Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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GEO-POLITICAL DYNAMICS INFLUENCING MARITIME DIPLOMACY BETWEEN KENYA AND SOMALIA
(MMUST, 2025-06)Globally, there has been an often emergence of maritime border disputes. For example, maritime disputes between China and Vietnam, China and Philippines, United Kingdom and Argentina over Antarctica just to mention a ... -
EFFICACY OF MULTIAGENCY SECURITY APPROACH IN ENHANCING ECONOMIC SECURITY IN LAMU COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-07)Kenya's multi-agency security approach in Lamu County faces significant challenges. Despite initiatives like the Lamu Port-South-Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport Corridor, residents continue to endure insecurity, land grabbing, ... -
EFFECTS OF DRUG AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ECONOMIC EMPOWERMENT IN KIAMBU: A CASE OF KIAMBAA SUB COUNTY
(MMUST, 2025-03)World over, where drugs and substances are known, patterns for their use and abstinence are proscribed. In Kiambu County, various nationally and internationally recognised drug and substance abuse management practices ... -
EFFECT OF SELECTED MACROECONOMIC DETERMINANTS ON UNEMPLOYMENT IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)Kenya has been struggling with high unemployment rates which have remained constant with more fiscal expenditure and government investments, which have mainly been funded through the external borrowing. In the past ... -
COST EFFECTS OF ASSISTIVE DEVICES ON THE HOUSEHOLD WELFARE OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2025-11)Persons with disabilities have been recognized by United Nations Convention on the Rights of persons with disabilities that, such individuals should have the same rights to freedom, respect, equality and dignity as ... -
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS OF SUSTAINABLE WATER SUPPLY IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY
(MMUST, 2024-07)The Government of Kenya has been implementing the water sector reforms since the enactment of the Water Act 2002 to improve sector efficiency and accelerate water service provision. In Kakamega County, 43 per cent of ... -
KENYAN-EGYPTIAN DEFENCE COOPERATION INFLUENCING THE MANAGEMENT OF INTERNECINE CONFLICTS IN THE NILE BASIN
(MMUST, 2025-08)Basin politics are frequently compounded by power asymmetries, begging the question of how to manage with riparian hegemons for example in Rhine,Tigris-Euphrates,Turkey, Egypt, India and China, in addition Nigeria or ... -
INFLUENCE OF SEASONAL RAINFALL FORECASTS ON MAIZE YIELD IN TONGAREN SUB-COUNTY, BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-09)The two main seasonal rainfall forecasts that are important for maize production in the Tongaren Sub-County are the March, April, May (MAM) and the June, July, August, September (JJAS). The main objective of this study ... -
EFFECTS OF SINGLE AND INTACT PARENT HOOD ON LEARNERS’ EMOTIONAL BEHAVIOUR IN PUBLIC PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN KANDUYI SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)The family is the impetus behind the growth and development of individuals. Children come from different parental backgrounds. Some come from intact parenthood while others from single parenthood. Despite the difference ... -
EFFECT OF PUBLIC DEBT SUSTAINABILITY ON ECONOMIC STABILITY IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-10)Kenya’s rising public debt raises concerns about its impact on economic stability. Reliance on domestic and foreign borrowing for infrastructure development poses risks to fiscal sustainability and long-term stability. ... -
EFFECT OF MACRO-ECONOMIC VARIABLES ON KENYA’S MANUFACTURED EXPORTS TO UGANDA AND TANZANIA
(MMUST, 2025-09)The first of the big four pillars in the Third Medium Term Plan (MTP) (2018-2022) of Vision 2030 was manufacturing. Its adoption would not only facilitate higher economic growth and quicker job creation but also lower ... -
EFFECT OF ECONOMIC DETERMINANTS ON AFFORDABLE HOUSING IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-07)Shelter is a vital necessity and comfort for life. Housing significantly impacts health, community, economy, education, and social equity, influencing overall welfare. However, like many developing nations, Kenya ... -
CONTRIBUTION OF TRACK ONE DIPLOMACY IN COMBATING BANDIT ECONOMY ALONG KENYA-UGANDA BORDER
(MMUST, 2025-06)The bandit economy is a cross-border and transnational issue affecting regional security that has prevailed due to miscues in the employment of Track One Diplomacy by government agencies. Despite the supranational ... -
MODELING THE IMPACTS OF CLIMATE VARIABILITY ON DISCHARGE OF THE UPPER RIVER YALA BASIN, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)The Upper River Yala, which is a very important tributary of Lake Victoria, has been subjected to a lot of discharge variation owing to the high intensity rains and the growing climate variability. Extreme weathers ... -
ACADEMIC MOTIVATION AND SELF-REGULATION AS PREDICTORS OF STUDENTS’ ONLINE LEARNING OUTCOMES IN SELECTED PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES OF WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)Higher education institutions are undergoing radical transformations driven by the need to digitalize education and training processes rapidly. Universities continue to prioritize online learning as a means of meeting ... -
EFFICACY OF BILATERAL COOPERATION ON KENYA - INDIA MILITARY DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS SINCE 1963
(MMUST, 2024-10)Since the end of the Second World War, bilateral and multilateral agreements have been one of the mechanisms through which growth and development have taken place. For instance, the United States has a series of ... -
EFFECT OF SUSTAINED USAGE OF ENERGY EFFICIENT FIREWOOD COOK STOVES ON CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-03)The significance of using energy efficient firewood cook stoves for climate change mitigation has gained wide acknowledgement leading to dissemination of different types of energy efficient firewood stoves in many rural ... -
EFFECTS OF TARIFF STRUCTURES ON WATER DEMAND IN WESTERN REGION OF KENYA
(MMUST, 2025-11)Access to safe, reliable, and affordable water and sanitation services is both a basic human right and a critical driver of socio-economic development. In Kenya, the 2010 Constitution and the Water Act (2016) devolved ... -
THE PINK OCTOBER CAMPAIGN AS A TOOL FOR BREAST CANCER AWARENESS: A STUDY OF STUDENTS AT MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY
(MMUST, 2025-11)The Pink October Campaign is a global month-long event that is held annually to create awareness about Breast Cancer (B.C) signs and symptoms, treatability and preventive measures.B.C is the leading and most common ... -
SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF PROCUREMENT IN COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-08)The goal of the study was to ascertain how supply chain management techniques affected the way the county governments in Kenya's Western Region performed their procurement duties. The study's specific goals were to ...