IMPACT : International Journal of Research in Business Management

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Authors: FATUMA HAJI HUSSEIN & DANIEL WANYOIKE

The study aimed at analyzing the challenges of procurement function on service delivery at county government in Kenya: a case study of Nakuru sub-county. The study was guided by three specific objectives including; evaluating the influence of political patronage on service delivery, to determine the effect of community participation on service delivery and to find out the relationship between composition of procurement committees and service delivery. To achieve the study objectives accordingly, the research used descriptive survey design and targeted the procurement staff at the various sub county offices within Nakuru County whose number stood at 42. A census study was therefore conducted among all the procurement staff where questionnaire was used to obtain information from the respondents. Data analysis was conducted using Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 21. The finding indicated that political patronage, lack of community involvement and inadequate composition of procurement committees were major challenges facing procurement processes in Nakuru County. The findings led to recommendations that laws should be enacted to provide amicable remedies for misuse of political positions to influence County procurement processes. Further, there should be community involvement in the procurement of major projects within the county. Additionally, there is need for adequate representation to the procurement committees which should be based on academic qualifications and experience to enhance service delivery.

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Authors: DAVID CHESIRE BARNGETUNY & GEOFFREY KIMUTAI

The procurement function in Kenya has been characterized by massive scandals and indignity which have been attributed to poor handling of procurement information thus leading to excessive corruption. It is against this problem that the study sought to investigate the effects of E-procurement on supply chain management performance in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The study was conducted on public entities in Elgeyo Marakwet County. The study was limited to e-procurement and supply chain management performance. The study adopted the use of questionnaires and interview schedules to collect primary data. The research also adopted descriptive design to collect the quantitative and qualitative data that describes the effects of e-procurement and supply chain management. The target population for this study was employees in public entities in Elgeyo Marakwet County; this included the County Government of Elgeyo Marakwet and Iten County Referral Hospital. This study also adopted stratified sampling technique where the study population was stratified into management and non management strata. Then purposive sampling was used to select 30 employees of Elgeyo Marakwet County and 10 employees from County referral hospital Iten. Data collected was done through both qualitative and quantitative. Qualitative data was analyzed through content analysis. Quantitative data was analyzed through the use of frequency distribution, mean scores and standard deviations. With the help of Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) the findings were then presented in form of frequency distribution tables, bar charts and pie charts. The data was finally summarized according to the study’s specific objectives. The study established a correlation between all the variables of the study and the independent variables

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Authors: GAURAV LODHA & I.V TRIVEDI

Financial inclusion is stepping stone for inclusive growth. Banking sector has witness’s tremendous changes in recent period in terms of advancement in technology like internet banking, transfer money online, debit card and credit card facility etc. Still financial inclusion looks like a long unachievable dream. Regional rural Banks play a vital role in rural development of India and to spread financial inclusion. Regional Rural Banks are setup to take banking facilities to the door steps of rural households who are in need of easy and cheap credit. These are institutions which strive to turn dream into reality.The objective of economic planning can never be achieved unless we uplift the rural economy and rural people of India. This study is based on secondary data collected form annual reports of NABARD, RBI and other financial institutions. The study finds and concludes that Regional Rural Banks have significantly made financial inclusion a reality. The study will help researchers, academicians and policy makers to try and the reach more in-depth into the bottom of pyramid.

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Authors: MAMAH, AUGUSTINE AIK & ULO, FABIAN U

Verifiable evidences abound, which show that as at today there are many more patients than there are medical practitioners in an unbalanced proportion in public health institutions in Nigeria, and therefore, could be described as unhealthy to the health of Nigerian citizens. Evidences also show that there are high rate of attrition among the medical practitioners in Nigeria due to job dissatisfaction in their workplaces. Therefore, a call for means that can be used in retaining these key personnel that are required in the provision of health services to her citizens should be seen as a necessity. This paper is set out to examine the applicability of equity theory on skilled manpower retention in Nigerian public specialist hospitals. A descriptive survey research was adopted for the study, and correctional design as its method was used for analysis. Pearson Moment Correlation Coefficient was used to determine the internal consistency. The entire populations of 226 medical practitioners were studied, which also formed the sample size. The study is quite significant to the owners, employers and mangers of Nigerian public health institutions, most especially, at this time there is a general growing resentment on salary disparity among the health service employees of states government on one hand, and the federal government, on the other hand. This perceived salary disparity between the two major government health-service providers could contribute for the observed job dissatisfaction among the medical practitioners, more especially, among the state owned health service institutions. The study found strong relationships between job satisfaction as provided by equity theory and the respondent’s decision to stay with the current organizations.