MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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Production Management Procedures and the Growth of Jua Kali enterprises in Kenya
(2020-06)The Micro and Small Enterprises play an important role in the economic development of most countries globally despite their level of development. The sector act as vehicle for low-income people to escape poverty through ... -
Implementation of a Structural Complexity Metrics Tool for Sassy Cascading Style Sheets (SCMT-SCSS)
(2020)The development of metrics tool is a basic requirement for the defined software metrics to be acceptable in the software industry. There are several metrics proposed over the years without tool support and this trend cannot ... -
Effectiveness of community health workers in improving early initiation and exclusive breastfeeding rates in a low-resource setting: A cluster-randomized longitudinal study
(Wiley Periodicals, Inc., 2020-04)Little evidence exists in Kenya on the potential of community health workers (CHWs) in promoting exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and early breastfeeding initiation (EBI) in resource‐restricted settings where very low EBF ... -
Cyber Bulling Among Learners in Higher Educational Institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa: Examining Challenges and Possible Mitigations
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2020-03)Proliferation of technology in the form of internet, mobile phone and social media access and usage is exposing many youths to cyber bullying activities. Cyber bullying activities are viewed as negative consequences of ... -
Chemical composition and repellency of Nigella sativa L. seed essential oil against Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto
(2020-04)Malaria which is caused by the Plasmodium parasite and transmitted through bites of infected female Anopheles mosquitoes is an important public health concern in Africa. Insect repellents are commercially available but ... -
Optimized Trust-Based DSR Protocol to Curb Cooperative Blackhole Attacks in MANETs Using NS-3
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2020-05)MANETs Communication relies on special routing protocols that make security a challenging endeavor. MANETs are open to a range of active and passive attacks; black hole attack is an active attack affects the network layer. ... -
Design and Implementation of Resilient Cooperative Bait Detection Technique to Curb Cooperative Black Hole Attacks in MANETs Using DSR Protocol
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2020-05)Mobile Ad-hoc networks (MANETs) are unique type of wireless networks that are infrastructureless and with no centralised management. Nodes in MANETs act as both routers and hosts. The nodes are free to join and leave the ... -
Sustainable Development in East Africa: Impact Evaluation of Regional Agricultural Development Projects in Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania, and Uganda
(Wiley, 2020-02)Investments in agricultural technologies, capacity building and policy harmonization are needed to support sustainable development across Africa. Regional development projects can facilitate the adoption of agricultural ... -
Repellent Properties of Compounds and Blends from Nigella sativa Seeds Against Anopheles gambiae
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2020-02)Malaria, transmitted to humans by the bites of infected Anopheles mosquitoes is a public health concern. Some available repellents against the insect have adverse effects on humans and environment. This study determined ... -
Effect of Family Disintegration Causes on Child Development in Mugoiri Division, Murang'a County
(2020-01)This article considers family disintegration as a process of couples parting ways while child development is the general physical, intellectual and mental progress of a minor. In this study, family disintegration is caused ... -
Influence of Cross-Borrowing on Financial Performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies in Eldama Ravine SubCounty, Kenya
(2015-04)The purpose of the study was to assess the influence of cross borrowing on financial performance of Savings and Credit Co-operatives (SACCOs) in Eldama Ravine Sub-County. The specific objectives of the study were to assess ... -
Assessment of Factors Affecting the Implementation of Integrated Financial Management Information System in the County Governments: A Case Of Nyandarua County, Kenya
(2015-11)The study sought to assess factors affecting implementation of Integrated Financial Management Information System (IFMIS) in County Governments in Kenya. On focus was how staff resistance, and capacity and skills of IFMIS ... -
Structural Complexity Attribute Classification Framework (SCACF) for Sassy Cascading Style Sheets
(2020-01)Several researchers have proposed the various classes of software attributes to guide in the derivation of metrics for software products. These existing classifications have targeted traditional software paradigms such as ... -
Simulation of Trust-Based Mechanism for Enhancing User Confidence in Mobile Crowdsensing Systems
(2020-01)With the rapid development of mobile technology and subsequent mass adoption of mobile devices, mobile crowdsensing (MCS) has gained a lot of research attention. In MCS systems, trust is a key focus in the overall improvement ... -
The effects of burn out on law enforcement officers in Kenya
(2018-05)Burnout is a general term that describes the feelings of people in the helping professions who find that the stress involved in their work environment has altered their original feelings about themselves and their work. ... -
The Kenya National Police Service burnout intervention strategies
(2018-07)The purpose of the paper is to determine the burnout intervention strategies among Police officers in Matungulu Sub County, Kenya. The target population for the study was the police officers (N=250) stationed in various ... -
Drought impact evaluation and perception model: a systems approach in Turkana County, Kenya
(2020-01)This paper presents the analysis drought in Turkana County, Kenya. It takes a closer look at the challenges and focuses on the quantitative dimensions of Turkana households‟ livelihoods. Then it gives an overview of the ... -
Fuzzy Comprehensive Assessment of Drought Vulnerability in Turkana Rangeland, Kenya.
(2019-10)This paper explores the vulnerability context in Turkana rangeland. It establishes the origin of the people living in Turkana before they settled in the rangeland and provides a general environmental and demographic ... -
Trustee-Related Determinants of Financial Returns of the Registered Occupational Pension Schemes in Kenya
(2019-12)The reforms witnessed in the pension industry over the past years had an effect on the financial performance of the pension schemes and more so, on the occupational pension schemes. This thesis attempted to examine ... -
Capital Structure of Kenyan Firms: What determines it?
(IISTE, 2014-01)The study sought to find what determines the capital structures of publicly quoted firms, unquoted firms and the small and medium enterprises (SMEs). More specifically, the study aimed to assess whether the size of the ...
