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Contribution of Financial Innovations to Money Demand: A Case of Kenyan Financial Market
(American Journal of Finance and Business Management, 2022-09-06)Purpose: This study sought to assess how financial innovation has affected demand for money in Kenya. Methodology: The research looked at the value of transactions made using modern innovations including ATMs, point-of-sale ... -
Impact of Parents’ Income on Students’ Retention in Primary and Secondary Schools in Kakamega Municipality, Kenya
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2022-09-26)The goal of this study was to investigate the impact of parents’ income on students’ retention in primary and secondary schools in Kakamega Municipality - Kenya. This study was justified by the fact that Kakamega Municipality’s ... -
Contribution of Financial Innovations to Money Demand: A Case of Kenyan Financial Market
(American Journal of Finance and Business Management, 2022-09-06)Purpose: This study sought to assess how financial innovation has affected demand for money in Kenya. Methodology: The research looked at the value of transactions made using modern innovations including ATMs, point-of-sale ... -
PREVALENCE AND KNOWLEDGE OF CONTACT LENS UPTAKE IN KENYA: A RETROSPECTIVE STUDY
(European Journal of public health studies, 2022-12)Background: The use of contact lenses is welcomed for refractive error correction, for therapeutic/diagnostic reasons and for cosmetic reasons, more so in developed countries, unlike in third world countries like Kenya. ... -
Link between COVID-19 and Substance Abuse among University Students
(Scientific research an Academic Publisher, 2022-09-19)The ongoing spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has exposed much systemic vulnerability to health care, the economy, and to the normal functioning of society worldwide. As a result of the accumulating stress, many young people ... -
Recruitment Practices And Staff Performance In Public Universities
(Journal of Research in Humanities and Social Science, 2017-08-05)Recruitment, as a human resource management function, is one of the activities that impact most critically on the performance of any organization irrespective of its size and location. Public Universities, known to train ... -
Stability of Selected Biochemical Analytes in Serum Stored at Room Temperature for 24 Hours at Kericho County Referral Hospital, Kenya
(East African Journal of Health and Science, 2022-09-19)Accurate and reliable medical laboratory test results are essential for correct patient diagnosis and management. This is however influenced by many preanalytical, analytical, and post-analytical factors. A general problem ... -
Abundance and Symbiotic Rhizobia Colonizing Soybean (Glycine max) in Soils of Kakamega County, Western Kenya
(International Journal of Agronomy, 2021-08-12)Identification of effective indigenous rhizobia strain nodulating soybean (Glycine max) was conducted in Kakamega County, Western Kenya. This study was carried out to establish the abundance and symbiotic efficiency of ... -
Education for Sustainable Development: The Case of Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST)
(Southern Africa Journal of Environmental Education, 2015-09-17)The unit-based sustainability assessment tool (USAT) was administered at Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology (MMUST), Kenya, between January and March 2012. The assessment focused on establishing to what ... -
Challenges Associated with Disability in Kakamega County
(International Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences (IJRESS), 2021-12-31)There have been cases of discrimination evidenced in access to meaningful participation in many activities in societies where people with disabilities live. Although, the Kenyan constitution enshrined the rights of ... -
Eat a different vegetable each day in a week: facilitating and hindering factors among small-holder farm households in Teso-South Sub-County, Kenya and Kapchorwa District, Uganda
(Egerton University International Conference, 2022-04-01)Consumption of balanced diets that include an adequate amount of different vegetables is associated with important health benefits. However, consumption of a variety of vegetables is often low, particularly in sub-Saharan ... -
Evaluation of the Effects of Selected Plant Concentrates on the Growth of a Parasitic Plant; Field Dodder (Cuscuta campestris) and Duranta erecta
(Asian Journal of Research in Botany, 2021-09-24)Aims: To determine effect of selected plant concentrates on the growth of field dodder (Cuscuta campestris). Study Design: A factorial experimental design; using four level extract application from blue gum, cypress, ... -
The Role of Elementary School Social Studies Curriculum in Fostering National Cohesion and Integration in Kenya
(East African Journal of Education studies, 2022-07-28)Social Studies Curriculum (SSC) foster national cohesion and integration in terms of knowledge, intellectual capabilities, and democratic disposition which are expected of pupils to actively participate and coexist in the ... -
Efficacy of Professional Documents in Early Childhood Development Education Curriculum Implementation in Kenya
(East African journal of educational studies, 2022-09-12)Scientific research affirms that there is general unpreparedness of ECDE learners as they join grade one due to a myriad of factors, among them resources, quality, and relevance. The purpose of this study was to assess the ... -
Cultural practices resilience in the wake of COVID-19 among communities in Western Kenya
(Research journal in advanced humanities, 2022-10-19)This study provides first-hand information on the cultural practices during the COVID-19 pandemic among communities in Western Kenya. The study highlights the differentiated impact COVID-19 had on cultural practices ... -
Ethnomedicinal uses of stingless bee honey among native communities of Baringo County, Kenya
(Scientific African, 2022-08-02)Stingless bees live in tropical and subtropical areas around the world, however, stingless bee honey and other products have traditionally been used in the tropical and sub-tropical parts of the world to treat various ... -
EFFECT OF INQUIRY-BASED LEARNING ON STUDENTS’ ATTITUDE TOWARDS LEARNING BIOLOGY AT UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN RWANDA
(Journal of Baltic Science Education, 2022-10)Attitude has been regarded as a motivating feeling for the learning of biology. However, how inquiry-based learning contributes to attitude change towards the learning of biology has not yet been studied in Rwanda. This ... -
Surveillance, preparedness and challenges of home-based care for COVID-19 patients and health workers in western Kenya
(East Africam Medical Journal, 2022-10-25)Study Objective(s): The main study objective was to report on surveillance data from, assess the preparedness and challenges of home-based care for COVID-19 patients and hhealth workers in four Counties (Kakamega, Vihiga, ... -
Travelling Wave Analysis of a Diffusive COVID-19 Model
(HINDAWI: Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2022-10-07)In this paper, a mathematical model based on a system of nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations is developed to investigate the effect of human mobility on the dynamics of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) disease. ... -
Sensitivity and Optimal Control Analysis of an Extended SEIR COVID-19 Mathematical Model
(Hindawi Journal of Mathematics, 2022-10-15)In this paper, a mathematical model based on a system of ordinary differential equations is developed with vaccination as an intervention for the transmission dynamics of coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19). The model solutions ...
