MMUST Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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THE EFFICACY OF MORAL EDUCATION FOR CHARACTER FORMATION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL APPROACH
(MMUST, 2024-11)Historically, education has been responsible for transmitting social values, norms, customs, and expectations. As a normative enterprise, it has inherent normative goals that entrust it with the responsibility of ... -
TATHMINI YA MCHANGO WA SWAHILIHUB KATIKA UKUZAJI KISWAHILI NCHINI KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-04)Swahilihub ni tovuti iliyozinduliwa katika mwaka wa 2012 kwa lengo la kukuza Kiswahili mtandaoni. Swahilihub ni miongoni mwa tovuti kuu za Kiswahili ambayo matumizi yake yanazidi kuenea na kuimarika kwa sababu ya ... -
STRATEGIC PROCUREMENT PRACTICES, PUBLIC PROCUREMENT LAW AND SERVICE DELIVERY OF COUNTY GOVERNMENTS IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2024-10)The framers of the Public Procurement Law envisaged to streamline how public procurement should be conducted so as to realize value for money in public procuring entities. Strategic procurement practices enables ... -
SPATIO-TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION OF PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM INFECTIONS AND KELCH-13 ARTEMETHER-LUMEFANTRINE RESISTANCE IN MBALE TOWNSHIP, WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-08)Malaria is the leading cause of mortality and morbidity in Sub Saharan Africa. Various intensive control strategies and measures have been put in place to reduce and ultimately eradicate malaria but it still exists at ... -
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXPOSURE TO MEDIA AND PSYCHOSOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AMONG ADOLESCENT SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN WESTERN KENYA: THE MODERATING ROLE OF PARENTAL INVOLVEMENT
(MMUST, 2024-09)The purpose of the study was to investigate the relationship between media exposure and psychosocial development, along with the moderating role of parental involvement, among adolescent students in Kakamega, Kisii, ... -
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN AUDIT QUALITY, FIRM SIZE AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF DEPOSIT TAKING SACCOS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-02)Audits exist because of a separation between the ownership and the control of companies in the modern economy where shareholders or owners have given resources to managers with the aim of maximizing their wealth. They ... -
PREVALENCE, RISK FACTORS AND OUTCOMES OF LATE PRETERM AND EARLY TERM NEONATES COMPARED TO FULL-TERM BORN AT GARISSA COUNTY REFERRAL HOSPITAL
(MMUST, 2024-05)Late preterm neonates (LPNs) and early term neonates (ETNs) represent substantial proportions of global births. Despite this, the prevalence, risk factors, and neonatal outcomes within these subgroups are understudied ... -
PHENOTYPIC, GENOTYPIC, VIRULENCE AND AZOLE RESISTANCE CHARACTERIZATION OF CANDIDA SPECIES FROM CLINICAL SPECIMENS IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-11)Invasive and systemic candidiasis are prevalent mycoses complicating immune suppressive conditions and leading to high mortality. The development and spread of azole antimycotic drug resistance hampers their effective ... -
ONLINE PEDAGOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND THEIR EFFECT ON LEARNING IN PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES. THE CASE OF MASINDE MULIRO UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-03)The demand for higher education has tremendously increased in the past few decades. With increased population in universities and unplanned pandemics like Covid-19, technology has provided universities with the ... -
MATHEMATICAL MODEL FOR CHOLERA DYNAMICS WITH VACCINATION AND TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT PARAMETER
(MMUST, 2024-11)Cholera is an acute intestinal infection caused by ingesting Vibrio cholerae. It is severely contagious acute bacterial infection which is caused by colonization and multiplication of Vibrio cholerae inside the small ... -
INVESTIGATION OF THE OCCURRENCE, BIOSORPTION, AND PHYTOREMEDIATION OF SELECTED ENDOCRINE DISRUPTING CHEMICALS FROM WASTEWATER USING MORINGA OLEIFERA AND EICHHORNIA CRASSIPES
(MMUST, 2024-10)Endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) cause adverse health effects to biota. They are not effectively removed by conventional wastewater treatment options and advanced methods are costly. This study investigated the ... -
INFLUENCE OF PSYCHO-SOCIAL PREDISPOSING ISSUES ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-11)The World Health Organization has observed that substance abuse is both an international and national challenge that require urgent attention due to the alarming rate of involvement of youth. Alcohol prevalence among ... -
INTERPLAY BETWEEN ETHNIC IDENTITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN SELECTED COUNTIES OF WESTERN KENYA SINCE 1963
(MMUST, 2024-11)Ethnic identity is one issue that has remained highly contested as regards economic freedom and development in the world today. As independence dawned on the nation-state of Kenya, there were waves of excitement. The ... -
INFLUENCE OF PSYCHO-SOCIAL PREDISPOSING ISSUES ON SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTIVE MEASURES AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-11)The World Health Organization has observed that substance abuse is both an international and national challenge that require urgent attention due to the alarming rate of involvement of youth. Alcohol prevalence among ... -
INFLUENCE OF DISASTER RISK MANAGEMENT APPROACHES ON FOOD CROP PRODUCTION UNDER THE CHANGING CLIMATE IN SIAYA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-11)Globally, an estimated 29% of people are faced with food insecurity due to the changing climate which negatively impacts food crop production hence reducing the efforts of Sustainable Development Goal Number 2,” End ... -
INDIGENOUS ABALUHYIA WORLDVIEW IN COMMUNICATING CLIMATE CHANGE DATA RELATED TO CONSERVATION OF KAKAMEGA FOREST
(MMUST, 2024-10)Communicating climate change data that is related to forest conservation is increasingly becoming a topical issue of discussion. The efforts to communicate climate change data that is related to conservation of Kakamega ... -
GENOTYPIC CHARACTERISTICS AND MOLECULAR MARKERS OF ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANT NONTUBERCULOUS MYCOBACTERIA AND ASSOCIATED CLINICAL OUTCOMES AMONG PATIENTS ATTENDING BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-11)Free-living, saprophytic non-tuberculous mycobacteria (NTM) are widely distributed and mostly found in sediment, aquatic habitats, biofilms, aerosols, animals, and people. M. tuberculosis (MTB) and NTM are both members ... -
FINANCIAL INCLUSION, ENTERPRISE CHARACTERISTICS AND SUSTAINABILITY OF THE YOUTH OWNED ENTERPRISES IN WESTERN REGION, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2024-10)This study explored the influence of financial inclusion and enterprise characteristics on the sustainability of youth-owned enterprises in the western region of Kenya. The specific objectives were to examine the ... -
FINANCIAL INCLUSION, BUSINESS SIZE AND PERFORMANCE OF SMALL AND MEDIUM ENTERPRISES OF FISH TRADING ALONG LAKE VICTORIA REGION, KENYA
(MMUST, 2024-02)The overarching goal of financial inclusion is mostly to ensure that almost all the unbanked population is drawn into formal financial system where they can enjoy the benefit of unlimited access to appropriate and ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING STUDENTS’ SELECTION AND PROGRESSION IN AGRICULTURE CAREER IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS OF KENYA
(MMUST, 2023-09)In Kenya agriculture is one of the key subjects taught yet it is notable that youths are unemployed just like in other developing countries. Despite the above facts, Kenya still requires human resource to drive the ...