This paper focuses on problems of measuring and evaluating development for small subnational areas in a developing country. It has been stressed that the core of the problem is a lack of suitable tools to do the job, due to conditions of underdevelopment. Paucity of conventional economic data lead to difficulty in the computation of aggregates for gross domestic product (GDP) and most similar measures. The gap the paper hopes to bridge is the need to define "development" in quantitative terms for small subnational spatial areas with deficient data bases and traditional societies, against the paradox of the non-quantitative nature of development. Despite the staggering diversity of physical, ecological, political and socio-economic attributes in such areas, it is possible to formulate sufficient proxy indicators for evaluating development using physical, structural, demographic and socio-economic variables. This paper demonstrates that construction of a multivariate Composite Spatial Development Value Index (CSDVI) goes a long way in solving the problem of economic development evaluation under these datadeficient conditions arising from underdevelopment.

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Employee Training and Public Service Delivery ofHuduma Centres in Kenya 1. Introduction Human resource management practice is very vital in service delivery of the public sector in the 21st century. Delivery of services in public sector is undergoing dynamic changes, in regard to human resource management practices globally. These dynamic changes in the public service are caused by globalization and pluralisation of public service provision in public service delivery. Public organisations depend on human resources for delivery of services to the citizens.Human resource practice is the basis of all management activities in an organization. It is through people that human resource strategies and goals of an organization are delivered. However there are growing gaps which have elicited human resource management practices. These gaps make public service delivery to undergo radical changes (Boselie et al., 2019;Knies et al., 2018;Yahiaoui et al., 2015).Employee training is one of the factors that influence public service delivery in the study. This is because of citizens' demand for quality service delivery has risen because of globalization and developments in information communication technology. This placed strain on human resource development function, which is responsible for shifting organizational cultures and employee attitudes so as to keep up with demands of rapidly changing world. In Kenya, the public service commission is responsible for improving human resource practices and ensuring public service performance quality. The Kenyan constitution allows the public service commission to delegate all of its duties and powers

In the current century, fraud has become an issue that management and other stakeholders are aggressively trying to bring to a sustainable level. Fraud instances have been increasing in many organisations amidst continuous fight by governments and other agencies. The purpose of the study was to establish how forensic accounting policies would influence fraud control in County Government in Kenya. Seven counties in the Mount Kenya region were considered as the target population as well as the study sample size constituting of 351 staff members. To establish the level of statistical significance between the practical and predictable value, Analysis of variance (ANOVA) was used. Pearson coefficient of correlation was used to establish the strength of association among the variables while Regression analysis was used to approximate the model coefficients. Moreover, test of hypothesis was also carried out to define the relationship between the variables. In General, the study concluded that there was a positive linear relationship between Forensic Accounting policies and fraud control. It was evident that forensic accounting policies influenced fraud control by a coefficient of (0.219). The study therefore concluded that adoption of forensic accounting policies in county governments in Kenya would enormously contribute to fraud control in the public entities.