SU+ Digital Respository: Recent submissions
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Factors influencing pupils’ retention in public primary schools: a case of Trans Mara East Sub-County– Narok County, Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2021)Education plays a vital part in the growth and progression of any country’s economy. Kenya has implemented free primary education on three separate occasions. The policy aimed to upsurge the enrolment rate in public primary ... -
An Appraisal of Youth Enterprise Development Fund: challenges and policy options
(Strathmore University, 2021)The Kenyan government like most developing countries has put in place various initiatives that aimed at addressing youth unemployment one of them being the Youth Enterprise Development Fund. The overall goal of the Youth ... -
Assessment of the factors influencing the implementation of Public Private Partnerships in the Road Annuity Program in Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2021)Globally, most governments are handicapped in terms of developing public infrastructure from exchequer funding alone. Paradoxically, however, the demand for these facilities is on the rise. Consequently, attention is today ... -
Effect of workforce diversity practices on the performance of Bungoma County Government
(Strathmore University, 2021)Diversity is the variety or multiplicity of demographic features that characterize a company’s workforce, particularly in terms of age, gender, culture, national origin, handicap, and religion. In some countries, it has ... -
Automated Clinical Decision Support in HIV management: a comparative study of Point-of-Care and Retrospective Data Entry outcomes
(Strathmore University, 2021)Kenyan healthcare facilities are increasingly adopting electronic medical records (EMRs) and electronic health management information systems (HMIS). Many public hospitals have automated HIV/AIDS care services in pursuit ... -
A Blockchain-based distributed hybrid system for tracking power distribution in electrical power systems
(Strathmore University, 2021)Power distribution systems carry power the last few miles from transmission or sub-transmission to consumers through wires either on poles or underground. These systems encounter perpetual issues of power losses, and they ... -
A Model to detect and prevent rogue DHCP attacks on wireless LAN communication
(Strathmore University, 2021)WLAN technology is a crucial component of computer networks. The use of Wi-Fi communication has grown due to the increasing population of end devices, which includes smartphones, tablets, laptops etc. This has significantly ... -
A Prototype to identify fraudulent sim card registration using Public Key infrastructure verification approach
(Strathmore University, 2021)Identifying a legitimate subscriber is important for the Mobile Network Operators during the SIM card registration and verification process. Over the years, the use of Mobile devices has grown steadily, increasing the ... -
Mobile application for early detection of Malaria in children: case of Western Kenya
(Strathmore University, 2021)Malaria is the most infectious disease and continues to be a major global health problem with part of the world’s population being at risk to various degrees of malaria risk. In many endemic countries, the clinical diagnosis ... -
Navigation guidance to pedestrians’ road accident safety in Kenya using Bayesian analysis
(Strathmore University, 2021)In most countries, policy makers find the safety of pedestrians to be a major concern because many pedestrians are involved in road traffic accidents. Roughly, 1.35 million people's lives every year are shuttered because ... -
Using semi-Markov process to model incremental change in HIV staging with cost effect
(Strathmore University, 2021)Over the past years, parametric and non-parametric methods have been used in modelling cost and effectiveness according to one studied event or one health state. In this study we used semi-Markov model in which the ... -
A Review of Kenya’s Public Private Partnerships legal framework for implementing infrastructure projects by county governments
(Strathmore University, 2021)A Public Private Partnership (PPP) allows a public authority to benefit from the participation of the private sector in managing and financing public service expansion by outsourcing risk and by harnessing the innovative ... -
Exploring financial inclusion in Kenya through cryptocurrencies: a case for a regulatory framework
(Strathmore University, 2021)The use and reliance on cryptocurrencies have gained significant popularity around the world and developing countries such as Kenya have not been left out of this trend. In Kenya, which is the focus of this dissertation, ... -
Kenya's legal framework for local content in oil and gas: a case for a community centred approach
(Strathmore University, 2021)Oil and natural gas are essential to the economic development of countries. They ensure that countries have energy security which is vital for their growth. However, this study notes that most countries where oil and gas ... -
A Differential diagnostic tool for obstructive lung diseases in adults using classification models
(Strathmore University, 2021)The non-specificity of affective symptoms between asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease is a key challenge in medical practice. This is even more complicated when physicians fail to recognize the co-existence ... -
Modelling and forecasting of crude oil price volatility: comparative analysis of volatility models
(Strathmore University, 2021)This study aims at providing an in-depth analysis of forecasting ability of different GARCH models and to find the best GARCH model for VaR estimation for crude oil. The VaR forecasting performance of GARCH-type models ... -
Modelling the relationship between spot and futures prices: an empirical analysis of the South African Power Pool
(Strathmore University, 2021)This study investigates the relationship between electricity spot and future prices in the South African Power Pool (SAPP). The objectives of the study included investigating whether forward prices in the SAPP are a true ... -
Empirical performance of alternative risk measures in portfolio selection - the case of South African stock market
(Strathmore University, 2021)Portfolio selection is the process of apportioning capital to a finite number of assets given the wider set of all investment options. The decision of best combination of assets to invest in is the subject of debate among ... -
A Comparative study on mathematical models for interest rate dynamics: a Kenyan case study
(Strathmore University, 2021)This dissertation calibrates equilibrium one-factor short-term interest rate models to the evolution of interest rate dynamics in Kenya. The aim of the study is to find out which one-factor short-rate model best captures ... -
Savings and Credit Co-operative Societies as investment vehicles to enhancing affordable housing: a case of Kenyan SACCOs
(Strathmore University, 2021)The study seeks to explore whether SACCOs can profitably invest in affordable housing through special-purpose investment vehicles such as REITs. The ultimate goal is to increase the domestic funding of the affordable ...