MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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Value Chain Analysis of a Commercial Bank A Case of Equity Bank in Kenya
(2014)The banking industry has experienced a rapid growth in terms of profits, deposits and revenues during the President Mwai Kibaki’s era. This trend has triggered a lot of competition in the banking industry. Equity bank has ... -
Water Pricing Option for Efficient Irrigated Maize Production in Kenya
(2021-08)Due to water scarcity and unreliable rainfall regimes, irrigation plays an important role in the production of food worldwide. Farmers’ willingness to pay, Scarcity and opportunity cost of water, as well as financing are ... -
Access to health information for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
(African Journal of Social Work, 11(4), 172-181., 2021)This study explores the effectiveness of media in promoting access to COVID-19 health information in Kenya. The focus will be on how persons with disabilities accessed COVID-19 information through television within the ... -
Representation of Students with Disability in Media: The Case of Abled Differently Television Programme
(African Multidisciplinary Journal of Research., 2016)Higher education in Kenya is seen as the privilege of a few, with Persons with Disability (PWD) hardly standing a chance to access it. While disability can be explained in a straightforward way using medical discourses, ... -
Effect of Career Management Practices on Employee Performance in Murang’a Water and Sanitation Company Limited.
(2021-06)Performance of an organization largely depends on the workforce it has. Employee performance may be affected by many factors, career management among them. The literature reviewed provided information on effects of career ... -
Effects of Social and Community Issues in Inter-Ethnic Conflicts on Economic Growth in Selected sub-counties in Kenya
(African Research Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2021)The Government efforts in mitigating the vice has bone no fruits as the number of deaths keeps on rising from an estimate of 7, 9 and 13 people in 2012, 2014 and 2016 respectively.The main purpose of the study was therefore ... -
Information Seeking Behavior of Students with Visual Imparements: A Case of Kenyatta University Library.
(2019-06)The point of the study was to set up the outwardly hindered students‟ information looking for practices, which contains information needs, looking for and use. The students‟ information looking for conduct was plotted ... -
Assessing the Drivers of Enhanced Auditors Performance: A Case Study in Public Universities in Kenya
(2021-06)The study evaluated the key drivers of enhanced auditor’s performance in public universities in Kenya. The study posits that work environment, auditor’s competence, independence and authority have not significant effects ... -
An Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy Inference System for Detection and Correction of Illegal Power Connection in Kenya
(Energy and Power, 2021)In this research, an adaptive method for illegal power connection detection and correction in domestic distribution is presented. The focus is on a domestic supply at the meter box. Illegal power connection has been a ... -
Embedded Power System Monitoring Of Illegal Power Connections In Kenyan Domestic Supply
(2020 IEEE PES/IAS Power Africa, 2020)Globally Technical Losses (TLs) and Non- Technical Losses (NTLs) are a significant challenge for power distribution systems. Mostly NTLs is caused by illegal power connection which can be as much as half of all the ... -
The Influence of Selected Socio-Economic Factors on Farmers’ Awareness of Devolution of Agricultural Extension Services In Kitui County, Kenya
(2021-06)Purpose: Agriculture is the main stay and driver of Kenyan rural economy. Despites the critical role of agriculture in Kenya, poor access to extension support services persist. This study sought to assess the influence of ... -
Factors Influencing Delivery of Extension Services By the County Governments after Agricultural Sector Devolution in Kitui County, Kenya
(2021-06)Agriculture is the main stay and driver of Kenyan rural economy. Despites the critical role of agriculture in Kenya, poor access to extension support services still persist. This study sought to determine the factors ... -
Governance and Challenges of Wildlife Conservation and Management in Kenya
(Springer Nature Switzerland, 2021)Wildlife in Kenya is both a national resource and a key source of revenue for the government. Wildlife and tourism are interdependent and essential sectors in Kenya’s socio-economic development agenda. This chapter reviews ... -
Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Uganda
(2020-08)Uganda is facing climate variability and change more frequently than ever. This is observed through changing temperature patterns—often linked to more frequent and longer periods of drought spells that lead to significant ... -
Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Rwanda
(2020-09)Rwanda is a small landlocked country in East-Central Af-rica and one of the world’s most densely populated coun-tries. Average rainfall in Rwanda is around 1000 mm per annum, with the annual temperature ranging from 16°C ... -
Review of policies and frameworks on climate change, agriculture, food and nutrition security in Ethiopia
(2020-07)Agriculture is the mainstay of Ethiopia’s economy, contributing over 50% of the gross domestic product (GDP), accounting for more than 85% of the labor force and over 90% of the foreign exchange earnings (Alemu et al. ... -
Farmers Willingness to Pay and the Sustainability of Irrigated Maize Production in Rural Kenya
(2017-07)This paper evaluated farmers willingness to pay for irrigated maize production using field level data collected through a cross sectional survey. The results showed that 78% of the farmers were willing to pay more than the ... -
Can irrigation be an answer to Kenya’s food security problem?
(2015-10)Irrigation development is one strategy the government can use to improve food security in Kenya. Lessons from irrigated maize production studies show that it is profitable and that Galana Kulalu food security project has ... -
Disentangling farmers’ preferences and cost allocation among inputs for food security in Vihiga District, Kenya
(2011-03)Vihiga, one of the poorest and densely populated districts in Kenya, is perpetually in food deficit. Poor welfare and a low resource base continue to curtail efforts to circumvent food insecurity among households in the ...
