comprehensive solutions for service delivery. In Kenya today, thousands if not millions of individuals can access an array of services and goods with just a click of a button from their mobile devices. With the process of devolution underway, it is about time that the various government organs, such as county governments, equally adopt mobile based solutions. This study has found that the existing manual and semi-automated systems that are currently operational contain a cluster of problems such as: lack of reliability, slow processing time, poor inter-departmental integration, lack of adequate decision making reports and proneness to errors. During the course of the study a mobile solution called M-County was implemented so as to provide Kenyan citizens with a dynamic mobile platform that fundamentally allowed them to make various county payments, such as parking fees, with the use of mobile money platforms i.e. M-Pesa. Ultimately the payments made via the platform allowed county revenue officials to access real time revenue information and reports for analytical decision making purposes. A quantitative research method approach was fundamentally used to test the system as well as collect primary data. The sample size used was The outcome of the study shows a significant willingness of the public to adopt M-County. This willingness was mainly due to the ease of use of the application along with its functionalities. The users of the system made various recommendations that would essentially make the application more suitable to their needs. The potential for success of the system is generally very high mainly due to the exponential usage of mobile applications in Kenya presently.
Constituency bursary fund information management application
(Strathmore University, 2017) Nyamboga, Lilian
Constituency Development Fund (CDF) in Kenya has been hailed as one of the most innovative creations of the National Alliance Rainbow Coalition (NARC) administration (2003-2007). With the Government working hard to cultivate an image of transparency and inclusiveness for good governance in Kenya, implementation of E-Governance services for creating better relations between citizens and those in power has been a real struggle. ICT has been exploited in this relationship to help transform the accessibility, quality and cost-effectiveness of public services. The emergence of mobile technologies has further accelerated the different sectors of Government in implementing faster and cost-effective means of communication. However, there have been notable challenges in the CDF Bursary Fund application process including but not limited to delayed information relay about commencement of application window and disconnect between CDF bursary officials and the applicants.This dissertation describes a study on the challenges and gaps in the bursary fund application process in the context of technological need. The study identified challenges such as delayed information relay on commencement and updates on disbursements as well as lack student historical data with regards being a bursary beneficiary. The study also aimed to develop, test and validate a mobile application that can be used to solve these challenges. In order to establish the relevant system requirements needed, data collection methodologies including interviews with stakeholders, questionnaires with CDF Bursary applicants were used to highlight the needs of the applicants. This data was then analysed using data analysis tool IDEA and used in the design of the application. Waterfall methodology was then used to develop the mobile application using Android Platform. The application included features that enabled capture of applicants data, SMS updates for applicants at the inception of the application window, after application, and during disbursements process. The application also enabled the applicants to obtain application forms easily during the application window. This solution was tested by the developer and validated by selected users who formed part of the test team. The solution proved to be a viable solution with 90% acceptance levels.
A Noticeboard application using context aware services
(Strathmore University, 2017) Masinde, Eugene Odanga
The dissemination of information on campuses using noticeboards is both inefficient and ineffective due to the static, unreliable and limiting nature of the boards. This implies that people who need to post information for consumption by the public are constrained in terms of reach, poor feedback mechanisms and a general lack of security. Posts can be tampered with by malicious people or even removed by competitors. Due to their fixed nature, noticeboards also do not cater for context, meaning that a lot of posts are consumed outside of their actionable spaces, meaning that people might never get a chance to act on them. There is therefore a need for a smart noticeboard system using the power of context aware services that allows for notices to be sent directly to user’s devices only when they are in the correct context. The aim of this research is to develop a noticeboard application that uses the power of context aware services. With such a solution, students are able to receive notices through an application when they are in the correct and most effective context and be in a better position to react or act on them accordingly. They are also able to save notifications on their mobile devices for later use or sharing. The solution therefore supports the communications departments by providing an easy, paperless way to setup notices and to track interactions with each post. The proposed system is developed and tested on the Android platform coupled with an analytical backend for post manipulation and presenting summaries analytical data for the communication department. Object Oriented Analysis and Agile development methodologies were applied to develop a robust and dynamic, context aware noticeboard system. The final prototype was tested to ensure that the requirements were met by the developer and the potential users. Tests included functional testing and usability testing.
Smart education: an event framework for cognitive blended learning
(Strathmore University, 2017) Karumba, Samuel Maina
Digital learning has increasingly been adopted around the world, evidenced by large scale deployment of online learning platforms. More specifically, the use of hand held devices such as mobile phones and tablets has disrupted learning as we traditionally knew it. Blended learning,which extends classroom learning with computer mediated learning, is increasingly being adopted by education systems around the world. However, the two (blended learning and traditional classroom learning) have not been well integrated. For example, there is limited or no information sharing between digital learning mostly carried out by an automated tutor and the traditional classroom conducted by a human instructor. This leads to fragmentation in the overall teaching and learning experience.Existing blended learning platforms have tried to address this issue by focusing on performance management. This approach ignores the bigger challenge in public and private schools: the large number of students to teacher and the inability to offer personalised learning that is essential for students to excel academically. Understanding how personalized technical interventions can be designed requires understanding of where issues intersects. We present the overall architecture and design of event framework. The first version supporting a core set of capabilities for blended learning has been implemented as mobile applications for teachers and students. We conducted a limited pilot to test the technology in an actual classroom setting. We also report on a usability study of the event framework that demonstrates user awareness and support for data-driven cognitive decision-making in education.
A Mobile based rent collection system
(Strathmore University, 2017) Wangari, James Ngugi
More than a third of Kenyans live in urban centers, majority of whom live in individual rental units. The proliferation of mobile phones and mobile money services in these urban centers surpasses 80% and 91.6% respectively. However, majority of these tenants still pay rent using traditional methods either by cash or through bank deposits. Generally, bank deposits take time before reflecting on the property owners’ end while cash payments require property managers to meet with their tenants each month for the collection of rent. Majority of property owners are not able to track their tenants’ payments when the payment method is bank deposits or cash payment.
A Mobile based solution for locating campsites and providing camping information in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017) Ouma, Leonard Kore
The tourism industry in Kenya and many African countries has been a key contributor to the national economy surpassing other key sectors such as mining, construction and agriculture. Camping is one of the major tourism activities in Kenya that domestic and international tourists engage in. This sector has been overshadowed and neglected by other tourism activities such as beaches and wildlife yet it is a major contributor to the economy. The major cause of this neglect is lack of a reliable platform where campers can easily access camping information and locate their preferred camping sites. A mobile solution iCamp Kenya was implemented to provide campers with a platform to locate camps in Kenya and get reliable camping information such as accommodation prices, highly rated camps, useful camping tips while planning a trip, transp01t options, directions to the camp and contact information. Quantitative research methods such as questionnaires were used to test the implemented system and collect primary data. The sample size for this population was 136 Vagabond Travels club members. The findings of the research show that users found the application was fully functional and easy to use. They were able to find their desired camps easily and were satisfied with the useful information that assisted them in planning their camping trip. Users also made a few recommendations that improved the features application. The potential for success and growth for the research project is very high due to the rapid growth of mobile phone usage in Kenya, the ever-growing tourism industry in Kenya supp01ted by domestic and international tourists and finally the encouraging adoption of mobile platforms by majority of the business owners in the tourism sector.

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