Faculty of Science: Recent submissions
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Factors that influence teachers perception towards the implementation of strengthening mathematics and science in secondary education (SMASSE)Programme in Bungoma .
(201-03)Dismal performance in Mathematics and Science subjects poses a challenge towards realization of the Kenya National development goal of industrialization by the year 2020. The government of Kenya in liaison with the Japanese ... -
Effect of Peer Teaching among Students on their Performance in Mathematics
(International journal of scientific research and innovative technology, 2016)Mathematics is a key subject in the school curriculum and is considered as critical filter for learners’ career choices. However, over the years mathematics has been one of the poorly performed subjects in the Kenya Certificate ... -
Contextualized science teaching and student performance: the case of a Kenyan girls science class
(Instituto de Relaciones Internacionales" Daza de Valdes", 2017-06)This paper is about a case study that investigated the impact of contextualized science teaching and learning onperformance of a Form three (Grade 11) class in one of Kenya’s girls high schools. The class experienced nine ... -
Can fodder diets increase goat production by a quantum leap?
(Egerton University, Njoro, Kenya, 1992)Growing goats, 45 Alpine and 45 Nubian, were used in a 3 × 3 factorial arrangement to quantify the influence of dietary energy and protein levels on daily DM intake and nutrient utilization for growth. Goats had ad libitum ... -
Health implications of heavy metals in soil, scalp hair and selected food crops within Eldoret municipality, Kenya
(Journal of environmental science, toxicology and food technology, 2013-12)Heavy metals were analyzed in soils, food crops and male scalp hair samples collected from two age group subjects; adults (18 - 45 years) and old age (46 - 55 years) males from polluted and relatively less polluted areas ... -
Transformations in Kenyan science teachers’ locus of control: the influence of contextualized science and emancipated student learning
(Routledge, 2017-02-21)This study investigated Kenyan science teachers’ pedagogical transformations, which manifested as they enacted and experienced a reformed contextualized science curriculum in which students’ learning experiences were ... -
Effects of supplementation on cows with impaired fertility in Koibatek and Nakuru districts Kenya
(1999)In a survey conducted in 1996, 82 and 60 cows with impaired fertility were found on 63 and 53 farms in Koibatek District and Bahati division, Nakuru district, respectively. These cows were appraised visually for body ... -
Improved cow fertility through appropriate management practices on-farm in Koibatek and Nakuru districts
(KARI, 1999)n a survey conducted in 1996, 82 (22.6 percent) of all cows with impaired fertility, i.e expected calving interval over 1.5 years, were found on 63 and 53 farms in Koibatek District and Nakuru District (Bahati Division), ... -
An introduction to animal husbandry in the tropics.
(Orgz, 2001)The new edition of this comprehensive handbook on animal husbandry has been greatly revised and expanded. The basic principles, including adaptation, animal health, animal breeding and animal nutrition in tropical climates, ... -
Manure Management Risks and Ownership of Peri-Urban Poultry Enterprises in Western Kenya
(2013)Ownership profile and management practices of peri-urban poultry units in four urban centres in Kenya; namely Bungoma, Eldoret, Kakamega and Kisumu were evaluated. Questionnaire surveys and interviews were used among 475 ... -
Environmental hazards in peri-urban poultry farming in western Kenya
(2015)Poultry keeping is popular in peri-urban centres of Kenya. Poultry wastes arising from intensive poultry units may become too large to be absorbed in the immediate areas of production as crop plots and gardens decrease ... -
Species abundance, food preference and nutritive value of goat diets in the semi-arid lands of east-central Kenya
(ILRI, 1996)The key forage species and nutrient composition of forage species preferred by free-ranging East African goats in rangelands of eastern-central Kenya were determined. One hundred and five forage species were identified ... -
Human-wildlife conflicts in Amboseli ecosystem: implications for sustainable livelihoods and wildlife conservation
(International Journal of Innovative Agriculture & Biology Research, 2016-12-17)Land use changes in developing countries have had huge impacts on both human livelihoods and the surrounding wildlife. This study carried out in the Amboseli ecosystem of southern Kenya, aimed to investigate how the shift ... -
The impacts of land use changes on livelihood of the Maasai community in Kajiado county, Kenya
(Dept. of Geography, Bahir Dar University, 2015-02-27)This paper assesses impacts of land use changes on livelihoods and subsequent environmental degradation in Amboseli ecosystem of Southern Kenya. The paper employed field surveys using questionnaires, interview and focus ... -
The impacts of land use changes on the Maasai community in Kajiado county, Kenya
(Ethiopian Journal of Environmental Studies & Management, 2015-02-27)This paper assesses impacts of land use changes on livelihoods and subsequent environmental degradation in Amboseli ecosystem of Southern Kenya. The paper employed field surveys using questionnaires, interview and focus ... -
Public-private partnership approach towards enhancing water accessibility in Busia municipality, Kenya
(IWA Publishing, 2014-09-01)Access to safe drinking water remains a challenge for most developing countries including Kenya, which is already classified as water-scarce. To enhance water supply to consumers, the Government of Kenya enacted the Water ... -
The effects of communal land sub-division and land use changes on household waste production in the southern rangelands of Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2015-02-28)In the past few decades, the inhabitants of now Kajiado County in the southern rangelands of Kenya have experienced changes in land tenure and in land use that have impacted other aspects of their livelihoods as well as ... -
Community participation in afforestation and agroforestry programmes in kenya: the influence of biophysical environmental in the case of Teso district
(2000)On global scale, community participation in various activities is the core in the quest for sustainable development and environmental protection related issues. Community involvement in tree planting in Kenya is as old ... -
The potential of tephrosia and vernonia as anthelmintics against gastrointestinal in goats
(2002)Eighteen dual purpose goats were used to evaluate the effects of feeding Calliandra caryothyrsus leaf meat at different patterns as a supplement to Rhodes grass hay on intake, nitrogen utilization and milk yield. A basal ... -
Mechanisms of hypobiosis in haemonchus contortus of goats in semi arid aands (SAL) in Kenya
(Donald Namasaka Siamba, 2008)The anthelmintic resistance has limited the control of gastrointestinal nematodes of small ruminants and thus has awakened interest in the study of plants extract as a source of anthelmintics. These experiments were carried ...