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Item Ameriketako Ametsa(Mendebalde Kultura Alkartea,, 2001-11-15) Walibora, Ken; Ormazabal, ManuThis story published in 2001 won the 2003 Jomo Kenyatta Prize organized by the Kenya Publihers Association. Issa, a Kenyan village boy, tells us the story of his life. “Itxoin eta egingo duk amets Amerikarekin. Orduan prest egongo haiz harantz abiatzeko” (‘Wait and you’ll dream of America. Then you’ll be ready to go.’), his friend told him. And Issa will have that dream. In Nairobi the two of them, together with a third “friend, will make plans for America. There will be lessons to learn from their adventures.Item Big Data Analytics and Electronic Resource Usage in Academic Libraries: A Case Study of a Private University in Kenya(2019-05-01) Wakahia; Samuel kairigoThe purpose of the study was to apply Big Data analytics as a tool for evaluating electronic resources usage in the academic library setup in Kenya with reference to the library of one private university. Log files of postgraduate students were mined from the server where the offsite access platform (ezproxy) has been installed. Descriptive statistical techniques such as mean, standard deviation and percentages were computed. Data was transferred to the Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) software was aided in the analysis. Results revealed that in terms of usage intensity, total URL count was 2,352, the highest user made 283 downloads and the mean URL count was 49 downloads. Further findings revealed that no user utilized more than 5 databases over a period of one year. The mean usage intensity score for respondents who were trained or orientated on e-resource usage was above average at 69.0 while those who had not received training were below average at 29.8. It was concluded that big data analytics is a necessary and powerful tool for investigating electronic resources seeking and usage trends and patterns within Kenyan university libraries. Through big data analysis and data mining, usage patterns and trends such as usage intensity that might not have accurately been revealed through other tools are unearthed. Big data analytics has revealed user preferences and intensity of utilization of various databases and helped in detection of redundant databases. From the usage patterns, it was clear that the level of utilization of the University library’s e-resource platform was very low. Most of the databases accessible through the platform were redundant. Further, only two databases namely e-book central and ebscohost were the most popular among users while the rest were barely being utilized if at all. For most students, just one or two databases were sufficient in meeting their research needs. An integrated data analytics model for investigating university library’s e-resources usage is proposedItem Debt Collection Strategies and Financial Sustainability of Mobile Lending Firms(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ACADEMIC RESEARCH IN ACCOUNTING, FINANCE AND MANAGEMENT SCIENCES, 2022-05-08) Fred Gichana Atandi; Gideon KiruiThe importance of this study was to improve the financial performance of mobile lending firms which are ever increasing while many of them are struggling with high loan default rates which will eventually negatively affect the sustainability of all mobile lending firms. The study methodology applied was cross sectional, descriptive and correlational survey designs using both quantitative and qualitative research approaches. The target population of the study was 900 respondents but the selected sample size used in the study was 269 respondents. Data collected was both primary and secondary which was analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The major findings of the study indicated that there is a need to improve on credit recovery efforts to ultimately enhance the firm's income and minimize losses, credit collection strategies should encourage borrowers to repay their debt rather than antagonizing them and ineffective financial management policies can eventually cause inefficiency in financial services. The study proposes further research to be conducted on the effect of government regulations on performance on sustainability of mobile lending firms.Item Disenchantment with the State of the Nation in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road, Orhan Pamuk’s Snow and Rashid al Daif’s Passage to Dusk(Journal of the African Literature Association, 2008-11-15) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Doing thing with words in prison poetry(Mkuki na nyota, 2016-11-15) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Effective Microorganism Effect on the Growth and Yield of Spider Plant (Cleome gynandra L.)(IOSR Journal of Agriculture and Veterinary Science (IOSR-JAVS), 2021-12-21) Kerubo, F. N.; Okello, S. V; Oluko, P. S.Cleome gynandra was tested under different Effective Microorganisms (EM) levels in a CRD greenhouse pot experiment. The study used two varieties (MSL-17 and MSL-F3), combined with five EM concentrations (EM 0, 50, 100, 150 and 200 g/L) on ferralsol soil in Kibabii. Normal agronomic management practices were carried out. Data was collected weekly on plant height, leaf area, leaf fresh and dry weight, days to 50% flowering, leaf number, soil microbial count, water and chlorophyll content. Spider plant varieties varied significantly (P≤0.05) in number of days to seedling emergence, local spider plant variety recorded lower seed germination than the exotic variety (MSL-F17). Plant height decreased by 7.0% with reduction in EM concentration level. Number of days to flowering was significantly affected (P≤0.05) by EM concentration level. Single leaf area significantly decreased (P≤0.05) with decline in EM concentration level for both varieties. Control (EM 0g/L) led to a significant reduction in spider plant single leaf area by 10.97%. Reduction of EM concentration level reduced chlorophyll content by 8.2 % across the varieties. Increased chlorophyll content due to increasing EM concentration level may be attributed to nutrient richness due to use of EM. High EM concentration level at EM 200g/L led to a significant (P≤0.05) reduction in spider plant single leaf area that could be attributed to significant (P≤0.05) increase in chlorophyll manufacture as well as plant cell turgor pressure. Leaf relative water content significantly decreased (P≤0.05) with reducing EM concentration. Increase in EM concentration significantly increased (P≤0.05) leaf yield by 25.7% and 14.0%, in exotic and local varieties respectively. Increased EM concentration at 200g/L significantly increased (P≤0.05) plant height, number of leaves per plant, single leaf area, chlorophyll content, leaf relative water content, and leaf yield. There exist significant genotypic differences in adaptation to EM concentration levels among the evaluated genotypes. Spider plant varieties varied significantly (P≤0.05) in agronomic traits, with variety MSL-17 at EM 200g/L, recording superior agronomic traits for growth, hence may be used for production and in the development of improved spider plants. MSL-F17 could be recommended for adoption by small scale farmers for direct production.Item English Translations of the Kiswahili Special Issue of Eastern African Literary & Cultural Studies(Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, 2019-01-01) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Glycerol/lemon juice/based green superabsorbent hydrogel cross-linked with maleic acid(2022) Titus M. Kasimu; Harun M. Mbuvi; Francis M. MaingiSuperabsorbent hydrogels continue to be very important materials due to their applications in several technologies. Unfortunately, most superabsorbent hydrogels currently on the market are acrylate-based products that are non-biodegradable, and, most importantly, some concerns exist about their toxicity for use in agriculture. This study aimed at synthesizing and characterizing biocompatible superabsorbent hydrogel derived from lemon juice. The process involved polymerizing lemon juice (LJ) with glycerol (G) monomers to form polymeric material (HLG-1). HLG-1 was then converted to HLG-2 by crosslinking with maleic acid. Characterization of the hydrogels was done using Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) spectroscopy, scanning electron microscope (SEM), and X-ray diffraction (XRD). The synthesis conditions producing optimal swelling capacity were studied by varying contact time and dosage of both lemon juice and the cross-linker. The FT-IR results showed a peak at 1528 cm-1 and 1591.34 cm-1 associated with –COO- stretching indicating successful polymerization and crosslinking processes. XRD analysis showed conversion from amorphous to crystalline phases upon crosslinking. SEM micrographs showed clear pores with large surface area in HLG-2 compared with the rigid and constricted surface of HLG-1 hydrogel. A maximum swelling capacity of 910% was obtained upon synthesizing hydrogel HLG-2 with lemon juice, glycerol, and maleic acid of a volume ratio of 5.4: 3.75: 3.75 respectively. Crosslinking the hydrogel with maleic acid was found to improve the water absorption capacity of the hydrogel. The superabsorbent hydrogel with such high swelling and water absorption ability has the potential of being applied in arid and semi-arid regions to boost agricultural production.Item Kiswahili in Kenya: Broken Language and Broken Promises(Palgrave Macmillan, 2023-11-15) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Mau Mau Author in Detention: The Subversive ‘We’ in a Colonial Era Detention Diary(Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies, 2020-06-30) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraIn seeking an answer to the question as to why Kenyan author Gakaara wa Wanjau penned Mau Mau Author in Detention, we may consider the fact that he wrote other works as well before, during, and after his detention. The facticity of his authorship is foregrounded in the title. In other words, Wanjau did what writers do, what was natural for him to do, in prison and outside: write. Yet to say he wrote the diary because he was a writer is a rather facile explanation of the impetus for writing it. Although his prior experience in writing would have been to his advantage in lightening the challenge of writing, he was writing in a detention context, where writing itself constituted defiance of the colonial dispensation. Thus, his diary-writing was clandestine because it was pestilential, replete with risk and danger. In attempting to account for his motivation for writing, one is bound to encounter a curious contest between the individualised ‘I’ and the collectivised ‘we’ as well as subversion of the conventions of diary as a Western literary genreItem Negotiating Local Knowledge II: Kiswahili and Attitudes toward Disability(Disability Studies Quarterly, 2009-11-15) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Provision of Information Services and Resources for Enhancing Performance of Class 8 Pupils in Kimilili Community library, Bungoma County, Kenya(International Journal of Current Aspects, 2022-10-29) Ilavonga, Joshua Wangila; Kimani, GraceInformation centers play a very crucial role in ensuring that the community has access to the right information to suit its various information needs evidenced by several research carried out on information centers. The rolling out of Free Primary Education (FPE) in Kenya, in January 2003 led to overwhelming increase in primary school enrollment. This exerted pressure on educational facilities and created new challenges including inadequate information material for educational purposes. Community information centers whose role is to provide information services and resources to their respective communities have therefore an important role to play including provision of information services to supplement what the schools in these areas have including giving specific services and resources aimed at enhancing the performance of those pupils doing exams. Thus, this study purposed to assess provision of services and resources at Kimilili Community Library in Bungoma, Kenya for enhancing the performance of class 8 pupils. The study assessed the services and policies, available resources and the challenges encountered. The study was anchored on S. R. Ranganathan's laws of library science and Piage. Descriptive research design was used, and questionnaires and interview schedules were employed in data collection from 84 pupils, 2 librarians and 2 Ministry of Education officers. The study used statistical package for social science (SPSS), version 1.0 2023 for data analysis. The findings are presented in tables. The study established that Kimilili Community Library has various information resources including textbooks, novels, and atlases some in print and others in digital formats. If well utilized these resources would enhance the performance of class 8 pupils. The library also provides various services to pupils, including organized library visits and information literacyItem Relationship between Liquidity Management and Performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 2022-04) Fred Gichana Atandi; Joshua Olang’o AbuyaThe purpose of the study was to determine the relationship between liquidity management and performance of savings and cooperative societies. The study was conducted through a cross – sectional, descriptive and correlational survey designs. Primary data collection was conducted using self-administered structured questionnaires. The study considered five (5) Matatu saving and Credit Cooperatives societies operating in Kitale town main stage with a total of 79 employees. The study concluded that there was a very strong positive significant relationship between liquidity management and performance of SACCOs. The study recommended that SACCOs management to ensure that specific loan processing and recovery period is observed to meet its obligations whenever they fall due in order to maintains adequate liquidity for its day-to-day operations. The study also recommended that SACCOs to provide regular training to its members before advancing loans to them. The study also recommended that SACCO’s managements should be keen on improving its liquidity and strengthen liquidity management for their respective SACCOs to be competitive and investors get value for their money.Item Remembering and Disremembering in Africa(The Thoughtful Museum, 2012-11-20) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraIn remembering the attainment of political emancipation, post-independence African countries have learned to narrate the official national narrative and to forget other stories. Commemoration of the nation’s past almost always goes hand in hand with officially decreed national amnesia. Therefore, the story of the nation has to be narrated and remembered by forgetting certain aspects of the colonial past. By implication the dual act of remembering and forgetting sets the pattern for how the postcolonial African nation narrates itself in the postcolonial moment. Focusing on Kenya as an example, this paper argues that the national commemoration of political emancipation from colo nial rule tends to silence narratives of opposition and political incarceration that emerge in the post-colonial moment. The outcome is a remembering-and-forgetting battle that has implications for how diverse individuals conceive of themselves collectively as a nation and how they forge or fail to forge a coherent collective memoryItem Reviewed work(s): The African Diaspora and the Disciplines by Tejumola Olaniyan and James Sweet.(African Studies Quarterly, 2011-08-15) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Reviewed Work(s): A New Generation of African Writers: Migration, Material Culture and Language by Brenda Cooper(Canadian Journal of African Studies, 2010-11-15) Walibora, Ken WaliaulaItem Reviewed Work(s): Riwaya ya Mbali na Nyumbani ya Adam Shafi(2013-01-29) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Reviewed Work(s): The Oral and Beyond: Doing Things with Words in Africa by Ruth Finnegan(Canadian Journal of African Studies, 2011-11-15) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Reviewed Work(s): The politics of language and nation building in Zimbabwe(Journal of Multilingual and Multicultural Development, 2012-07-24) Waliaula, Ken WaliboraItem Reviewed Work(s): Women in Taarab(Research in African Literatures, 2008-08-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora