Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES TO AGRICULTURAL DROUGHT EFFECTS ON SMALL SCALE CROP PRODUCTION IN KAKAMEGA SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)This study was undertaken in Kakamega South Sub-County in Kakamega County where small-scale farmers depend on rain fed agriculture and over the years have had frequent crop failure due to seasonal drought. This study’s ... -
ANTIBIOTIC SUSCEPTIBILITY PATTERNS OF PATHOGENIC BACTERIA RECOVERED FROM UNPROCESSED BOVINE MILK PRODUCED IN NDIVISI WARD, BUNGOMA COUNTY
(2023)Milk is an essential and nutritive product that fulfills the increasing demand for food in the rising population in the former western province of Kenya. Milk can be easily contaminated by bacteria posing a health risk to ... -
CREDIT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND NONPERFORMING LOANS IN MICROFINANCE INSTITUTIONS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA.
(2023)The Kenyan microfinance industry faces many challenges. Studies point to nonperforming loans as one of the main problems facing microfinance institutions in Kenya, which has led to reduced profitability and institutional ... -
EFFECT OF MACROECONOMIC FACTORS ON PERFORMANCE OF AGRICULTURAL SECTOR IN KENYA.
(2023)Agriculture is very important to any society’s future. In most developing and developed countries, it is the major backbone of the economy and its production over the last three to four decades has increased significantly. ... -
MASTERY OF KENYAN SIGN LANGUAGE AND ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF PUPILS WITH HEARING IMPAIRMENT IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA
(2023)The government of Kenya recognizes the importance of special needs education as a crucial sector for accelerating the attainment of Education for all (EFA) and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The purpose of this ... -
EFFECT OF SANITATION REHABILITATION ON THE BEHAVIOUR OUTCOME OF LEARNERS IN SHIKUSA BORSTAL INSTITUTION, KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)The Shikusa Borstal Institution, A Youth Corrective Centre provides rehabilitation to the young offenders through counselling, formal education, technical training, spiritual programs, sanitation program and with the goal ... -
EFFECT OF CONSTITUENT MATERIALS ON THE QUALITY OF CONCRETE: A CASE OF MATERIALS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)The role of the quality of concrete in structural applications cannot be overemphasized. Quality of concrete in terms of workability, compressive strength and durability is influenced majorly by the properties and mix ... -
TEACHERS’ SELF-WORTH, LEADERSHIP APPROACHES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Teachers play a very important role in making the student think and act in productive ways to enhance their learning and general academic performance. They are also charged with the responsibilities of leadership management ... -
STUDENTS’ PERCEPTION OF TEACHERS’ CLASSROOM EFFECTIVENESS ON STUDENTS’ SELF-CONCEPT AND ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN HAMISI SUB-COUNTY, KENYA.
(2023)Teacher classroom effectiveness is generally referred to in terms of a focus on student outcomes and the teacher behaviours and classroom processes that promote better student outcomes; therefore, teachers’ classroom ... -
TARGET-SITE MUTATIONS, BASELINE SUSCEPTIBILITY AND CROSSRESISTANCE EVALUATION OF FALL ARMYWORM INFESTING MAIZE IN KENYA
(2023)The fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, is a pest of gramineous crops known worldwide. It is resistant to various insecticides presenting a serious challenge in its wake. Sodium channels that are voltage-gated, ryanodine ... -
ABUNDANCE, MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION AND SYMBIOTIC POTENTIAL OF ENDOPHYTIC ROOT NODULATING RHIZOBIA COLONISING SOYBEAN IN SOILS OF KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(2023)Root nodulating bacteria are a diverse group of bacteria that may coexist with legumes and non-legumes in a symbiotic relationship. These bacteria have a wide range of symbiotic flexibility. Rhizobia inoculants have ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING PATIENT WAITING TIME IN EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT OF KHUNYANGU SUB - COUNTY HOSPITAL, KENYA
(2023)Waiting time continues to be an essential indicator of the quality of health services. A hospital's emergency room is the most important portion of the facility. For patients who have an immediate need for hospitalization, ... -
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN BUNGOMA COUNTY GOVERNMENT BURSARY FUND AND STUDENTS’ ACCESS TO PUBLIC VOCATIONAL TRAINING CENTRES IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)The county governments have been spending a lot of money on public Vocational Training Centers trainees in the form of a bursary. It was on this basis that the purpose of the current study was to establish the relationship ... -
EVALUATION OF THE ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH RISKS OF ABATTOIR WASTES ON RECEIVING WATER SOURCES
(2023)include condemned meat parts, aborted foetuses, trimmings, horns, undigested ingesta, bones, and hairs while the liquid consist of blood, dissolved solids, urine, gut contents, and wastewater. Various studies have shown ... -
EFFECTS OF COVID-19 CONTAINMENT MEASURES ON GENDER BASED VIOLENCE IN KAKAMEGA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)In the first quarter of 2020, the world went into lockdown in an attempt to control the spread of COVID-19 disease. As a result, cases of gender-based violence (GBV) increased exponentially. In Kenya, there was a reported ... -
UFICHE KAMA MKAKATI WA UPOLE KATIKA MATUMIZI YA LUGHA: MFANO WA MAWAIDHA YA BI. MSAFWARI NA ULUMBI WA BW. MANGULIECHI
(2023)Fasiri ya maana iliyokusudiwa ni jambo la kimsingi linalopaswa kutathminiwa na kupewa umuhimu na mtoa kauli katika mawasiliano yoyote. Ijapokuwa mwasilishaji ujumbe anapaswa kuteua mkakati unaomsaidia kuhawilisha ujumbe ... -
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. ... -
MODELING THE EFFECT OF MEDIATION ON HIV PREVALENCE IN KENYA USING A LOGISTIC REGRESSION MODEL
(2023)Over the last decades, major global efforts mounted to address the HIV epidemic has realised notable successes in combating the pandemic. Sub Saharan Africa still remains a global epicenter of the disease, accounting for ... -
School Accounts Management and Financial Accountability of Public Secondary Schools in Khwisero Sub-County, Kenya
(2023)inclusive and equitable quality education and promotion of lifelong learning opportunities for all, school accounts management comes as top priority. However this has not been the case as the teachers service commission ... -
CORPORATE CULTURE AND PERFORMANCE OF KENYA COMMERCIAL BANK
(2023)various restructuring processes such as “moving from good to great” positioning strategy rebranding tactic, value concerns and behavior reassessment. These restructuring strategies are meant to place the financial ...