Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
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 ... -
REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WITHIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-04)Juvenile crime has been on the rise globally. Rehabilitating juveniles have proved to be unsuccessful resulting to delinquents committing more crimes repeatedly. The overall objective of the study was to assess the ... -
REHABILITATION PROGRAMMES AND THEIR INFLUENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF JUVENILE DELINQUENCY WITHIN PENAL INSTITUTIONS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-08)Juvenile crime has been on the rise globally. Rehabilitating juveniles have proved to be unsuccessful resulting to delinquents committing more crimes repeatedly. The overall objective of the study was to assess the ... -
INFLUENCE OF INTRINSIC REWARDS ON EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE IN SUGAR COMPANIES IN WESTERN KENYA
(2017-11)Intrinsic motivation occurs when people engage in an activity such as a hobby without external incentives. Social and educational psychologists have studied this form of motivation since the early 1970’s. Research has found ... -
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 ... -
EFFECTIVENESS OF THE NATIONAL POLICE SERVICE IN COUNTERING TERRORISM IN KENYA WITH SPECIFIC REFERENCE TO NAIROBI COUNTY
(MMUST, 2021-03)Terrorism remains a major threat to national, regional and global peace and security. It has become a central and controversial issue of global attention. International consensus is growing on the best way to counter-terrorism. ... -
ACTIVITIES OF INTERNATIONAL NONGOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS AND IMPLICATIONS ON HUMAN SECURITY IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-06)While Kenyans have witnessed an increased and enlarged presence of INGOs in their country over the last few decades, the much sort-after development and accompanying human security goals still remain a distant mirage. This ... -
OPERATIONAL DETERMINANTS AND REVENUE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NANDI, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)The purpose of revenue collection is to lessen inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, in modern economics taxes are the most important sources of revenue. Since the introduction of devolved system of ... -
EFFECT OF INTERNAL CONTROLS ON EXPENDITURE MANAGEMENT OF NANDI COUNTY GOVERNMENT
(MMUST, 2021-12)The enactment of the new constitution in 2010 brought to the fore the need for public financial management reforms. The need for reforms was occasioned by the anticipated creation of county governments and inherent risks ... -
EFFECT OF HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)The universities are citadels of knowledge, research and academic excellence. The continuing role of universities in the provision of transformational experience for individuals and the global community cannot be under ... -
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 ... -
EFFECT OF FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES ON THE PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES IN KAKAMEGA TOWN, KENYA
(MMUST, 2016-03)Financial intermediation is one of the most important activities to any business enterprise globally. The primary objective of any business enterprise in its existence being profit and wealth maximization. In view of this, ... -
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 ... -
A DOMAIN BASED PRAGMATIC ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC POLITENESS STRATEGIES OF LWISUKHA
(MMUST, 2019-05)The proposed study aims to analyse the linguistic politeness strategies used in Lwisukha; one of the eighteen dialects of the Luhya language spoken by the people of Western Kenya in selected domains. These domains include: ... -
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 CORPORATE DISCLOSURE ON FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF FIRMS LISTED ON NAIROBI SECURITIES EXCHANGE, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)Investors today are more cautious when making decisions on matters investment. They request to be equipped with information for them to be able to make informed decisions on where to put their money. This trait has been ... -
OPERATIONAL DETERMINANTS AND REVENUE COLLECTION EFFICIENCY IN COUNTY GOVERNMENT OF NANDI, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)The purpose of revenue collection is to lessen inequalities in the distribution of income and wealth, in modern economics taxes are the most important sources of revenue. Since the introduction of devolved system of ... -
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, ... -
A MORPHO-SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF TENSE AND ASPECT IN LUTSOTSO
(MMUST, 2021-09)This study focuses on tense and aspect in the verb structure of Lutsotso, a dialect of the Oluluhya macro-language. While numerous studies have been conducted on the analysis of the Oluluhyia macro-language at phonological, ...
