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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 ...
Socio-economic factors and orphan migration in Kisumu district, Kenya
(2015)
The growing numbers of AIDS orphans continues to present unprecedented socio-economic challenge to policy makers and
institutions that assist them. Orphan migration, though driven by socio-economic necessity, has had ...
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 ...
Impact of microfinance institutions on economic empowerment of women entrepreneurs in developing countries
(Inovatus Services Ltd., 2015-09)
This study mirrored out the effects of Microfinance on economic empowerment of Women Entrepreneurs in
developing economies. Descriptive research design was used to assess the extent to which Women economic
empowerment ...
Influence of social technical factors on ict readiness for primary schools in Bungoma county, Kenya
(2015)
Since the 1980s integration of ICT in education has been compulsory in the developed nations where the
access rate is one computer to 15 students. In developing nations such as Kenya it is more recent and
experimental ...
Devolved Governance in Kenya; Is it a False Start in Democratic Decentralization for Development?
(2015-01)
Many democracies world over, including Kenya have in recent years adopted devolution as a system of decentralization for
development. In Kenya, this was after years of the post independence approach of Local Governments ...
The Influence of Emotional Intelligence on Service Delivery
(2015-01)
In this paper the authors determine the influence of emotional intelligence in service delivery. The independent variables
social skills, self-awareness, social awareness and self-management are analyzed to determine their ...
Integrated Multi-Agent-Based eLearning System as a Strategy to Promote Access to Higher Education in Africa
(IGI Global, 2015)
In this chapter, the authors present the integrated multi-agent-based eLearning system as a strategy to promote access to higher education in Africa. The integrated multi-agent eLearning system breaks through the traditional ...
Allelopathic potential of mexican sunflower [tithonia diversifolia (hemsl) a. gray] on germination and growth of cowpea seedlings (vigna sinensis l.)
(2015)
Invasive plant species when introduced into new environments may result into a number of ecological problems (Howard et al., 2000). They may influence other species through pathways such as allelopathy or phytotoxicity ...
The use of phytochemical composition of fifty (50) selected plants found in the university botanic garden, Maseno, Kenya to show
(2015-08-02)
Qualitative phytochemical analysis of 50 plants, five each from 10 selected families is presented. The ten
plant families were selected based on their high plant frequency of occurrence within the botanic garden. The
powdered ...