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Effect of Principals’ Financial Management Practices on Academic Achievement in Public Secondary Schools In Bungoma East Sub-County, Kenya
(British Journal of Education, 2020-07)
Finance is a key resource that determines performance of any organization. Principals are managers of this resource in secondary schools. The study investigated the relationship between principals’ financial management ...
Influence of Rice Husk Ash on Sub-Grade Bearing Strength in Stabilization of Expansive Soils for Low Volume Roads in Kenya
(Civil and Environmental Research, 2020-11-30)
The cost of cement and lime used in stabilizing soils can be reduced by using locally available rice husk ash which is known to contain pozzolanic properties. This paper studies the variations in sub-grade bearing strength ...
Next generation sequencing platforms for potato virus hunting, surveillance and discovery
(African Journal of Bacteriology, 2020-07)
Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) is a key alternative to maize crop in Kenya. However, pests and diseases affect the yields. Information on Irish potato virology is continually patchy. Viral disease dynamics require constant ...
The Relationship Between Alternative Strategies of Funding and Institutional Financial Health for Public Research Universities
(Higher Education Politics & Economics, 2020-10-02)
The state support for public research universities has been volatile and has decreased to levels lower than before the downturn. Institutions adopt other sources of funding, but do these sources ensure financial health? ...
Evaluating the strategies employed by informal peace committees in peace building in Nairobi County
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2020-10)
Background
In recent years, informal peace committees have rapidly made their mark either as precautionary or
as response mechanisms to particular conflicts. The main purpose of this study was to examine the
efficacy ...
Challenges Associated with Incomplete Assessment of Stream Ecosystem Health and Land use Interaction Studies in East and Southern Africa – A Review
(Environment and Forestry, 2020-08-14)
The review aimed at identifying the gaps left out in the studies on how landuse influences ecosystem health of adjacent rivers in East and Southern Africa. These gaps left have affected both interpretation of results and ...
Assessing the Interface between Military Diplomatic Tools and Military Intervention in Intrastate Conflicts in the Horn of Africa
(International Journal of Scientific and Research Publications, 2020-08-08)
Military diplomacy is increasingly emerging as an approach in the management of intra state conflicts globally. Far more common and controversial is the issue of combat troops to help end fighting in an intractable conflict. ...
Factors Contributing To Academic Dishonesty Among Nursing Students In Kenya Medical Training College Western Kenya
(European journal of medical and health science, 2020-08-07)
Introduction: Academic integrity is important in training of nurses since on completion of their studies the nurses will be involved in taking care of lives. Academic dishonesty among nursing students leads to putting the ...
Poetic meaning implied in suprasegmental features in selected segments of the song “Gongo la Mboto” by Diamond Platnumz and Mrisho Mpoto.
(African Musicology Online, 2020-02)
This paper employs Deconstruction and Relevance theories to read literary meanings in the song
“Gongo la Mboto” by Diamond Platnumz and Mrisho
Mpoto. The paper focuses on suprasegmental features that mark the artistes
’ ...
Stigmatised and unsupported: the double tragedy of children with incarcerated parents.
(Early Childhood Matters, 2020-11-05)
In Kenya, when a pregnant woman or the mother of a young child is sentenced to prison, she usually may choose to have her child stay with her up to age 4. Prison is not a good environment for babies and toddlers: food ...