PhD Theses/ Dissertations: Recent submissions
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EFFECT OF TRADITIONAL POKOT WORLDVIEW ON SPREAD OF CHRISTIANITY AMONG THE POKOT
(MMUST, 2018)Christian missionaries established the first mission work among the Pokot of West Pokot County in 1931, when the Churchman‟s Missionary Society (BCMS) the Anglicans established a mission centre at Kacheliba. However, they ... -
DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF CLAY NANOCOMPOSITES FOR CONTROLLED RELEASE OF PLANT NUTRIENTS
(MMUST, 2021-06)This study was necessitated by low crop yields on farms and pollution effects of leached unused fertilizers into the environment, challenges that can be solved by nanotechnology. Clay was modified by surfactant and stabilizers ... -
STATE INTERVENTION STRATEGIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE IN VIHIGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2019)State intervention strategies undertaken to manage domestic violence in Vihiga County of Kenya remain a challenge due to recurring domestic violence offences. The justice system has lapses in enforcing the law on domestic ... -
POLITICAL COMPETITION INFLUENCING ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
(2017-11)Ethnic conflict is one of the major threats to international peace and security. Conflicts in the Balkans, Rwanda, Chechnya, Iraq, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, India, Darfur, Israel and Gaza are among the best-known and deadliest ... -
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF USING WASTEWATER IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN URBAN AND PERI- URBAN AREAS OF NAIROBI CITY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)ABSTRACT The use of wastewater for farming results in excessive accumulation of heavy metals in soils leading to elevated levels of metal uptake by crops, which in turn affects food safety. The identified knowledge gap ... -
NEXUS BETWEEN POLITICAL CULTURE AND WOMEN PARTICIPATION IN POLITICS IN NAIROBI AND KAJIADO COUNTIES IN KENYA, SINCE 2013
(MMUST, 2018-07)The main aim of this study was to examine the nexus between political culture and women participation in politics since 2013 with a specific reference to Nairobi City and Kajiado Counties in Kenya. The study described two ... -
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF USING WASTEWATER IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN URBAN AND PERI- URBAN AREAS OF NAIROBI CITY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)The use of wastewater for farming results in excessive accumulation of heavy metals in soils leading to elevated levels of metal uptake by crops, which in turn affects food safety. The identified knowledge gap in vegetable ... -
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AS A TOOL FOR IMPROVING THE UPTAKE OF VOLUNTARY MEDICAL MALE CIRCUMCISION FOR THE PREVENTION OF HIV/AIDS IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021)This study has explored interpersonal communication (IPC) as tool for improving the uptake of voluntary medical male circumcision in Siaya County, Kenya. It examined the specific IPC strategies employed in the voluntary ... -
INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION AS A STRATEGIC TOOL FOR ENHANCING WOMEN’S UPTAKE OF CERVICAL CANCER SCREENING IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2018-06)The Kenyan government has continuously disseminated information on cervical cancer screening using the mass media channels but little has been achieved in terms of its uptake. Awareness in this case is not translating to ... -
ESTIMATION FOR DOMAINS PARAMETERS IN DOUBLE SAMPLING FOR STRATIFICATION WITH NON-LINEAR COST FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF NON RESPONSE
(MMUST, 2016-03)In sample surveys separate estimates of a parameter maybe required for sub-populations into which a population is subdivided without separately sampling from these sub- populations. Such sub-populations are called domains ... -
ESTIMATION FOR DOMAINS PARAMETERS IN DOUBLE SAMPLING FOR STRATIFICATION WITH NON-LINEAR COST FUNCTION IN THE PRESENCE OF NON RESPONSE
(MMUST, 2016-03)In sample surveys separate estimates of a parameter maybe required for sub-populations into which a population is subdivided without separately sampling from these sub- populations. Such sub-populations are called domains ... -
OCCURRENCE OF GROUNDNUT ROSETTE DISEASE AND DIVERSITY OF ITS CAUSAL AGENTS IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-01)Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) is an economically important edible oilseed legume in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Nearly 75% to 80% of the world’s groundnut is grown by resource poor smallholder farmers in developing countries, ... -
APPLICATION OF SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS TOOL TO INFORMATION FLOW AND ITS INFLUENCE ON THE ADOPTION OF SUSTAINABLE AGRICULTURAL INNOVATIONS IN BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-10)The growth of Agricultural productivity in Western Kenya has lagged behind largely due to low adoption of agricultural innovations. The low adoption is attributed to deficiencies in the existing agricultural extension ... -
VECTOR AUTOREGRESSIVE MODEL INCORPORATING NEW INFORMATION USING BAYESIAN APPROACH
(2023)The Vector Autoregressive (VAR) Models have been applied extensively in many fields ranging from finance, economics, machine learning among others. In fact, the VAR models are the mostly applied among the multivariate ... -
OCCUPATIONAL EPIDEMICS MEDICO LEGAL PROCEDURES, HEALTH LAWS AND HEALTH SYSTEM FACTORS ATTRIBUTED TO UNCEREMONIOUS MASS GRAVE DISPOSAL OF UNCLAIMED CORPSES IN WESTERN KENYA
(2023)In Kenya, Next of Kin may not find any transpired unclaimed or missing corpses, due to the skewed uptake of medicolegal procedures and health system factors. An increased uptake of health laws and propagated occupational ... -
PEACE BUILDING STRATEGIES EMPLOYED IN THE MANAGEMENT OF INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)Globally, intractability of inter-ethnic conflicts called for the synergy of state and non-state peacebuilding strategies in management of conflicts. In Kenya, specifically in Bungoma County notwithstanding peacebuilding ... -
THE IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO DROUGHT IN KITUI COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)In Kenya, droughts influenced by climate change have become more protracted and severe. Arid and semi-arid lands have been disproportionately affected due to their fragile ecosystems, unfavourable climate, and historical ... -
ON REGULAR ELEMENTS AND VON-NEUMANN INVERSES OF ZERO-SYMMETRIC LOCAL NEAR-RINGS WITH JORDAN IDEALS ADMITTING FROBENIUS DERIVATIONS
(2023-05)The study of near-rings with identity is very vital in generalizing characterization of commutative rings with identity. Much of the recent works on the classification of finite rings with identity have considered a ... -
A DATA-DRIVEN MODEL FOR SUSTAINABLE DEPLOYMENT AND ADOPTION OF CLIMATE SMART AGRICULTURE PRACTICES AMONG SMALLHOLDER FARMERS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2023-11)Kenya’s agriculture is dominated by 4.5 million smallholder farmers who produce over 75% of the national agricultural production. These farmers are the most vulnerable to climate change because of various socioeconomics, ... -
WHOLE TRANSCRIPTOME ANALYSIS OF DIFFERENTIALLY EXPRESSED GENES IN NILE TILAPIA (Oreochromis niloticus) SUBJECTED TO CHRONIC STRESS
(MMUST, 2023-11)Chronic stress is the long-term activation of the stress response system and is a major bottleneck to aquaculture production as it lowers productivity and compromises fish welfare. Several studies have attempted to infer ...
