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Implication of Climatic Change on Sustainable Environmental and Natural Resource Management in Africa: Individual and Collective Responsibility
(Machakos University Press, 2022-04)The impact of climate change is quite evident: Increasing aridity, disruption of livelihood in term of food and drinking water supply, risking the collapse of marine eco-systems, food insecurity, Arctic melting, loss of ... -
Implication of Climatic Change on Sustainable Environmental and Natural Resource Management: Individual and Collective Responsibility
(Machakos University Press, 2021-06)The impact of climate change is quite evident in terms of increasing aridity, disruption of livelihood in terms of food and drinking water supply, risking the collapse of marine eco-systems, food insecurity, Arctic melting, ... -
Implications of Climate Change on Sustainable Environmental and Natural Resources Management in Kenya
(Machakos University Press, 2021-06)The natural environment consists of the atmosphere, the lithosphere, biosphere and hydrosphere interacting with one another and forming a system powered by solar radiation. Human livelihood and growth of the economy depends ... -
Importance of Applied Geology in Mining
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Mining sector provides most of the raw materials used on a daily basis in infrastructure, food and energy production, electronics and agriculture. The sector continues to play a leading role in Facilitation of improvement ... -
Important arthropod pests on leafy amaranth (Amaranthus viridis, A. tricolor and A. blitum) and broad-leafed African nightshade (Solanum scabrum) with a special focus on host
(African Journal of Horticultural Science, 2017)Leafy amaranths and African nightshades are important African Indigenous vegetables (AIVs) with numerous nutritional and health benefits. However, their production is faced with several challenges - key among them integrated ... -
Improved protocol for aseptic collection and handling procedures of bovine blood diet in areas with special contamination challenges for use in tsetse rearing
(SAGE Publications, 2010)Importation of blood to support tsetse feeding in Africa is costly and marred by delays, quarantine restrictions and other logistic problems,while chemical contamination is likely to be encountered in tsetse diet from drug ... -
IMPROVING HEALTH CARE DELIVERY BY COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THROUGH MOBILE PHONES
(Machakos University, 2019-04)Community health workers (CHWs) play a critical role in delivery of basic health care especially in rural communities where access to health care is a challenge. Most of these “first line” health care workers are ill ... -
Improving Quality of Environmental and Social Impact Assessment Reports: A Statistical Analysis
(WIT Press, 2022)Environmental and Social Impact Statement (ESIS) for a proposed development is vital in guiding decision makers arrive at an informed decision. Many studies have analysed ESIS quality using qualitative methods with limited ... -
Improving the Participationof Agro-Pastoralists in Climate ChangeAdaptation and Disaster Risk ReductionPolicy Formulation: A Case Studyfrom Keiyo District, Kenya
(2011)rowing scientific evidence suggests that climate change will acceler-ate weather extremes and increase human vulnerability to disasters. Exposure ofagro-pastoralists to erratic rainfall and cyclical droughts leads ... -
Imputation Based Treatment Effect Estimators
(2017-09-15)The problem of counterfactual and control group is at the core of impact evaluation. Almost all existing methods aim to find the best control group to compare with the treated group. The aim of this study is to use ... -
In - situ Electrochemical Synthesis, Microscopic and Spectroscopic Characterisations of Electroactive poly(2,5-dimethoxyaniline) – Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes Composite Films in Neutral Media
(International Journal of ELECTROCHEMICAL SCIENCE, 2014-09-29)Poly(2,5- dimethoxyaniline)-multi-wall carbon nanotubes (PDMA-MWCNT) nanocomposite films were synthesised by in –situ electrochemical polymerisation. The films were characterised by cyclic voltammetry (CV), ultra–visible ... -
An In-Depth Analysis of the Altman's Failure Prediction Model on Corporate Financial Distress in Uchumi Supermarket in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2014)Many firms in developing and transitional economies are in financial distress situation, due to low level of debt service coverage. The study of financial distress has become a significant global issue after the global ... -
An In-Depth Analysis of the Altman’s Failure Prediction Model on Corporate Financial Distress in Uchumi Supermarket in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Management, 2014)Many firms in developing and transitional economies are in financial distress situation, due to low level of debt service coverage. The study of financial distress has become a significant global issue after the global ... -
Income Diversification in the Banking Sector and Earnings Volatility: Evidence from Kenyan Commercial Banks
(Kenya Bankers Association, 2012-12)This paper investigates whether diversification of income sources for Kenyan banks leads to better earnings and reduced individual bank and systemic risks. The study seeks to analyze the extent to which observed shift ... -
INCOME GENERATING POLICY
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Indigenous Construction Technologies in Flood-Prone Areas of Western Kenya
(2007)Shelter and sanitation are essential for the well-being and development of most societies. The approach and technology for the provision of shelter and sanitation varies with the social, economic and environmental ... -
Indigenous Knowledge and Transformative Development: Using Proverbs and Taboos as Development Remindersin Africa
(Machakos University, 2018-04)The purpose of the paper is to explore how traditional African proverbs and taboos were used to instill hard work spirit among the community members resulting into transformational development and how the same can happen ... -
INDIGENOUS METHODS OF EDUCATION AS PRACTISED BY THE KIPSIGIS
(Machakos University, 2019-04)This paper presents an overview of indigenous methods of education used by the kipsigis and its Relevance to modern education. The article is descriptive and relied heavily on published works. It shows that kipsigis ... -
Indirect Costs of Research Policy
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Indifference Pricing of Contingent Claims on NIG L´evy Model
(2012)We develop an attractive and tractable model to describe the financial time series of stock prices observed at the Nairobi exchange market then price financial derivatives on the underlying stock. The stock price process is ...
