Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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WATERSHED GOVERNANCE AND ITS IMPLICATIONS ONFOOD SECURITY IN THE LOWER SIO RIVER BASINBUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-11-14)Efforts to implement Integrated Water Resource Management are often hamperedby inefficient political and institutional environments. As a result, Lower Sio River basinhas experienced land use and land cover ... -
EFFECT OF PERFORMANCE CONTRACTING ON PERFORMANCE OF THE STATE OWNED SUGAR COMPANIES IN WESTERNKENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-24)oor performance in the Kenya public sector consistently hindered the realization of sustainable economic growth and development since the country attained her independence in 1963. Among the noted factors that ... -
MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR PREDICTION OF STUDENTS’ ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-05)Prediction of students’ academic performance with high accuracy is useful in many ways in academic institutions. Institutions would like to know which students are likely to have low academic achievements or ... -
VERNACULAR FM RADIOAS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATING CULTURAL VALUES: A CASE OF MURANG’A COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-05)Currently, numerous FM stations have mushroomed in Kenya, many of them using vernacular languages in their broadcast. The radio programmescover a variety of topics including politics, business, relationships, ... -
ACCESSIBILITY OF ESSENTIAL MEDICINES FOR NON-COMMUNICABLE DISEASES IN A DEVOLVED SYSTEM OF GOVERNMENT IN TRANS NZOIA COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2020-10-24)Access to medicines is a multidimensional concept said to exist when patients have continuous availability of essential medicines at affordable prices and within a physical location that is accessible. ... -
CHANGE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-24)Change is what brings forth new ideas, solutions and growth. It’s about breaking free from our circle of comfort in order to start seeing alternative routes offered to our organizations to progress in the right direction. ... -
EFFECTS OF MACROECONOMIC VARIABLES ON TAX REVENUE PERFORMANCE IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-24)For any government to effectively carry out its primary function and other subsidiary functions, it requires adequate funding. Taxation generates public funds to governments through structured approaches. The ... -
THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEENPARENTALATTACHMENTSTYLE, FAMILY SOCIOECONOMIC STATUSAND DEVIANT BEHAVIOURAMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS INHOMABAY COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-24)Deviance has devastating effects on the individual and the community as a whole. The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between parental attachment, family socioeconomic ... -
INTRAPERSONAL CONFLICTS ANDSTUDENTS’ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT INPUBLIC UNIVERSITIESIN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-22)Provision of university education to qualified Kenyans is fundamental to the success of the Government’s overall sustainable development strategy. Academic achievement plays a significant rolein assuring ... -
THE EMERGENCE OF ABAGUSII DIASPORA IN KENYA’S SOUTH RIFT, 1895-2007: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Migration is a spatial phenomenon involving movement of people between distinct places, locations imbued with meaning and power. It explicitly refers to people changing their places of residence, where ... -
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHILD ABUSE AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT AMONG STUDENTS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN BUNGOMA EAST SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2015-06)The purpose of this studywas to establishthe relationship between child abuse and academic achievement amongstudents inpublic secondary schoolsin Bungoma East sub-county. The issue of concern wasthat a highnumber(15)men ... -
PARENTAL ALCOHOLISM AND ITS INFLUENCE ON PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(2020-09-11)Alcoholism is a global problem that causes many problems including deaths. Many studies have been done on drugs and substance abuse in Kenya. Few studies have singled out alcohol and the harm ... -
REWARD MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND EMPLOYEE COMMITMENT INTHEPUBLIC HEALTH SECTOR OFSELECTED SUB-COUNTIES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-09-24)Reward management serves thestrategic purposes of attracting, motivating and retaining employees who remain committed and enablethe organization to achieve itsgoals andobjectives. ThePublic health sector in Kenya ... -
EXTRACTION, ISOLATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF COMPOUNDS FROMTermitomyces letestuiAND Ganoderma lucidum AND THEIR EFFICACY AGAINST SOME PATHOGENIC MICRO-ORGANISMS
(MMUST, 2020-09-25)Studies on mushrooms and other fungi overalong timehaveshowed a number of physiological properties that provide health benefits. This is supported by the traditional belief that mushroom consumption provides ... -
EFFECT OF SPORT SOCIALIZATION INTERVENTION PROGRAMME ON SOCIAL SKILL LEARNING AMONG CHILDREN WITH INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Research consistently documents sports participation as promising for the promotion of social skill learning in children with intellectual disability. However, there exists limited evidence- based intervention research ... -
EFFECTOF SOFTWARE-ORIENTEDCONCEPT MAPPINGON PERFORMANCE IN ELECTROCHEMISTRY AMONGSECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSINKAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-06-15)This studydeterminedthe effectof using Software-Oriented Concept Mapping on performance in electrochemistry among secondary school students in Kakamega County, Kenya. Itwas based on David Ausubel’s Meaningful ... -
ROLE CONFLICT, ROLE AMBIQUITY AND BURNOUT AMONG HEAD TEACHERS OF PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Research has shown that role conflict and role ambiguity are associated with burnout among head teachers of public schools and general educators. However, there is scanty literature from previous studies ... -
INFLUENCEOF STRATEGIC BUSINESS SUPPORTSERVICES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF WOMEN OWNED MICRO, SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN KISIICOUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)The state of women in enterprise development, the startingand growing of individual enterprises is a major concern among governments in most countries from the early days. The main objective of the study ... -
HIGHER EDUCATION LOAN AWARD AND PARTICIPATION OF PRIVATELY SPONSORED UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-07-15)Participation in higher education in Sub-Saharan Africa is not only the lowest in the world but also highly selective. In Kenya specific, in spite of policy interventions designed to widen participation, ... -
INFLUENCE OF CASH COORDINATION ON EFFICACY OF CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMESIN TURKANA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-09-24)Coordination of Cash Transfer Programmes(CTP) is very important in achieving better humanitarian assistance in times of disasters and emergenciesbecause it saves resources, avoids conflicts, evades ...