Employees are a company's strategic asset, and their efforts help the organization to sustain itself in an increasingly competitive world. Previous research has shown that high job autonomy will allow workers to take part in some activities, thereby increasing their willingness and motivation to learn and prepare further. This study therefore sought to examine the influence of job autonomy on employee performance in county government of Isiolo. This study adopted a descriptive research design involving a mixed method approach. Employees in county government of Isiolo formed the target population for this study. At sample of 140 employees was arrived at by stratified sampling. A structured self-administered questionnaire and interviews were used for the study. Descriptive statistics and chi-square analysis were employed with the help of SPSS. The study found that there was a high job autonomy among employees in county government of Isiolo. Findings also showed as a high employee performance in the sample. There was a significant relationship (χ2 = 27.602, df = 16, p = 0.035) between job autonomy and employee performance. The study concluded that job autonomy influences employee performance in county government of Isiolo. Human resource managers in the public sector ought to enhance job autonomy by increasing the control among employees have over what they are supposed to accomplish. <p> </p><p><strong> Article visualizations:</strong></p><p><img src="/-counters-/edu_01/0885/a.php" alt="Hit counter" /></p>

Despite allocation of huge Constituency Development Fund (CDF) amounts to the education sector, many projects had stalled and others failed to kick off despite availability of funds. This study therefore sought to examine how risk mitigation affects the completion of CDF secondary school projects in Mwea Constituency. Specifically, the study sought to assess risk mitigation practices, determine project completion and establish the effect of risk mitigation on the completion of CDF secondary school projects in Mwea Constituency. The current study employed a descriptive survey design. This study targeted CDF public secondary school projects in Mwea Constituency, Kenya. Project management committee members were the respondents in the study. As of February, 2020, there are 48 CDF public secondary school projects in the constituency. The school's principal, a community member and 1 representative from the school board were purposively selected. In addition, the CDF fund manager and the 8 members of the CDF committee were selected. The study therefore had a sample size of 153 respondents. A questionnaire was used to collect data from the respondents in the study. Descriptive statistics comprising frequencies, percentages were employed to analyze data. Correlation analysis was employed to find out the direction and magnitude between the independent variables and project completion. Statistical Package for Sciences (SPSS) Version 24 for Windows was used. The study found that the rate of project completion was quite low. Analysis of data showed that there was very poor risk mitigation. Results showed that there was a strong positive correlation (r=0.742, n=137, p=0.000) between risk mitigation and project completion. The study therefore concluded that risk mitigation has a strong positive and significant effect on the completion of CDF secondary school projects in Mwea Constituency. Therefore, CDF projects ought to have a risk management plan which includes controls in place.

This research examines the effects of middle cadre employee capacity building in Machakos County Government. The objectives of the study were as follows: To examine the effects of frequency of capacity building activities for middle cadre employees on organizational performance in Machakos County Government; to examine the effects of middle cadre employee training on organizational performance in Machakos County Government and to establish the challenges encountered in middle cadre employee capacity building on organizational performance in Machakos County Government. The study utilized a descriptive survey design that targeted the permanent and pensionable employees of the Machakos County Government Service Board. Using Krejcie and Morgan's (1970) formulae, a total of 1,962 employees formed the target population out of which 320 was the sample size. The findings of the study demonstrate that capacity building is a norm that is practiced by the County government of Machakos.

The study sought to determine challenges to food security among households of CBOs implementing agroforestry in Rongai Sub County in Nakuru and mitigation factors. The study was anchored on the systems theory and employed a mixed research methods design with simple random sampling used to get the CBOs from which the respondents were drawn. The target population was 630 members of all forty-seven (47) CBOs implementing agroforestry in the study area. The sample size was 245 respondents selected using the proportionate random sampling method. Questionnaires comprising of both open-ended and closed-ended questions were used to collect the data. From the study, the food produced by the households is insufficient and has to be supplemented by those outside the households. The food produced is of quality controlled by factors including farm management practices and capital availability for production. There is food inaccessibility as those produced are a source of income for the households yet insufficient. However, there is an improvement compared to previous years. The households’ food production is unstable as shown by variations in production and insufficiency of the food. Food security is challenged by the failure of all members of CBOs to take part in decision-making processes, reporting, roles, and responsibilities not being assigned appropriately. Mitigation factors are hardly employed by the CBOs to curb the challenges faced in implementing agroforestry. The study recommends building the capacity of CBOs implementing agroforestry in areas of resource mobilization, empowering them to harmonize governance processes, developing and implementing an M&E framework. It also recommends the development and implementation of sound policies that promote agroforestry expansion