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Physicochemical Properties, Chemical Constituents, Antioxidant and Antibacterial Activity of Honey from Plebenia hylderbrandii and Meliponula bocandei species of stingless bees against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus.
(MMUST, 2021-07)
Free radicals are natural byproducts of chemical processes, such as metabolism. They move through cells, disrupting the structure of other molecules and resulting in cellular damage. The damage coupled with pathogenic ...
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, ...
THE INFLUENCE OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON JIGGER INFESTATION IN TESO NORTH SUB COUNTY, BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)
For decades, climate variability has had great effect on human life; both positively and neg122`atively. These effects include rise in the global temperatures, changes in the precipitation patterns, increase in drought ...
THE NATIONAL, CULTURAL AND PERSONAL IDENTITY STRUGGLES IN SELECTED TEXTS BY YVONNE ADHIAMBO OWUOR
(MMUST, 2021-07)
This study analyses the representations of identity struggles in three texts by Owuor Yvonne Adhiambo: the short stories “Weight of Whispers” and “The Knife Grinders Tale” and the novel Dust. The selected texts are studied ...
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 ...
THE STRUCTURAL BEHAVIOUR OF CONCRETE- FILLED BAMBOO COLUMNS UNDER AXIAL COMPRESSION
(MMUST, 2021-03)
Bamboo is a renewable and versatile resource, characterized by high strength to weight ratio, and has been widely used in the past to build both permanent and temporary structures. However it has a low compressive bearing ...
SOCIAL FACTORS INFLUENCING THE ATTENDANCE OF BOY CHILD IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN EMUHAYA SUB COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)
During Pre-colonial period a lot of emphasis was placed on the boy child education with almost no attention to the girl child. After independence, however, the government in a bid to address social injustice begun to ...
EFFECT OF DIVIDEND POLICY ON STOCK PRICES VOLATILITY FOR FIRMS LISTED ON THE NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2021-07)
Different researchers have failed to reach a consensus after investigating how dividend policy and volatility of share price associate at over time and hence the endless debate on how dividend policy selected by a firm ...
EFFECT OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF HOUSING COOPERATIVE SOCIETIES IN NORTH RIFT COUNTIES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)
Chapter four of the constitution, the Bill of Rights in Article 43, states that every person has a right to accessible and adequate housing, and to reasonable standards of sanitation.This has prompted the Kenyan government ...
EFFECTIVENESS OFPUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS PREPAREDNESS IN COUNTERING RADICALISATION TOWARD VIOLENT EXTREMISM IN KAJIADO COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-04)
The world is faced with an increasing threat of violent extremismthat is preceded by radicalisation processes. Kenya faces this threat from Al-Shabaab who recruit Kenyan youths to join their ranks and executive terror acts ...