THE JUA-KALI CO-OPERATIVES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT SUPPORT TO ARTISANS IN THE ...

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THE JUA-KALI CO-OPERATIVES AND THEIR DEVELOPMENT
SUPPORT T,O ARTISANS IN THE JUA-KALI SECTOR
"Case of Gikomba, Ka.mukunji and Shauri Moyo in Nairobi"
BY
I NYAGA.KA RONALD BONUKE
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A Management Research Project submitted in pnrtial fulfillment
of the requirement for th Degre«: of Master
of Business and .Administration;
Fa.culty of Commerce
U ·versity of Nairobi
October 1995~
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DECLARATION
This Management Research project is my original work and has not been
presented for a degree in any other university.
NYAGAKA RONALD BONUKE
This Management Research Project has been submitted for examination with my
approval as University Supervisor
ELJUD OMONDI MUDUDA.
UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI LJBRAlJY
DEDICATION
TO MY FATHER BONUKE
MY MOTHER MORAA
FOR THEIR PARENTAL CARE, LOVE, ADVICE AND FOR ALL
THAT THEY HAVE SACRIFICED FOR ME.
UNJVE SITY OF lROBI ll R !T
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
CO TENTS PAGE
List of Tables (i)
List of Figures • (ii)
Acknowledgement (iii)
Abstract (iv)
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1. BACKGROUND . . . . . . 1
1.1.1 Jua-Kali Co-operatives 6
1.1.2 Problems of Jua-Kali a.rtisa.ns 6
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1.1.3 Objectives of Jua-Kali Co-operatives 7
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM 9
OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY 10
1.4 IMPORTANCE OF THE STUDY 11
1.5 OVERVIEW OF THE STUDY 12
CHAPTER TWO.
LITERATURE REVIEW 14
2.1 INTRODUCTION 14
2.1.1 Co-operative Movement 14
2.1.2 The objectives and Principles of Co-operatives 16
2.1.3 Development of the Co-operative Movement in Kenya 19
2.2 JUA-KALI SECTOR 25
2.2.1 Definition of Jua-Ka.li Sector 27
2.2.2 Significance of Jua-Kali sector 28
2.2.3 JUA-KALI CD-OPERATIVES 3
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH DESIGN 34
3.1 INTRODUCTION 34
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3.1.1 Research Setting 34
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3.1.2 Description of the Study Area 35
3.2 POPULATION OF THE STUDY 36
3.3 SAMPLING DESIGN PLAN 36
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3.4 DATA COLLECTIO PROCEDURE 36
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3.4.1 Research Variables 37
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3.5 DATA ANALYSIS TECHNIQUES 38
CHAPTER FOUR
DATA ANALYSIS AND FINDINGS.
4.1 INTRODUCTION 40
4.2 THE IMPORTANCE AND SATISFACTION OF THE SERVICES 41
4.2.1 Importance of the services of Jua-Kali co-operatives 41
4.2.2 Satisfaction with the services 48
4.3 SOME CRITICAL VARIABLES CONSIDERED 52
CHAPTER FlVE
SU~.~y AND CONCLUSION
5.1 ITRODUCTION 64
5.1.1 Summary ..• 64
5.2 RECOMMENDATIO S AND CONCLUSIO 65
5.3 L TATIO OF THE STUDY 70
5.4 SUGGESTIO S FOR FURTHER RESEARCH 70
.A.l?PENDICES
BIB LIOGR..A.PHY
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TABLE PAGE
Table 1.1 Membership in the three co-operatives 35
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Table 1.2 Duration of Membership 40
Table 1.3 Importance of Jua-Kali Co-operative Services 43
Table 1.4 Satisfaction of members with the services 49
Table 1.5 Marketing of Jua-kali products 53
Table 1.6 Finance/Credit fac;lities 55
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Table 1.7 Procurement of Inputs 58
Table 1.8 Prices of Inputs 58
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Table 1.9 Trallring/EducWOon .. 60
Table 2.0 Acquisition of plots 63
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Table 2.1 Utilization of plots 63
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(i)
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE
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1 Structure of Co-operative Movement in Kenya .. 5
2 Structure of Jua-K.a.li Co-operatives . . . . • . . 32
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CKNOWLEDGEMEIIT
This research was possible ·th the a.s sistance of many individuals. I would
like to thank my supervisor Mr Eliud Omondi Mududa, for tbe continuous
guidance and advice he gave me during this study. I also thank the
lecturers at the faculty of Commerce for their assistance a.nd advice in my
research a.nd project preparation.
The members and management of the three co-operatives were very generous
in giving their time for interviews. T.his was exceptional when considered
with the number of times I visited them.
I owe special thanks to Mr Jackson Omoi and hi.s family who willingly spent
their time in encouraging me through the entire time I was pursuing the MBA
course. My s£ncere tba.nks go to my parents for the sacrifice they made to
enable me undertake this study. I am quite thankful to Moraa and Bonuke.
I appreciate the support of my MBA II colleagues for the advice and
suggestions. Finally, I also sincerely express my appreciation to the many
others wbo helped me in various ways throughout this project.
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ABSTRACT
Jua-Kali Co-operatives are a recent development in the Kenyan economy.
Their operation in assisting people in 'the informal sector makes them a very
important area of study. However, not much research has been done in this
area.
The objectives of this study were to identify the importance of the services
offered by Jua-kali co-operatives and to find out whether members are
satisfied with the way these services are offered.
The study was carried out in airobi where three Jua-kali co-operatives were
considered that is Gikomba, Kamukunji and Shauri Moyo. These Co-operat·ves
represent the three types of Jua-Kali co-operatives registered in the Ministry
of Co-operative Development, namely Motor Vehicle engineering co-operatives,
metal Works co-operatives and Furniture Co-operatives.
The research ariables were based on the importance and satisfaction. Five
ser ices were considered (1) Marketing of Jua-kali products (2)
C.redit/Finance (3) Training/Education_ (4) Procurement of inputs and (5)
Buying of plots to put up Jua-kali sheds.
Dala was collected b: conducting questionnaire ur ey, in which r spondents
"'ere asked to rate the importance and satisfaction.
The data was analyzed by cross tabulation and mean scores were calculated.
Further analysis to ascertain whether there was a significant differences in
the mean scores wa done using the t test score decision making.
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