Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Food and Feeding Habits of Juvenile Oreochromis leucostictus Trewavas (Teleostei=Cichlidae) in lake Naivasha and Oloidien, Kenya
(1998-04)An eight month-study (July, 1990 to February, 1991) was conducted at five different littoral habitat types of Lakes Naivasha and Oloidien, Kenya, to examine variations in dietary composition of juvenile Oreochromis ... -
Monetary Resources Utilization and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Projects in Kenya
(2016)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established by an Act of parliament in Kenya in the year 2003 with an aim of ensuring equitable resource allocation to all constituencies which are the electoral zones. Despite ... -
Sexuality Education:Promoting safer sexual behaviour among university students in Kenya
(Department of Education Foundations, Kenyatta University, 2016)Sex education has become a major concern in our universities that needs redress. Regardless of this, only few studies have been done on it. This paper seeks to review various studies done by researchers on safer sexual ... -
THE ROLE ON GENDER POLICY IN „SCALING UP‟ GIRLS „ACCESS TO SECONDARY SCHOOL EDUCATION IN KENYA
(International Journal of Disaster Management and Risk Reduction, 2013)The Kenya government‟s commitment to increase girls‟ participation, retention, transition and completion at secondary school level is well documented in official government documents. It is also part of the Governments ... -
ASSESSING FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH OBSERVED LEVELS OF ADHERENCE TO ANTIRABIES PEP VACCINE AMONG ANIMAL BITE VICTIMS IN MACHAKOS LEVEL FIVE HOSPITAL
(American Journal of Health, Medicine and Nursing Practice, 2017)Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine factors associated with observed levels of adherence to ant rabies PEP vaccine among animal bite victims in Machakos level five hospital. Methodology: The study used ... -
Assessment of the Impact of Effluents Discharge from Murang’a Town and Its Environs on the Water Quality of River Mathioya, Murang’a County, Kenya
(Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2016)Effect of effluents into rivers is of great economic, environmental and health concern. Chemical fertilizers are used extensively in modern agriculture, in order to improve yield and productivity of agricultural ... -
The role of Camel milk in pastoral livelihoods in Kenya: contribution to household diet income
(2015)Pastoral livestock production in Kenya is subject to unpredictable rainfall and drought occurrences. These adverse climatic conditions have led to vulnerable and insecure pastoral livelihoods. Despite the potential to ... -
Resource availability and productivity, farmer efficiency, and household food security in semi-arid Kenya
(1997)Abstract The problem of food insecurity in sub-Saharan Africa is currently one of the principal Concerns of policy makers. Food insecurity Is an Issue that has engaged researchers, Politicians, And donors in debate on ... -
Tsetse control and land use change in Lambwe valley, south-western Kenya
(2005)For a long time, trypanosomosis, spread by the tsetse fly Glossina, constrained human settlement in the Lambwe Valley, a south-western Kenya rangeland. After lengthy efforts to control tsetse over many years, the valley ... -
Trasient Poverty among pastoral households in the semi-arid lowland of Baringo district, Kenya
(2012)This study was carried out in Baringo District of Kenya to determine poverty among sedentary and semi-nomadic pastoral households. Results indicate that the sedentary agro- pastoralists tend to diversify their sources of ... -
The use of sociological methods to assess land-use change: A case study of Lambwe valley, Kenya
(2003)Land-use history, not readily available for most places, remains the weakest link in nearly all studies of historic vegetation change, in Africa as well as other places in the world. Notwithstanding, communities hold a ... -
The role of drought among agro-pastoral communities in a semi-arid environment: The case of Botswana
(2013)Agro-pastoral livelihoods in semi-arid Botswana have evolved and adapted to recurrent droughts endemic to the region. Droughts, more than any other phenomena, have shaped and influenced rural communities' interaction with ... -
Technical innovation and farm productivity growth in dry land Africa: The effects of structural adjustment on smallholders Kenya
(2000)This paper uses non-parametric approach to measure technical innovation and productivity growth at the smallholder farm-level in dry-land sub-Saharan Africa during the initial years of the structural adjustment programmes ... -
Seedbed preparation influence on morphometric characteristics of perennial grasses of a semi-arid rangeland in Kenya
(2011)Semi-arid rangelands in Kenya are an important source of forage for both domestic and wild animals. However, indigenous perennial grasses notably Cenchrus ciliaris (African foxtail grass), Eragrostis superba (Maasai love ...
