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Calculating risk based capital requirement using correlation method
(Strathmore University, 2018)Kenya has 49 insurers, five re-insurers and almost 200 brokers in a country where about 3 percent of the population has cover. A lack of proper risk management has seen many insurers in Africa become insolvent. Kenya, for ... -
Calendar anomalies - Evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014)Calendar anomalies are a phenomenon that seem to suggest that financial securities such as stocks, bonds and even derivatives, experience patterns of returns that coincide with particular points in the week, month or year. ... -
Calibration of rainfall in weather index - based micro - insurance for agriculture
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)This project presents the calibration of rainfall in weather index-based micro-insurance for agriculture in Kenya. It simply seeks to determine if rainfall alone is a significant factor in order to use it as an index that ... -
Calibration of vasicek model in a hidden markov context: the case of Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2017)This dissertation calibrates the Vasicek term-structure model to the evolution of interest rate dynamics in Kenya. This is done for both a single-state and a multi-state model using state estimated under a Hidden Markov ... -
A Call for reform of international refugee law: the need for an expansion of the definition of a refugee under the 1951 refugee convention
(Strathmore University, 2018)In recent times, the UNHCR has been accused of railing in the fulfilment of its mandate as provided for under its statute. However, the entirety of fault is not to be borne by the UNHCR, owing to the fact that the Agency ... -
Callibration of a multi - factor weather index to determine the trigger event of claim payments on crop micro insurance in Eastern Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2015-11)In 2014, among the seven companies that offer agricultural insurance in Kenya, only two of the companies reported a profit. The shared characteristic between these two companies is that they both used index-based insurance. ... -
Calls for 8.4.4 curriculum review
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Capital adequacy requirements for Kenyan banks
(Strathmore University, 2014-03)This research sought to analyze the relationship between Kenyan bank performance and levels of capital held. Using cross sectional data from bank annual reports and the Nairobi Securities Exchange (NSE) Handbook from ... -
Capital market integration in EAC progress ahead of the monetary union formation
(Strathmore University, 2014-11)The East African Community countries Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda and Burundi have increased efforts towards achieving regional integration which is expected to address the liquidity and capitalization challenges and ... -
Capital market integration in East Africa: inadequacy of East African Council of Ministers directives on capital market integration
(Strathmore University, 2017)The East African Community (EAC), formed through an agreement between Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya, Rwanda and Burundi has provided the impetus for the integration of affairs in the region. The integration especially of capital ... -
Capital structure and stock returns - evidence from the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(Strathmore University, 2014-03-24)Capital structure and stock return are important aspects in financial management. This study examines how debt ratios move in relation with movement in stock prices for listed firms in Kenya. The Fama-Macbeth regression ... -
Carbon emission trading with specific reference to the Africa carbon exchange
(Strathmore University, 2012)The study was conducted in Nairobi between November 20! J and April 2012. Data was collected through the use of questionnaires issued to fifty individuals who are actively involved in investing activities in Kenya. Knowledge ... -
A Career guidance mobile application based on personality
(Strathmore University, 2017)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 ... -
The cascade model of teachers’ continuing professional development in Kenya : a time for change?
(Taylor & Francis, 2016-01-28)Kenya is one of the countries whose teachers the UNESCO (2015) report cited as lacking curriculum support in the classroom. As is the case in many African countries, a large portion of teachers in Kenya enter the teaching ... -
The Case for structural interdicts in the protection and fulfillment of socio-economic rights in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2018)In 2010, Kenya promulgated a new constitution that bore all the hallmarks of progress and which is widely considered transformative. One stark example of this was the unprecedented inclusion of Socio - Economic Rights under ... -
A Case for the abolition of the death penalty
(Strathmore University, 2018)Kenya has had the death penalty through 70 years of colonization and 54 years of independence. The punishment is handed down to capital offenders and although no one has ever been hanged in Kenya since 1982 the number of ... -
A Case for vesting the independent policing and oversight authority with proprietorial functions
(Strathmore University, 2018)The Independent Policing Oversight Authority (IPOA) is an organ which was formed for the purposes of police accountability through civilian oversight over the work of the police in Kenya. IPOA seeks to provide robust ... -
A Case of incapacity: the interrogation of international humanitarian law as a satisfactory regulator of cyber warfare.
(Strathmore University, 2017-01)Cyber warfare for it is a new concept in the conduct of war and is thus not properly understood hence considered a grey area with inadequate legislation. This dissertation seeks to bring to light the emergence and steady ... -
A Case study investigating ways to improve the science learning environment to foster teaching and learning in the primary section of borough school
(Strathmore University, 2018)The purpose of this case study research was to investigate ways to improve the science learning environment to foster teaching and learning in the primary section of Borough School. The study addressed the science room as ...
