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Item Mastering the Art of Developing a Strategic Plan: A Practical Approach(IntelPlus Resources, 2017-07-08) Irungu, Dancan Njagi; Ndegwa, JoyceThis book presents the process of strategic planning in a very practical way. The authors have deliberately broken down the complex strategic planning process into simplified and practical stages which the reader will meaningfully relate to. Examples and illustrations have been used in every stage of strategic plan development. This makes it easy for the reader to develop and execute strategic plans in their own contexts. Planning tools and templates have been provided. This makes strategic planning realistic and fun. These tools have been applied by many organizations successfully. Leaders of organizations, business people, students, and individuals who appreciate the transformative value of strategic plans will find this book an essential resource.Item Exceeding Abundantly(Patridge Publishers., 2014-03-31) Kagwaini, Dorothy MuthokaHave you ever wondered why life sometimes is like a roller coaster? Why sometimes the bad always seems to be getting an edge in the world over the good? As I share my personal life experiences with you, the words in this book shall guide and locate you to the right answers. It is not an easy journey but I promise you it is worth trying. Every one of us will go through moments of life in search of answers like – What is my career? What should I be doing with my life? Whom should I get married to? How many children will I have? What I need to have achieved by a certain age. What if it does not happen as I thought? This book brings the element of faith in God that transcends beyond human thinking. When you willingly accept the help of God and realize that you need Him in your life more than anything else, then your life transforms. You start soaring up to greater heights that you can only attribute it to God’s grace. As long as you understand who you are in this world, what you are meant to be doing; then this world becomes a better place to live in while everyone else is complaining about the world. This is true as you read about the lessons God revealed to me by His love to me. I promise you God’s truth is abstract; it never changes. So wear your jogging shoes and let us run the race…Item The Impact of Gender, Ethnic Heterogeneity and Harambee on Corruption: Experimental Evidence from Kenya(VDM Publishing House Ltd, 2011-09-13) Waithima, Abraham K.The problems that have held you back are that too many resources are lost to corruption yet not a single high level official has been held to account. Institutions lack faith… Too many times Kenya is torn apart by ethnic violence manipulated by leaders… Too many young people have hit a dead end". This observation made by Joe Biden in his visit to Kenya underpins the problem of corruption in Kenya which is the main focus of this book. In this book, Abraham uses experiments to supplement findings from surveys. Abraham studies the impact of gender composition and ethnic heterogeneity on corruption. He provides evidence on how gender composition and ethnic balance may be used in the fight against corruption. Abraham revisits the impact that the institution of harambee may have on corruption. To the extent that the institution of harambee is viewed as a positive force, and one that should be protected, Abraham suggests that harambee could be utilized to harness efforts aimed at rooting out corruption and ensure the provision of public goods. This book is recommended to policy makers and experimental economistsItem African Crisis: Is There Hope?(UPA, 1996-04-16) Muriithi, Samuel MuiruriThe goal of this book is to provide practical solutions to save Africa and its people from an "African crisis" that is threatening to destroy the nation and eliminate human survival. The author, an African himself, argues that this crisis is manifesting itself in the form of social, political, and economic upheavals. He discusses major issues such as unemployment, famine, hunger, malnutrition, overpopulation, ethnic wars, power struggles, debt, democracy, colonialism, and corruption. He argues that Africa suffers from the exploitation of outsiders. Based on this argument, Muriithi develops a strategic approach for developing Africa and bringing hope to its people. The study promotes that the three key determinants of African development are positive change in its society and culture, its demography, and its economy. The author suggests that through organization, discipline, education, and coalition, such changes can be made. African Crisis: Is There Hope? will serve as an appropriate text in African Studies courses focusing on the nation's problems, development, economy, and third world crises. This detailed and reflective work will also appeal to students and scholars alike, politicians, African development agents, donors, and world leaders.Item African Development Dilemma. The Big Debate. Lanham(Cambridge University Press, 2013-05-23) Muriithi, Samuel Muiruri; Ndikumana, Lexception of Goran Hyden, express similar sentiments about foreig donors in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda. Most troubling and least empir cally and realistically grounded, are Hyden's arguments that structural adjustment is the "price that Africa is paying for excess...," "an inevitab process... to get African countries to take greater responsibility for the own affairs..." and "provide [s] a sense of relief, maybe even freedom.... Service Provision Under Stress in East Africa provides a captivating and crit ical analysis of service provision in East Africa. Each chapter provides an in- depth look at central issues governments, non-governments, and ordina folks in Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda are facing as they attempt to provi and access needed services. The calls of contributors to clarify exactly wh privatization means in the era of SAPs is timely. It accomplishes its goal explaining interorganizational relations between the state, foreign donor NGOs, and POs. A section on gender would have been most useful in furthering our understanding of the differential impacts of privatization on women and men as different service provision and service recipient populations. I rec- ommend this book most highly to academicians, policy makers, develop- ment field workers, and students of service provision and organizational behavior.Item The Role of Gender, Ethnicity and Harambee in Corruption: Experimental Evidence from Kenya(University of Capetown, 2011-04) Waithima, Abraham KThis thesis investigates the role of gender composition, ethnic heterogeneity and harambee on corruption. The interest is premised on the high levels of corruption in Kenya coupled with the rising ethnicization of politics and the allegation of harambee being one of the causes of corruption. In addition, there has been growing advocacy for the greater involvement of women in the public sector as an anticorruption strategy. Given this, this thesis uses experimental games which are novel in the Kenyan context to examine the extent to which individual attributes such as gender and ethnicity might ináuence the propensity to o§er or accept a bribe, or to punish individuals who engage in such activities. In addition, this thesis uses a public good game and a common pool resource game to examine the alleged link between harambee and corruption.