PhD Theses/ Dissertations: Recent submissions
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MOLECULAR CHARACTERIZATION OF POTATO VIRUS Y AND EVALUATION OF NOVEL POTATO CLONES FOR EARLINESS AND RESISTANCE IN KENYA.
(MMUST, 2025-07)The potato (Solanum tuberosum), is the second most important food crop in Kenya after maize and the fourth most important crop in the world after rice, wheat, and maize. Numerous pests and a broad spectrum of bacterial, ... -
MOBILE-BASED SOCIAL NETWORKS ENDPOINT SECURITY ENHANCING MODEL
(MMUST, 2025-11)The pervasive integration of mobile devices and social networking has created a critical security paradigm where the endpoint device has become the primary target for cyber threats. This study addresses the fundamental ... -
MACHINE LEARNING MODEL FOR TRAFFIC SIGN RECOGNITION
(MMUST, 2025-10)Autonomous (driverless) cars are increasingly becoming popular, hence calling for robust Traffic Sign Recognition (TSR) systems to ensure road safety. A report by World Health Organization Road Safety Report of 2018, ... -
LEADERSHIP EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE, ORGANISATIONAL JUSTICE AND ORGANISATIONAL PERFORMANCE UNIVERSITIES WESTERN REGION, KENYA IN PUBLIC
(MMUST, 2025-09)The public sector plays a pivotal role in national development, with public universities serving as key institutions in advancing economic and social progress. However, these institutions often face governance-related ... -
INTEROPERABILITY MODEL FOR ELECTRONIC MEDICAL RECORDS END TO END IMPLEMENTATION
(MMUST, 2025-07)The adoption and utilization of Electronic Health Records can address numerous patient care difficulties and facilitate a paperless environment in hospitals; nevertheless, their full potential remains underexploited ... -
INTEROPERABILITY MODEL BASED ON INTERNET OF THINGS FOR SMART HOMES
(MMUST, 2025-05)The Internet of Things (IoT) is a group of assorted technologies working seamlessly together. The recommended approach to IoT is to support interoperability in the midst of heterogeneous devices. The challenges associated ... -
INSTITUTIONAL DRIVERS OF ACADEMIC STAFF JOB SATISFACTION: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)Academic staff members constitute the intellectual and operational pillar of any university. Their job satisfaction is a critical determinant of instructional quality, research output, and institutional stability. While ... -
INFLUENCE OF HUMAN RESOURCE INFORMATION SYSTEMS ON ORGANIZATIONAL OUTCOMES AMONG PRIVATE SUGAR MANUFACTURING FIRMS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2025-07)Kenya's sugar industry, once a cornerstone of the economy, faces a crisis of declining operational performance. This has led to many of the sugar firms to embrace Management Information System (MIS) in operations by ... -
GREEN HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES, ORGANIZATIONAL CITIZENSHIP BEHAVIOUR AND ACADEMIC STAFF PERFORMANCE IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-04)As drivers of innovation, universities play a central role in leading the transformation towards a carbon neutral society. In this regard universities are under obligation to embrace sustainability actions which inculcate ... -
GEOGRAPHICAL LABOUR MOBILITY, PERCEIVED ORGANIZATIONAL SUPPORT AND SERVICE DELIVERY OF SELECTED REFUGEE ORGANIZATIONS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-08)Labour mobility has enabled the business world of today to be strategically competitive and dynamic. Labour migration contributes positively to the economies of both countries of origin and destination. Success of ... -
GENDERED IDENTITIES AND IMAGINING THE NATION IN THE POPULAR MUSIC OF SELECTED BUKUSU ARTISTS
(MMUST, 2025-10)The study dissects identity on a tripartite platform of self, other and nation as informed by discourses on Babukusu social histories and gender. The form and artistry of the music was studied as a means of creating ... -
GENDERED CONFLICTS AND THE HISTORICAL CONSTRUCTION OF MUSLIM WOMEN IN SHERINE HAFEZ’S BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS, WOMEN OF THE MIDAN AND AN ISLAM OF HER OWN
(MMUST, 2025-10)Gender relations have been a central aspect of human history, shaping power dynamics, social structures and cultural norms. In many societies that privilege male authority, women have faced significant challenges and ... -
GENDER MAINSTREAMING POLICIES INFLUENCING WOMEN’S POLITICAL PARTICIPATION IN ATTAINMENT OF PEACE IN NAKURU AND NAROK COUNTIES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)From a global perspective, gender mainstreaming has been embraced as a strategy to magnify and propagate women’s rights to achieve gender parity. The United States has been hailed to be making significant progress in ... -
A DISRUPTIVE ICT INNOVATION MODEL AND REFERENCE ARCHITECTURE FOR DEVELOPING ECONOMIES: A CASE STUDY OF KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-07)Information Technology innovations are evolving very fast. Understanding the process by which innovations in this sector are taking place is of central importance for the future development and sustainability of the ... -
A CHARACTERIZATION OF CLASSES OF LINEAR TERNARY CYCLIC CODES, THEIR DESIGNS AND LATTICES
(MMUST, 2025-11)Linear cyclic ternary codes defined over the Galois field GF(3) exhibit several ad vantages over their binary counterparts. They provide an extra option for each pulse resulting into a larger set of available codes at ... -
BEHAVIORAL INVESTMENT TRAPS, FUND SIZE AND PORTFOLIO PERFORMANCE OF MUTUAL FUNDS IN KENYA.
(MMUST, 2025-09)This study investigated the decline in financial performance observed among mutual funds in Kenya, focusing on the potential role of behavioral investment traps in influencing portfolio trends. The objectives were to ... -
BANANA FIBRE PAPER AS A SUSTAINABLE NEMATICIDE DELIVERY SYSTEM FOR IMPROVED NEMATODE MANAGEMENT, CROP PRODUCTIVITY AND SOIL HEALTH
(MMUST, 2025-11)Potato (Solanum tuberosum) and green pea (Pisum sativum) are important staple and legume crops in Kenya, yet their productivity is increasingly constrained by plant parasitic nematodes (PPN), including root-knot nematodes ... -
AN IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK FOR MOBILE VIRTUAL NETWORK OPERATORS (MVNOs)
(MMUST, 2025-06)Wireless technology is evolving fast towards Software Defined Networks (SDN) and Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) to a real wireless world and space roaming featuring 5G networks and beyond. Mobile Virtual Network ... -
A PRAGMA-DIALECTICAL APPROACH TO THE DISCOURSAL FUNCTIONALITY OF ARGUMENT SCHEMES IN COUNTY ASSEMBLY DEBATES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-08)The communicative interaction between discussants in parliamentary debates is aimed at exchanging different viewpoints through discussion in order to arrive at a policy decision. In debates in Nairobi County Assembly, ...