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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 ... -
POTENTIALS FOR ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF SEWAGE FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)Sewage biogas is one of the renewable green energy that is being developed in many countries of the world using anaerobic digestion. However, its utilisation in Kenya may be facing various challenges such as socio-economic, ... -
PRAGMATIC RELEVANCE OF INTERPRETER MEDIATED SERMONS FROM ENGLISH TO LUHYIA, IN SELECTED CHURCHES IN BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2022-07)Languages convey meanings using different concepts. This makes it problematic to find equivalents between the Source Language (SL) and the Target Language (TL). Church interpreters, for example, could found it difficult ... -
PRE-SCHOOLCHARACTERISTICS AND LEARNING READINESS AMONG5-6 YEARS OLD IN PUBLIC PRE-SCHOOLSINKIMILILISUB-COUNTYBUNGOMA, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-22)Learner readiness enhances academic achievement and predicts children’s performance in the near future. Children who are ready are less likely to experience behavioral emotional problems score higher in reading, ... -
PREDATOR-PREY MODEL WITH LOGISTIC GROWTH FOR CONSTANTAND DENSITY-DEPENDENT DELAYED MIGRATION
(MMUST, 2020-12-02)Predator-prey models describe the interaction between two species, the prey which serves as a food source to the predator. The migration of the prey for safety reasonsafter a predator attack and the predator in search of ... -
PREDICTORS OF COVID-19 PREVENTION PRACTICES AMONG HEALTHCARE PROVIDERS AT BUSIA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL-KENYA
(2024-01)SARS-COV-2 is a subgenus of the Sarbecovirus, a member of the Coronaviridae family, and an enveloped RNA virus. November 2019 saw the discovery of the first COVID-19 human case in China's Wuhan live market. The earliest ... -
PREDICTORS OF EXCLUSIVE BREAST-FEEDING AMONG WOMEN IN FORMAL EMPLOYMENT ATTENDING CHILD WELFARE CLINIC AT JARAMOGI OGINGA ODINGA TEACHING AND REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(MMUST, 2019-02)Breast-feeding lays the foundation for healthy growth and child development. Despite the documented benefits of exclusively breast-feeding, studies have found that several predictors influence the duration of breast-feeding ... -
PREDICTORS OF HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE AMONG PRIMARY CAREGIVERS OF CANCER PATIENTS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2024)Primary Stress from the burden of providing care for a patient with cancer frequently results in reduced Health Related Quality of Life (HRQOL) for caregivers. The majority of research done in Western populations has ... -
PREDICTORS OF LOSS TOFOLLOW UP AMONG ADULTPATIENTSIN-ITIATED ON ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY IN NAKURU WEST SUB-COUNTY HEALTH FACILITIES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-09)The loss to follow up (LTFU) has reversed the successful strengthening of antiretro-viral therapy(ART) programmes globally. The factors associated with the LTFU still remain a challenge to many countries, becoming a ... -
PREVALENCE AND ASSOCIATED DETERMINANTS OF MALARIA INFECTION AMONG PREGNANT WOMEN IN MALARIA EPIDEMIC AREAS OF WESTERN HIGHLAND OF KENYA.
(MMUST, 2021-05-11)Globally malaria in pregnancy continues to cause important public health concern for health care sector. Apparently, the disease remains to be a major determinant of maternal morbidity and mortality. In Kenya malaria ... -
PREVALENCE, INTENSITY AND RISK FACTORS OF SOIL TRANSMITTED HELMINTHS AMONG SCHOOL GOING CHILDREN IN LURAMBI SUBCOUNTY, KAKAMEGA, KENYA
(MMUST, 2022-06)Intestinal helminths cause diseases and death in low and middle-income countries. Pupils are among the individuals at high risk of contracting intestinal helminthiasis. The use of contaminated water and improper hygienic ... -
PRINCIPALS’ MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUNGOMA EAST SUB - COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)The success or failure of a school in academic achievement is determined to a large extent by principal’s management practices. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate influence of principals’ management ... -
PRINCIPALS’ MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUNGOMA EAST SUB - COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)The success or failure of a school in academic achievement is determined to a large extent by principal’s management practices. Therefore the purpose of this study was to investigate influence of principals’ management ... -
PROCUREMENT CONTRACTING PRACTICES, PROCUREMENT POLICIES AND SUPPLY CHAIN PERFORMANCE OF ROAD AUTHORITIES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA.
(2023)Implementing and adopting the procurement Contracting process in public institutions have continuously faced the challenges due to its complexity and lack of resources that directly impacts the supply chain performance. ... -
PSYCHOSOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING MENTAL HEALTH OF VULNERABLE POPULATIONS AT RISK IN KAKUMA REFUGEE CAMP, KENYA
(2023-11)The refugee experience is characterized by exposure in one's country of origin to numerous traumatic incidents during migration and daily stressors after settlement in the camps because of natural disasters, wars and ... -
Quality of Financial Reporting and Financial Performance of Manufacturing Firms Listed in the Nairobi Securities Exchange in Kenya.
(2023)Even though manufacturing firms in Kenya are of great value, there exists inadequacies in their Financial Performance. Kenyan Manufacturing firms are reporting losses as evidenced through accounting conservatism, audit ... -
RED CELL DISTRIBUTION WIDTH AS A SURROGATE MARKER OF HAEMOGLOBINOPATHIES AMONG PATIENTS IN AGA KHAN HOSPITAL, WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2023-10)Red cell distribution width (RDW) measures the morphological diversity of red blood cells (rbcs) per volume rbcs. Such diversity, characterized by significant reticulocytosis and rbcs variation in size(anisocytosis) and ... -
REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WITHIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-08)Juvenile crime has been on the rise globally. Rehabilitating juveniles have proved to be unsuccessful resulting to delinquents committing more crimes repeatedly. The overall objective of the study was to assess the ...