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Item Determinants of Effective Implementation of Learning Agility Strategy in Kenya Electricity Generating Company (Olkaria), Kenya(Laikipia University, 2024-09) Loriono, Krop Henry.Organizations operate in a constantly changing and unpredictable competitive environment. This necessitates a concentrated effort on sustaining and enhancing their competitive edge. Successful strategy execution plays a pivotal role in efficiently utilizing resources to attain long-term performance. KenGen is one of the companies that has implemented various strategies to maintain competitiveness. These include annual seminars and workshops focused on innovation, subscribing to industry best practices websites, and acquiring multiple software programs. Despite these efforts, the intended results have not been realized, and the barriers to effective strategy implementation remains unexplored. The present study delved into assessing the determinants of implementation of the learning agility strategy within KenGen. Specific objectives involved examining the effect of resource adequacy, information technology adoption, and the employees’ skills and competencies on the learning agility strategy implementation. The study was anchored on IT complementarities, dynamic capability, resource based view, and experiential learning theories. The study utilized a descriptive research design and targeted a population of 467 employees across senior, middle, and technical staff levels. Using a stratified sampling method, a sample of 171 individuals from diverse staff tiers was selected. Primary data was collected through a self-administered questionnaire, validated via a pilot study conducted at Geothermal Development Company-Nakuru. Data analysis encompassed both descriptive and inferential statistical methodologies, using Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 24. Descriptive findings ascertained that resource adequacy, information technology adoption, and employee skills significantly influence the implementation of learning agility at KenGen. Correlational analysis results indicated a significant relationship between resource sufficiency, IT adoption, employee skills, and the learning agility strategy’s implementation. Additionally, the results of regression analysis indicated R2 value of 0.553, implying that 55.3% of the variation in implementing the learning agility strategy was accounted for by resource adequacy, IT adoption, and employee skills. Further analysis indicated that resource sufficiency (β=0.189; p=0.034), IT adoption (β=0.168; p=0.001), and employee skills (β=0.324; p=0.000) significantly contributed to the results, leading to the rejection of the first, second, and third hypotheses. Consequently, the implementation of the learning agility strategy within KenGen relies significantly on resource adequacy, IT adoption, and employee skills. The study concludes that resource sufficiency aids in planning activities related to implementing the learning agility strategy, while IT adoption drives efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity at KenGen. A direct link was observed between IT adoption and the implementation of the learning agility strategy. Employee skills and competencies emerged as pivotal in determining the effectiveness of implementing the learning agility strategy, facilitating quick adaptation to new knowledge and situations. Drawing from the findings, the study recommends that KenGen establishes policies guiding the integration of learning agility into performance management, provides robust support for learning and development initiatives, and recognizes and rewards innovation. These measures are expected to enhance adaptability within the organization.Item Gikuyu Verb Reduplication: A Morphophonological Study(Laikipia University, 2015-10) King’ori, Mary WanjikuReduplication is a morphophonological process where the word, stem or base of a word or part of it is repeated. This process is very common in Bantu languages. Studies on Bantu languages in general and Gikuyu in particular reveal that not much has been done in Gikuyu verb reduplication especially on the area of morphophonology prior, to this study. In this regard, the current study set out to find out the forms of reduplication of Gikuyu verbs, morphophonological processes involved and to establish how verbal extensions are expressed in Gikuyu verb reduplication. The Natural Generative Phonology and Autosegmental Phonology were the theories that guided this study. The study employed descriptive research design. Data was generated from a random sample of twenty four respondents from the main Gikuyu speaking counties. Structured interview schedules and audio recording were pilot-tested, refined and used to elicit the data. The data was then grouped according to the objectives of the study and listed down for morphophonological analysis and also to determine the reduplication characteristics demonstrated by Gikuyu verbs. The results indicated that there are two forms of reduplication. These are total and partial reduplication. The following morphophonological processes were identified: vowel deletion, vowel lengthening, vowel harmony, syllable reduction and prefixation as characteristics of Gikuyu reduplicated verbs. There was also evidence of verbal extensions in all verbs that displayed partial reduplication. It is hoped that the findings of this study will be useful to scholars in pedagogy and applied linguisticsItem The Political Life of Alicen Chelaite, 1945–2007(Laikipia University, 2022-06) Ronoh, Kangogo Irene.There exist a people - outstanding people - doomed to be remembered less for themselves than their entanglement in history made by others. Alicen Chelaite was one of these, a devoted wife and exemplary mother, an assiduous and effective campaigner for women rights in Kenya.This study endeavours to examine the political life of Alicen Chelaite. It was guided by three objectives: to examine the early life of Alicen Chelaite,1945-1977, to investigate Alicen Chelaite’s life during the Moi regime,1978-2002 and to analyse Alicen Chelaite’s life and times during the Kibaki’s regime ,2003-2007. Chelaite was born in 1945 and in 1951 joined Kapropita Primary School. From 1961, she served in various secretarial capacities before joining active politics in 1979 when she was appointed a councillor for Nakuru. Subsequently, she became the first woman Mayor of Nakuru in 1996 and later in 2002 as a Member of Parliament for Rongai and afterwards as an assistant minister before retiring from active politics in 2007. Alicen Chelaite is a true example of a heroine: despite her humble educational background, she represents a majority of women whose contributions are not aptly captured by historians notwithstanding her onerous role of surmounting the obsolete social norms and obstacles from the deep-seated patriarchal Kalenjin community. The main objective of this study was to examine the life of Alicen Chelaite from 1945 to 2007. To achieve this, historical research design was used to evaluate and analyse data that were obtained from both primary and secondary sources. Primary data for this study was sought from the Kenya National Archives and the Parliament archives in Nairobi. This was complemented by data gathered through oral interviews with relevant informants, including her existing lifetime friends, relatives, family members, Members of Parliament who worked with her and local administrators. The informants were identified through purposive sampling. Secondary data was sought from the internet, Laikipia University Library, Egerton University Library, the University of Nairobi Library and Kenya National Library Services. The study employed Great man, subaltern and feminism theory. The three theories were used to give a true picture of Chelaite as a female leader in the Kenyan political arena. Three analytical frames were used to analyse the collected data. They included theoretical reflection, documentary review and content analysis. This analysis of Chelaite’s biography thus contributes to the body of knowledge as it added to growing historiography of biographies in Kenya.