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PROSPECTIVE OF TRANSGENIC CASSAVA LINES RESISTANCE IN EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT OF CMV AND CBSV CAUSED VIRAL DISEASES OF Manihot esculenta Crantz IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-07)Cassava (Manihot esculenta Crantz) is an essential food crop in Kenya. Despite its importance, the national average yield of 3 tonnes/hectare is among the lowest globally, primarily due to the lack of high-quality and ... -
PEACEBUILDING STRATEGIES INFLUENCING INTER-ETHNIC COHESION AMONG THE BOUNDARY COMMUNITIES OF KISUMU AND NANDI COUNTIES, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-05)This study investigated peacebuilding strategies influencing inter-ethnic cohesion among boundary communities of Kisumu and Nandi Counties, Kenya. Four specific objectives guided the study: to examine the nature of ... -
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 ... -
CONFLICT INTERVENTION BY THE UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO’S PEACE AND SECURITY PROCESSES
(MMUST, 2024-12)The Democratic Republic of Congo has been marred by protracted conflict, instability, and human suffering for decades. This study examines chronology and nature of external interventions, including peacekeeping missions, ... -
DIPLOMACY OF INTERNATIONAL ELECTION OBSERVER MISSIONS IN CONSOLIDATING DEMOCRACY IN KENYA SINCE 1992
(MMUST, 2024-10)Since the end of the Cold War, western countries pioneered the global diffusion of liberal democratic norms and principles on the strength of democratic peace theorists in pursuit for global economic prosperity, peace ... -
FARMERS’ INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE PRACTICES INFLUENCING UPTAKE OF CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION STRATEGIES IN KAJIADO COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)Farmers in Kajiado County in Kenya have embraced different climate change adaptation strategies including the use of Indigenous Knowledge and scientific approaches. However, the farmers’ uptake of scientific Climate ... -
EFFICACY OF STRATEGIES USED TO MITIGATE HIV RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AMONG STUDENTS OF INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER LEARNING IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2022-05)Researchers have confirmed that the reason for the relatively high HIV incidence among people between 15-24 years globally is Risky Sexual Behavior. Researchers subsequently identified a challenge regarding effective ... -
THE NEXUS BETWEEN PROTRACTED REFUGEE CRISIS AND HUMAN SECURITY DYNAMICS IN GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2022-11)By the end of 2019, the UNHCR estimated that 42.5 million people had been displaced around the world. As a result, short- and long-term effects were felt on host communities, from humanitarian disasters to security threats. ... -
DYNAMICS OF FORMAL PEACE INFRASTRUCTURE MOTIVATING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF SUSTAINABLE PEACE BUILDING IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2022-08)Global experience with sustainable peacebuilding has been diverse since the term was formally introduced to the world by the United Nations in 1992. Since then, peacebuilding has been implemented in the absence of a ... -
RELIGIOUS GROUPS ENGAGEMENT IN PREVENTION OF YOUTH RADICALIZATION IN MOMBASA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2022-11)The world is increasingly faced with a threat of extreme violence which is preceded by radicalization processes. Violence perpetrated in the name of religion has become a recurring phenomenon in Kenya in the recent past.The ... -
DYNAMICS OF EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY REGIONAL FORCE’S INTERVENTION IN THE MANAGEMENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO’S INTRACTABLE INTRA-STATE CONFLICT
(MMUST, 2024-11)The protracted new generation warfare in the Eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the intervention by the EAC Regional Force (EACRF) are indicative of the need for a comprehensive security strategy ... -
FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DISASTER RISKS REDUCTION IN TRANSPORTATION OF PETROLEUM PRODUCTS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024)Over the past decades, there has been enormous increase in the number of disasters in the global petroleum industry. At a continental level, Africa has experienced many disasters in the downstream sector of the industry. ... -
RESOURCE-USE PRACTICES INFLUENCING INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Globally, conflicts arising from resource-use are increasingly becoming common. This generated inter-ethnic violence that have caused death, strained relations among communities, led to loss of property, displacements, ... -
CHINESE ECONOMIC DIPLOMACY IN FOSTERING INFRASTRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA
(2023)The study area for this thesis was Kenya and specific study locations were Nairobi, Kiambu and Lamu counties since they host KUTRRH, SGR, Moi International Sports Centre and Lamu Port which were the infrastructure under ... -
EFFECTIVENESS OF PEACE-BUILDING STRATEGIES IN THE MANAGEMENT OF NATIONAL GENERAL ELECTORAL CONFLICTS IN TRANS-NZOIA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Figuring out the best strategies for promoting peace requires an understanding of the factors that encourage electoral strife. A combination of both technical approaches attitudetransformation strategies are central to ... -
EFFECTIVENESS OF NON-CUSTODIAL REINTEGRATION PROGRAMMES ON WELFARE OF RETURNEE TERRORIST FIGHTERS IN MOMBASA COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)Although the concept of returning terrorist fighters is not new in Kenya, the most efficient strategy to reduce their threat to national security and community peace-making is through non-custodial reintegration. In ... -
Genetic Diversity and resistance of African nightshade Solanum nigrum L Complex to Bacterial wilt Ralstonia solanacearum in Western Kenya
(2023)African nightshade, Solanum nigrum L .is one of the most significant leafy vegetable rich in nutritional and medicinal value, and can be used to feed people with human immune deficiency virus, HIV/AIDS in Kenya. There ... -
EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IN MITIGATING DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN SELECTED COUNTIES OF THE COASTAL REGION, KENYA
(2023)making it a profound concern among the comity of nations owing to the significant detrimental effects it has in almost every aspect of life and development. In Kenya, it has become one of the major social catastrophes ... -
EVALUATION OF HOSPITAL SURGE MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR COPING WITH MASS CASUALTY INCIDENTS ALONG NAKURUELDORET- MALABA A-104 ROAD, KENYA
(2023)victims of mass casualty incidents (MCI) which may include man-made and natural disasters. Despite the awareness of the fact that poor response strategies lead to increased morbidity and mortality, many hospitals are ill ...
