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The Moderating Effect of Legal Factors on the Relationship between Strategic Leadership Practices and Performance of Deposit Taking Saccos In KenYA
(The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 2019-10-28)Strategic leadership practice is imperative in organizations due to uncertainties in the operating environment. Without it an organizations performance may be greatly constrained. The legal framework has an influence ... -
Cyclooxygenase-2 haplotypes influence the longitudinal risk of malaria and severe malarial anemia in Kenyan children from a holoendemic transmission region.
(Journal of Human Genetics, 2019-10-29)Cyclooxygenase-2 [(COX-2) or prostaglandin endoperoxide H2 synthase-2 (PTGS-2)] induces the production of prostaglandins as part of the host-immune response to infections. Although a number of studies have demonstrated the ... -
CONTRIBUTION OF PUBLIC PARTICIPATION TO ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Environmental degradation and loss of resources that requires conservation is a pressing developmental issue. The scope of study Public participation is emphasized as a factor by Public participation bill 2018 and remains ... -
OPTIMIZATION OF RESERVOIR PRESSURE FOR MANAGEMENT OF WATER LOSSES IN DISTRIBUTION NETWORK: CASE OF KIMILILI WATER SUPPLY SCHEME, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Potable water supply distribution networks are designed and constructed to convey treated water from the water treatment plant to end users. In developing countries, urban water supplies are mostly intermittent, typically ... -
NUTRITIONAL KNOWLEDGE AND PRACTICES AMONG CATARACT PATIENTS ATTENDING SABATIA EYE HOSPITAL, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Cataract, the leading cause of blindness and visual impairment globally, induces damage to the eye through mechanisms like oxidative stress. Antioxidants are the first line of defense against oxidative stress and are ... -
INSTITUTIONAL FACTORS INFLUENCING ACQUISITION OF VOCATIONAL SKILLS BY TRAINEES IN PUBLIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA Josephine Muthike
(2019-11)Vocational Training Centers (VTCs) are anchored in the Technical Vocational Education and Training ACT (2013), which emphasis on imparting vocational and technical skills. The purpose of this study was to determine the ... -
Social Factors Affecting Boy Child’s Education Participating in Emuhaya Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR, 2019-11)During Pre-colonial period a lot of emphasis had been placed to the boy child participation in education with almost no attention to the girl child. After independence, however, the government in a bid to addressing social ... -
ADOPTION OF DIVERSIFICATION STRATEGIES AND THE PERFOMANCE OF STATE OWNED SUGAR FIRMS IN WESTERN REGION IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Diversification as strategy has been widely discussed in the strategy field, where the majority of studies have examined the performance consequences of diversification even though the nature of this relationship still ... -
DYNAMICS OF A FISHERY MODEL WITH ALLEE EFFECT IN POPULATION GROWTH
(MMUST, 2019-11)Sustainable exploitation of renewable resources such as marine sh has been a con- cern to both ecologists and economists with threats of species extinction due to over - exploitation a stark reality. Fish exhibits ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF INTER-CLAN CONFLICTS ON SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN MUMIAS EAST SUB-COUNTY OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Inter-clan conflicts are widely spread in the world with Africa leading in such cases. Conflict management and peace building in Kenya continues to face challenges in the current national and regional environments. Clans ... -
INFLUENCE OF INFORMATION ACCESS ON ADOPTION OF IMPROVED SWEETPOTATO VARIETIES IN MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Sweetpotato (Ipomea batatas) (L) Lam is a root crop and the seventh most important food crop after wheat, rice, maize, potato, barley and cassava in Sub- Saharan Africa and in Kenya. It is rich in carbohydrate offering a ... -
CONTRIBUTION OF WOMEN GRADUATES OF SECONDARY SCHOOL AGRICULTURE SUBJECT TO AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY IN NAVAKHOLO, KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Agriculture sector is underperforming in part because women, a crucial gender contributing to farming have no sufficient knowledge and skills. To generate interest in farming at an early age, teaching of agriculture was ... -
SOCIO-ECONOMIC FACTORS INFLUENCING INTER-CLAN CONFLICTS WITHIN THE SOMALI COMMUNITY OF WAJIR COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Conflict is a global phenomenon which is being experienced every time and again. The conflict between Degodia and Ajuran clans of Wajir County started long before the arrival of colonialists. They conflict mostly because ... -
ACCOUNTS RECEIVABLE MANAGEMENT AND THE FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF NZOIA WATER SERVICE COMPANY LIMITED, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Management of account receivables is a significant problem for most utility service providers, particularly those still dealing with the post-payment system when services are delivered prior to payment. This study was ... -
ANALYSIS OF WORLD VISION INFORMATION COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY PROJECT ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)This study investigated the analysis of world vision ICT project on academic performance of primary schools in Matete Sub-County. The study objectives were: to establish the difference in academic performance of public ... -
POLITICAL MOBILISATION MUSIC INFLUENCING NATIONAL COHESION DISCOURSE IN KENYA, WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO NAIROBI COUNTY
(MMUST, 2019-11)Music and society have always been intimately related. Music reflects and creates social conditions including the factors that either facilitate or embed social change. Political mobilization music influences the levels ... -
STRUCTURAL COMPLEXITY FRAMEWORK AND METRICS FOR ANALYZING THE MAINTAINABILITY OF SASSY CASCADING STYLE SHEETS
(MMUST, 2019-11)One of the most popular languages in the web domain is Cascading Style Sheet (CSS). The language has evolved over time with the latest development being the introduction of CSS preprocessors which has made it possible ... -
SIMULATION OF RAINFALL SURFACE RUNOFF- WATER QUALITY EFFECTS ON SURFACE WATER BODIES IN MID-BLOCK OF YALA
(MMUST, 2019-11)In Kenya and other countries in the world, most water treatment works derive their raw water from rivers that flow in a watershed. Lack of proper management of watershed leads to high runoff generated and subsequent ... -
CONTROL SYSTEM AND PERFORMANCE METRIC AT THE TEACHERS SERVICE COMMISSION-KENYA
(MMUST, 2019-11)Control System is a critical human resource management function intended to align employee effort to organizational goals. A well designed and implemented Control System has the potential of helping managers improve ... -
SIMULATION OF RAINFALL SURFACE RUNOFF- WATER QUALITY EFFECTS ON SURFACE WATER BODIES IN MID-BLOCK OF YALA
(MMUST, 2019-11)In Kenya and other countries in the world, most water treatment works derive their raw water from rivers that flow in a watershed. Lack of proper management of watershed leads to high runoff generated and subsequent ...