Thesis: Influence of table banking on economic empowerment of women in Bungoma county, Kenya
dc.contributor.advisor | Dr. Isaac Abuga Mokono | |
dc.contributor.author | Priscilla Miranda Wafula | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2025-09-26T11:45:00Z | |
dc.date.graduated | 2024 | |
dc.date.issued | 2024-11 | |
dc.description.abstract | It is widely held that women-owned businesses make a significant contribution to the economic development of emerging nations. A frequent alternative to the sourcing of finances is through informal pooling of financial resources commonly known as Table banking. This sought to investigate the influence of table banking as a source of finance towards economic empowerment of women in Bungoma County. The objectives of this research is to assess the influence of level of awareness in table banking, to determine the influence of membership power on economic empowerment and establish the influence of networking power on the economic empowerment of women in Bungoma county, Kenya. The research study was anchored on the social capital theory, social cognitive theory and economic empowerment theory. The study adopted a descriptive research design, targeting the secretaries of groups. A sample size of 260 respondents was obtained from target population of 729 registered women groups in Bungoma County at 95% confidence level. Questionnaires and structured interview schedules were used for data collection. A total of 248 questionnaires were returned and a response rate of 96.7% was obtained. The data collected was subjected to pre-processing in order to remove the undesirable and unfeasible data. A coding scheme was developed for qualitative data, while Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Version 21 was used to analyze quantitative data. Tables, means, percentages, standard deviation, regression and correlation were used to present the analyzed data. It was established that all respondents from the groups were female (100.0%). Most respondents (44.8%) of total respondents, were aged between 50-59 years, majority of respondents 25.9% had certificate level education attainment, most of the respondents 44.8% had been in groups for a duration of above 6 years. 79.3% which catered for majority had been in groups as members. Most groups 56.9% had members in the range of 21 to 25 women and majority of women 74.1% could manage to make contributions of ksh 1001 to ksh 5000 per month in Bungoma County. Respondents agreed unanimously that; organizational learning, membership power and networking power had a positive influence on economic empowerment of women in Bungoma County. The multiple regression coefficient (R) obtained was 0.694 which implied that there was a moderate positive correlation between independent and dependent variables. The coefficient of determination (R) obtained was 0.516, implying 51.6% of the influence of table banking on economic empowerment of women in Bungoma County can be accounted to organizational learning, membership power and networking power. It was concluded that organizational learning, membership power and networking power all contribute positively to economic empowerment of women. It is recommended that national and county governments should formulate policies that will enable table banking activities to thrive to enable many women to be economically productive and thus alleviating poverty levels in rural areas. | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://erepository.mku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/7365 | |
dc.language.iso | en | |
dc.publisher | Mount Kenya University | |
dc.subject | Table banking | |
dc.title | Influence of table banking on economic empowerment of women in Bungoma county, Kenya | |
dspace.entity.type | Thesis | en |