Otengah, WilsonOmolo, Jonathan WilliamOginda, Moses N.2019-07-172019-07-172013-01http://repository.rongovarsity.ac.ke/handle/123456789/1932The increasing interest in human resource practices is due to the assumption that employees and the way they are managed are critical to the success of a firm . Small and Medium enterprises are emerging as reliable alternatives to poverty alleviation and employment .They however face peculiar challenges that affect their performance . It has been noted in other studies that they lack performance standard, do not attract appropriately trained personnel, have Poor compensation systems and lack of employee involvement.enAttribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 United Stateshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/HRM practices, SME performance, KisumuArticle