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Food Production Mechanisms and Gender Relations: Retracing Precolonial Maragoli, Western Kenya
(Jumuga Journal of Education, Oral Studies, and Human Sciences (JJEOSHS), 2025-09)This article sets out to explore the manner in which gender relations and food production in pre-colonial Maragoli are inter-twinned. It is encased on the premise that the clearly defined gendered roles in food production ... -
Messages that matter: Themes of peace in faith-based radio during Kenya’s 2022 general elections
(African Journal of Empirical Research (AJERNET), 2025-09-01)This study examined the themes of peace messages shared by faith-based radio stations in promoting strategic peacebuilding during Kenya’s 2022 general elections. This study was guided by the principles of social responsibility ... -
Faith-based radio and strategic peacebuilding: Programming for electoral calm in Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research (AJERNET), 2025-08-18)This study set out to examine the faith-based radio programs in Kenya that were specifically designed to promote strategic peacebuilding during general elections. Employing a descriptive case study design, the research ... -
Estimation of HIV Prevalence among Women in Kenya in the Presence of Mediation Using Latent Trait Analysis
(Journal of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, 2025-03-03)Introduction: Estimating prevalence in cause-effect relationships where the mediator variables are assumed to be latent is not usually easy. However, the use of proper indicators and statistical model can make the measurement ... -
Second order extended ensemble Kalman filter with stochastically perturbed innovation for initializing artificial neural network weights
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-08-16)Artificial neural networks are widely applied in solving non-linear state-space dynamic models, yet the challenge of inaccurate initial weights remains a critical bottleneck. Weight initialization methods significantly ... -
Stochastic modelling of predator–prey dynamics in a three-patch ecosystem
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-08-11)This study presents a stochastic predator-prey model in a three-patch ecosystem, motivated by cage-based fish farming. Each patch hosts prey and predator populations, with inter-patch prey migration and unbounded variations ... -
Challenges encountered in the provision of chaplaincy programmes on student psychosocial adjustment and academic performance in public secondary schools in Kakamega County, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-08-16)Many learning institutions around the world have endeavoured to develop chaplaincy in the past decades. Literature reviewed however reveals that education systems in African countries and more specifically Kenya have been ... -
The effect of pastoral care and mentorship programmes on psychosocial adjustment and academic performance of students in public secondary schools in Kakamega County, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-06-19)Schools that are founded on Christian principles have chaplaincy services that are meant to mold students to develop as whole person physically, morally, spiritually, and mentally. Despite the fact that there are chaplaincy ... -
Potential for integrated botanicals and host resistance in maize for management of fall armyworm in Kenya
(African Crop Science Journal, 2025-08-14)The Fall Armyworm (FAW), Spodoptera frugiperda, has been a devastating invasive pest across Africa since 2016; severely affecting maize (Zea mays L.) by attacking the crop from emergence to cob formation. Farmers increasingly ... -
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(African Journal of Empirical Research (AJERNET), 2025-08-16)Artificial neural networks are widely applied in solving non-linear state-space dynamic models, yet the challenge of inaccurate initial weights remains a critical bottleneck. Weight initialization methods significantly ... -
THE Effect of Digital Payments on Financial Performance of Mutual Funds in Kenya
(Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2025-06-30)Purpose: Mutual funds in Kenya play an integral role in economic development, especially towards the realization of Vision 2030 on financial stability which is anchored on the economic pillar that emphasizes wealth creation ... -
Effect of Reward System on Employee Retention of Non-Teaching Staff: Evidence in Public Schools, Kenya
(Sustainable Business and Society in Emerging Economies, 2025-06-30)Purpose: This study examined the effect of reward systems on employee retention among non-teaching staff in public secondary schools within Mumias East Sub-County, Kenya. Design/Methodology/Approach: The target population ... -
Effect of Green Manufacturing on Performance of Sugar Manufacturing in Western Kenya
(Journal of Business and Social Review in Emerging Economies, 2025-06-30)Purpose; The study focused on effects of green manufacturing on performance of sugar manufacturing firms in western Kenya. Methodology/design; The study utilized descriptive and causal research design using both qualitative ... -
Political economy of the air quality management of Nairobi city
(Front. Environ. Health, 2025-08-04)Poor urban air quality is a growing global concern due to its far-reaching environmental, social, and health impacts. Nairobi City's rapid urbanization—characterized by rising human and vehicular populations, industrial ... -
Water, sanitation and hygiene in selected counties in western Kenya: status and challenges
(Water Policy, 2025-07-30)Access to clean water and sanitation services is a fundamental human right in Kenya, according to its 2010 constitution. However, water and sanitation services coverage in Kenya is low, even with the implementation of ... -
Investigation of ionospheric irregularities during the severe geomagnetic storm of 10–11 may 2024
(Indian Journal of Physics, 2025-08-07)In the present study we investigated the ionospheric response to the 10–11 May 2024 intense geomagnetic storm (Dst index~-412nT) using data from seven Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) stations: Mestersvig (MSVG), ... -
Perception of clinical learning environment among undergraduate health-based students at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-07-16)Improvements in the clinical learning environments of a health-based training institution depend on identification of gaps. There was need to conduct studies around clinical learning environments in Sub-Saharan Africa since ... -
Effectiveness of BëST social support model on mental health outcomes among university students in western Kenya: A quasi-experimental design
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-07-04)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a form of abusive behaviour that can occur in marriage, cohabitation, or any other type of partnership and includes physical, sexual, or psychological abuse. Numerous studies have established ... -
Random forest model for predicting business success for micro, small and medium enterprises in Kakamega County, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-07-21)The Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) are an important part of the economy of Kenya, yet they have a high rate of uncertainty and failure because of complicated, poorly comprehended reasons. This paper ... -
Perception of clinical learning environment among undergraduate health-based students at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology, Kenya
(African Journal of Empirical Research, 2025-07-16)Improvements in the clinical learning environments of a health-based training institution depend on identification of gaps. There was need to conduct studies around clinical learning environments in Sub-Saharan Africa since ...
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