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EASTERN AFRICA STANDBY FORCE’S EXECUTION OF ITS MANDATE IN MAINTAINING PEACE AND SECURITY IN KENYA AND SOMALIA
(MMUST, 2021-01)The nature and numbers of intrastate conflicts in the early nineteen nineties challenged regional security; thereby requiring a collective regional response. This explains the formation of a number of regional security ... -
THE EFFECT OF LAND USE PLANNING ONECONOMIC VULNARABILITY TO DISASTERMANAGEMENTINLOW INCOME NEIGHBOURHOODS OFELDORET URBAN AREA, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-09)The urban residents of low income neighbourhoods Worldwide faces economic vulnerability to Disaster due to difficulties to acquire serviced land to enhancetheireconomic resilience by improved human settlements ... -
EFFECTIVENESS OF GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS IN MITIGATING DRUGS AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE IN SELECTED COUNTIES OF THE COASTAL REGION, KENYA
(MMUST, 2023)Drug and substance abuse has become one of the looming human-induced disasters globally, making it a profound concern among the comity of nations owing to the significant detrimental effects it has in almost every aspect ... -
AN EVALUATION OF COUNSELLING THERAPY MANAGEMENT FOR ENHANCING MENTAL HEALTH AMONG UNDERGRADUATE STUDENTS WITH PERSONALITY DISORDERS IN SELECTED KENYAN UNIVERSITIES
(MMUST, 2017-11)With the ever increasing number of disasters, personality disorders are inevitable. Personality disorders manifest in at least ten different ways, and can usually be diagnosed and managed through psychotherapeutic ... -
GENDER DIMENSIONS IN CONFLICT MANAGEMENT INFLUENCING PEACEFUL COEXISTENCE BETWEEN POKOMO AND ORMA COMMUNITIES IN TANA RIVER COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08-25)Increasing conflicts in many parts of the world are responsible for many losses of lives and destruction to property. In Tana River County of Kenya, conflicts have persistently occurred among the Pokomo and Orma ... -
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF USING WASTEWATER IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN URBAN AND PERI- URBAN AREAS OF NAIROBI CITY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)ABSTRACT The use of wastewater for farming results in excessive accumulation of heavy metals in soils leading to elevated levels of metal uptake by crops, which in turn affects food safety. The identified knowledge gap ... -
HEALTH AND ENVIRONMENTAL RISKS OF USING WASTEWATER IN VEGETABLE PRODUCTION IN URBAN AND PERI- URBAN AREAS OF NAIROBI CITY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-07)The use of wastewater for farming results in excessive accumulation of heavy metals in soils leading to elevated levels of metal uptake by crops, which in turn affects food safety. The identified knowledge gap in vegetable ... -
THE IMPACT OF HUMANITARIAN AID IN BUILDING COMMUNITY RESILIENCE TO DROUGHT IN KITUI COUNTY, KENYA
(2023-11)In Kenya, droughts influenced by climate change have become more protracted and severe. Arid and semi-arid lands have been disproportionately affected due to their fragile ecosystems, unfavourable climate, and historical ... -
IMPACT OF SUSTAINABLE LAND MANAGEMENT TECHNOLOGIES ON FLOOD RISK REDUCTION IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA
(2023-11)In the recent past there has been dramatic increase in frequency and intensity of floods all over the world, both in developed and developing nations due to climate change. Crops, settlements and infrastructure have been ... -
INFLUENCE OF MAU FOREST EVICTIONS ON HUMAN SECURITY OF THE OGIEK COMMUNITY, KENYA
(2023)Protected areas such as national parks, conservation zones, and nature reserves are globally defined so by governments primarily to preserve the natural environment for the benefit of flora and fauna, that is, for the ... -
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT JURISDICTION INFLUENCING STATE SOVEREIGNITY IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2016-11-21)The international criminal court statute pledges that most serious crimes of concern to international community must not go unpunished. The novel mechanism to exert jurisdiction over state parties to the ... -
THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN HORIZONTAL INEQUALITIES AND INTRACTABLE ETHNIC CONFLICTS IN UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(2023)One important hypothesis concerning the causes of violent conflict focuses on the presence of major horizontal inequalities. This argument is based on the notion that when cultural differences coincide with economic and ...