Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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THE ABABUKUSU TRADITIONAL WIDOWHOOD RITES AND THE EFFECTS ON WIDOWS IN THE CONTEXT OF FRIENDS CHURCH IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)Religion, life and death are entwined and the knowledge of one requires the knowledge of the other. Religions have addressed the question of how one should live with awareness of inevitability of death. Consequently, ... -
ROLE OF STUDENT COUNCILS IN MITIGATION OF CONFLICTS CAUSED BY STUDENTS IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KERICHO COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-03)Student conflicts in secondary schools are one of the most common challenges faced in the 21st century in the modern world. Kenya has faced several incidents of student conflicts in Secondary schools mainly attributed to ... -
INTRONIC POLYMORPHISM ALB GENE AMONG HIV-1 IN INFECTEDANTIRETROVIRAL TREATMENT ART-NAIVE AND ART- EXPERIENCED INJECTION SUBSTANCE USERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08)Injection substance use is both a social and public health concern. Globally, the co- burden of human immunodeficiency virus and injection substance use (HIV-ISU) is high especially in coastal urban and peri-urban ... -
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 ... -
EFFECTS OF CONVERGENCE INSUFFICIENCY VISION THERAPIES ON ACCOMMODATION AMONG SCHOOL-GOING CHILDRENATTENDING MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY ACADEMIC VISION CENTRE, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-10)Convergence Insufficiency (CI) is the most common binocular vision anomaly among school-going childrensince they engage inprolonged near work. On the other hand, accommodationis the crystalline lens of the ... -
MICROBIAL PROFILES OF SMALL HOLDER FARMS UNDER DIFFERENT CROPPING SYSTEMS ALONG RIVER ISIUKHU WATERSHED OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2020-10-12)The River Isiukhu watershed is endowed with rich agricultural soils. However, the region is characterized with high population density and therefore farm land is under enormous pressure as it is put under continuous ... -
CONTRIBUTION OF COMMUNITY HEALTH VOLUNTEERSIN IMMUNIZATION UPTAKE IN POKOT SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-09)Community Health Volunteers are key in increasing immunizations uptake. In Kenya, KDHS 2014 report indicates basicvaccination coverage reduced from 77%in 2008 to 71% in 2014 and the proportion of ... -
CLINICAL MANAGEMENT OF CRYPTOCOCCAL MENINGITIS AMONG HEALTH CARE PROVIDERSAT TWO REFERRAL HOSPITALS IN KISUMU COUNTY,KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)Cryptococcal meningitis is one of the most common and lethal opportunistic infections among human immune virus infected clients/patients before initiation ofantiretroviraltherapy. Itis majorly associatedto ... -
INFLUENCE OF OUTDOOR AND NEAR WORK ACTIVITIES ON MYOPIA AMONGST SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTSIN LURAMBI SUB-COUNTY, KAKAMEGA, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)The prevalence of myopia has disturbingly escalated globally with an estimationof up to 2.56 billion cases by the end of 2020. Almost halfof the earth'sinhabitants are estimatedto be myopic bythe year 2050,while ... -
FUNCTIONAL SUITABILITY MODELFORENTERPRISERESOURCE PLANNING SYSTEMS IN KENYAN UNIVERSITIES
(MMUST, 2020-11-09)Managementof institutions needs correctinformation to enhance their competitiveness.Universities, just like any other institutionrequires proper information for decision-making. In universities,there are complex ... -
VERNACULAR FM RADIOAS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATING CULTURAL VALUES: A CASE OF MURANG’A COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-12)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, ... -
SOIL INVERTEBRATE DIVERSITY, ABUNDANCE AND PHYSICOCHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS AROUND KAKAMEGA FOREST KENYA AS INFLUENCED BY CROPPING SYSTEMS
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)Soil fertility depletion has been identified as a major cause of food insecurity among householdsaround Kakamega forest. Soil invertebrate abundance and diversity are known to influence fertilitylevelof ... -
MICRO CREDIT FINANCE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN NYAMIRA TOWN, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-09)The critical role played by small and medium enterprises in growing economy cannot be underestimated. Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are characterized by rapid growth and the potential to create employment ... -
PHYSICOCHEMICAL WATER QUALITY AND MACROINVERTEBRATE OCCURRENCE IN SASALA STREAM RECEIVING WASTEWATER DISCHARGE FROM EARTHEN FISHPOND FARMIN KAKAMEGA COUNTY,KENYA
(2020-11-12)Fish farming is now a major source of global and local fish requirements of food, raw materials, income and ecological considerations supplementing the dwindling output from the wild waters. Several ... -
DETERMINANTS OF DIET AND FLUID ADHERENCEAMONG END STAGE RENAL DISEASE PATIENTS UNDERGOING HAEMODIALYSIS AT MOI TEACHINGAND REFERRAL HOSPITAL, UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)End Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is aglobalpublic health problem.Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital (MTRH) has over 200 hemodialysis patients with nearly 2/3rd struggling with dietary and fluid adherence.This study ... -
IMMUNOPHENOTYPE AND HEPATO-BIOMARKER CHARACTERISTICS OF HIV INFECTED ADULTS AND HEMATOLOGICAL REFERENCE RANGES OF CHILDREN IN KISUMU WEST SUBCOUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-12)Proper diagnosis and management of clinical diseases requires succinct understanding of well-established human physiological reference values. Despite the high prevalence rates of HIV, Tuberculosis and ... -
ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY AND INTERACTION OF TODDALIA ASIATICACOUMARINS WITH TWO KNOWN DRUGS
(MMUST, 2020-11-11)Plant-derivedcompoundscouldexhibita directand/or anindirectantimicrobial activity asantimicrobialresistancemodifyingcompounds.Theireffectivenesscould further be increasedwhencombinedwithotherbioactivecompoundsorantibiotics ... -
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 ... -
UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ELECTIONS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-02)Several studies have been carried out on the role of social media in political democratization where most of the mbased on national elections in different countries.However,little attention ... -
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTOF THE LAND QUESTION IN BUKUSU-SABAOT INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN MOUNT ELGON AREA SINCE1850
(MMUST, 2020-11-02)Ethnic conflicts have been witnessed world over; where, different communities fight each other over territorial boundaries, limited natural resources and political supremacy. This worrying trend disturbs ...
