MMTI Theses and Dissertations (2015)

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    A mobile prototype for payments and contributions : case of National Hospital Insurance Fund
    (Strathmore University, 2015) Njoroge, Stephen Gichohi
    The availability of M-Pesa payment system has enabled NHIF to increase its revenue collection as a notable success. However, despite the availability of such system, the report done by United States Agency for International Intelligence states that the system is not able to detect information that might have been erroneously entered and also contributions paid are not reflected on members account in a timely manner. Beneficiaries of health facilities would learn that they could not access services because contributions were not reflected on their member accounts. Also, there is lack of transparency on the audited financial statements and reports which is associated with a failure in internal controls around reconciliations. The aim of this research is to develop and test a mobile prototype for payments and contributions that will validate users so as to detect information that might have been erroneously entered by users to enable their contributions to reflect on their member account on timely basis and also to assist NHIF management to have real-time reports on revenue collected to avoid reconciliation problems. A descriptive study method was used and a target population was sampled out using systematic random sampling method and questionnaires were used to collect data. One set of questionnaires was given to users and the other set was issued to NHIF agents and Management. Data analysis was performed using statistical package for social sciences then summarized and presented in tables using totals and percentages in Microsoft Excel. The proposed application was designed and tested. It was found to be very convenient to the end user since the user can avoid making erroneous payments because the user is validated using their membership details and National ID details. The management is able to view the reports for all payments in real-time therefore enhancing effective reconciliation process to allow comprehensive and continuous monitoring of key financial controls in the reports with increased business visibility.
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    Mtafiti : A mobile based micro work research data collection system
    (Strathmore University, 2015-03) Weda, Moses
    Research is a major driver for Science, Technology and Innovation. This is through development of new knowledge, enhancement of existing knowledge and correction of errors in existing ones. The validity and quality of a given research is affected by the research data and the methods of data collection used. Currently, research data collection methods involve collection of data through research clerks who contact the respondents. This is through paper or an automated tool like a mobile phone. This model of data collection poses the problem of introducing interference in the research data collected by the research clerks. The interference can be mainly through the research clerk influencing the respondent’s response or the research clerk modifying the responses received. The model also lacks proper ways of ensuring that the response given is actually from a valid respondent and not the research clerk’s own personal composition. This research had a number of objectives first of which was to review the extent to which mobile technology has been used in research data collection. Secondly, the research identified problems with current uses of mobile phones in research data collection. The third research objective was to develop a mobile research data collection system that does away with the interference attributed to the research clerks. The last research objective was to test and deploy the developed system. This research employed the use of literature review and questionnaire for collecting its research data. The questionnaire responses were used to gather the results of the current ways of conducting mobile research. Data on present state of automation of mobile research and their shortfalls was attained through literature review. The findings of this study showed that administering a research survey directly to the end respondents through easy to use mobile technology eliminates sources of errors in the research survey. The result of this study is the design and development of mobile-based research data collection system that does not require data clerks to administer. The system is to be used by research agencies for collecting research response directly from the respondents.