Browsing by Author "Mbugua, Patrick Kiarie"

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    A history of Marige market in Kiambu County Kenya, 1960 to 2000 the rise, development and decline.
    (Mount Kenya University, 2022-05) Mbugua, Patrick Kiarie
    This study sought to analyse and investigate the history of Marige market in Komothai, Kiambu County Kenya. The underlying objectives of the study were; To investigate the historical factors that led to the growth of Marige market to 1960, to analyse how the relationship between the traders and locals led to the transformation of Marige market between 1961 to 1978, to investigate the relationship between the various market policies and how the they impacted on the growth of Marige market between 1979-2000 and to analyse the relationship between the urbanization in neighbouring towns and the fall of Marige market. The study was based on the Structural Functionalism Theory by COMTE (1984). The research utilized both primary and secondary sources which was used to acquire data on issues of development of Marige market in Komothai, Kiambu County, Kenya. The study will use historical design. The study was done in Marige market in Komothai, Kiambu County, Kenya. This area was picked in light of the fact that it contains people of assorted tribes carrying out various economic activities in the region and some have been born and raised in the area, hence familiar to the historical changes the market has undergone. The study utilized interviews questions as the main instruments to collect data. The study also relied on both secondary and primary written sources to gather information which was utilized to gather data on issues of development of Marige market in Komothai, Kiambu County, Kenya. From the findings it is clear that Marige market thrived to national status by 1960s and 70s, was by the year 2000 an abandoned place with minimal or no activities. A trader who used to bring commodities such as salt from Magadi or tobacco from Meru in the 1970s, who would happen to visit the area by the year 2000, would only be welcomed by cows and goats grazing on the overgrown grass, a sign of an abandoned and alienated place. Several factors had contributed to the growth of Marige market; which included; the population of the surrounding villages, agricultural activities such coffee farming and cattle keeping, peaceful coexistence of locals, strategic location and infrastructure. That factors that led to the collapse of the market on the other hand include rural urban migration, the collapse of the coffee industry and the rise of new urban centres in close proximity to Marige market. Among the recommendations that have been offered by the current research include the need of having developments based on merit as opposed to political inclination. Another key recommendation is that the government should come up with policies for rural industrialization. The current study also recommends for the government and non-state actors raise infrastructure standards in rural areas. The need for a policy by stakeholders in the agricultural sector guaranteeing minimum returns to farmers of such crops, to bar them from unfair trade deal and competitions that always kill their hard work has also been offered as a recommendation of the current study.
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    Impact of Constituency Development Fund (CDF) on Education; A Case Study of Githunguri Constituency
    (Mount Kenya University, 2015-12) Mbugua, Patrick Kiarie
    The CDF Act is one of the most credible and critical legislation passed by the Kenyan parliament in the recent past. It is one of the indigenous innovations of the National Rainbow Coalition (NARC) of the Government of Kenya. The CDF was established by an Act of Parliament in the year 2003. It was passed into law in 2003 by the National Assembly. The CDF act was gazetted in Kenya Gazette supplement no. 107 (Act No. 11) dated January 9th 2004. The act compels the Minister for Finance to allocate not less than 2.5 percent of all government ordinary revenue collected in every financial year and the money paid to the fund is distributed to the constituencies. One of the development sectors that CDF has been directed to is educational service delivery. There are various education sectors to which CDF can be directed. Such sectors include infrastructural development (classrooms, offices, laboratories, office blocks, and libraries), enrollment, performance (examination, extracurricular activities), staffing (academic and non- teaching staff) student and staff satisfaction. However, CDF in education has not ensured high quality of service, equity in access or adequate efficiencies. There are many gaps that need to be filled in terms of education service delivery. The purpose of this study was to assess the impact of CDF on education service delivery in Githunguri constituency. A descriptive survey was used in this study. The target population for the study consisted of 37 secondary school principals. A researcher-filled interview schedule was used to gather data from the sampled school heads and document analysis. Observation schedule was used to gather information from the physical projects funded by CDF in the secondary schools.