Transformational leadership is an ideal attribute for principals in schools and the leadership st... more Transformational leadership is an ideal attribute for principals in schools and the leadership style gives the students an environment in which to grow. The purpose of this study was to investigate the influence of principals' transformational leadership practices on student academic performance in Kenya Certificate Secondary Examination (K.C.S.E) in Makueni County, Kenya. The objective that guided the study was to: determine the influence of principals' idealized influence on student performance at KCSE in Makueni. The hypothesis was: there is no relationship between principals' idealized influence, inspirational motivation with students' mean scores at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education Makueni County. The sample comprised of 111 principals, 729 teachers and 12 Ministry of Education officials. Questionnaires and interview guide were used to collect data. Validation of the questionnaires through pre-testing and expert judgment by the supervisors. Reliability was computed using Cronbach's alpha method. The coefficient value was 0.85 at alpha = 0.05. H0 1 indicate a negative and strong significant coefficient between the indicators of principals idealize and students means score at K.C.S.E which included (r=-.213, p-value<0.05); (r=267, p-value<0.01) respectively. The null hypothesis there is no significant relationship between Idealized influence and students' mean score at Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education would be accepted if p<0.05. The null hypothesis was rejected. It was concluded that principals' idealized influence students' academic performance. The following recommendations were made: KEMI to carry out transformational leadership seminars for the principals, as well as carrying out checks on application of the practices by the principals. The Ministry of Education Policy makers should establish policies on transformational leadership. Teacher trainers especially the universities ought to review curriculum to include analysis of school managers and also have simulated situations.
Port site hernia is a rare but a serious complication following laparoscopic surgery.We present t... more Port site hernia is a rare but a serious complication following laparoscopic surgery.We present the case report of a 65-year-old male patient who had undergone robot assisted laparoscopic trans-peritoneal radical prostatectomy for adenocarcinoma prostate which was uneventful. After 3months patient presented to surgical emergency with the chief complaints of pain abdomen and multiple of vomiting from the last 2 days. Clinical examination revealed swelling in the right lumbar area at the scar of previous port site, swelling was soft,tender,irreducible.Abdomen was distended and tender. X ray abdomen showed multiple air fluid levels, with dilated small bowel loops suggestive of small bowel obstruction. USG revealed defect in the right lateral ventral area with herniation of bowel loops.Mini-laparotomy was performed, hernia contained viable bowel loops, hernia contents were reduced and fascial defect was closed.Patient did well post-operatively and was discharged on 4 th post-operative day.
Lack of accountability, corruption cases and misuse of force are some of the ills that police off... more Lack of accountability, corruption cases and misuse of force are some of the ills that police officers in Kenya have been linked with despite the reforms in policing undertaken by the government. This thus points to a need to rethink how police officers' service delivery can be improved especially in the current dynamic and turbulent security situation by incorporating information systems. It is against this background that the researcher purposed to establish the influence of information systems on police officers' service delivery in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study was anchored on Technology Acceptance Model and SERVQUAL Model with descriptive design being adopted. The target population comprised of 6,945 police officers drawn from eleven police sub counties in Nairobi City County. A sample of 247 police officers was drawn from six sub counties obtained using multistage probability sampling. A pilot study was conducted on 25 police officers using a questionnaire which was pretested for reliability and validity prior to data collection. The standard deviation and mean were the descriptive statistics that described the data while multiple linear regression analysis was employed in testing the hypotheses. Presentation of results was by use of figures and tables. The study findings were that information systems have a significant positive effect on service delivery of police officers in Nairobi City County, Kenya. The study thus recommends that the management of the KPS should focus on service delivery improvement by employing information systems.
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