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Threshold Determination for Maximum Product of Spacing Methodology with Ties for Extreme Events
(MksU Press, 2021-06)Extreme events are defined as values of the event below or above a certain value called threshold. A well-chosen threshold helps to identify the extreme levels. Several methods have been used to determine threshold so ... -
Time Related Work Life Balance Practices Influencing Employee Job Satisfaction in Machakos County Commercial Banks, Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2018-10)Work-Life balance among employees has emerged as an issue of concern to both employees and employers. There has been growing attention to employees’ inability to dedicate proper attention and time to one’s non-work activities ... -
TIME RELATED WORK LIFE BALANCE PRACTICES INFLUENCING EMPLOYEE JOB SATISFACTION IN MACHAKOS COUNTY COMMERCIAL BANKS, KENYA
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2018-10)Work-Life balance among employees has emerged as an issue of concern to both employees and employers. There has been growing attention to employees’ inability to dedicate proper attention and time to one’s non-work ... -
Timed Strategy for Control of Bollworm for Sustainable Sorghum Crop Yield under Varied Regimes of Rainfall, Temperature and Soil Fertility
(2016)Various environmental factors influence yield of sorghum grain, Sorghum bicolor (L) in Sub-Sahara Africa. Various production conditions of rainfall amount, temperature regimes, soil fertility levels and bollworm Helicoverpa ... -
Topics of fruits and vegetables markets in Kenya
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Towards an ICT Integrated Management of School Curriculum: A Review of the Status in Secondary Schools in Uasin-Gishu and Nandi Counties- Kenya
(Journal of Educational Policy and Entrepreneurial Research (JEPER), 2016)This paper delves into the status of integration of ICTs in the management of the teaching learning process in secondary schools in two counties of Uasin Gishu and Nandi in Kenya. The main objective of the study was to ... -
Towards Improved Access to Secondary Education in Kenya: A Focus on In-School-Factors that Hinder Effective Transition from Primary Schools
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2015)This study sought to investigate some in-school factors that influence learner access to secondary schools after completion of primary schooling in Narok North District and to suggest strategies that could ... -
Towards Self Sustaining Communities through Participation In Self Help Groups (SHQs); The Case Of United Rabbit Farmers Self Help Group, Machakos County, Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2020)The concept of a self-sustaining community is one that is inevitable as developing nations work towards achieving the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goals. Community Based Organizations as well as Self Help ... -
Trainers’ Qualifications in Competence Based Education and Training Implementation and Acquisition of Employable Skills Among Visually Impaired Learners in TVET Institutions in Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2019)The purpose of this study was to examine the extent to which trainers’ qualifications in CBET implementation influence the acquisition of employable skills among visually impaired learners in TVET institutions in Kenya. ... -
Training needs of practising professional librarians in the Kenyan public university libraries: a critical analysis
(MCB University Press, 2000)Examines the training needs of practising professional librarians in the Kenyan public university libraries. There is a general, but false assumption, in this sector that professional librarians who have attained the minimum ... -
Training Strategy and Employee’s Performance: Lessons from Kenya Power
(International Journal of Science and Engineering, 2015)The study sought to examine the relationship between training strategy and employees’ performance at Kenya Power. The study was motivated by concerns on employee performance in the organization despite the consistent ... -
Transactional Leadership and Organizational Performance: A study of Private Universities in Kenya
(Machakos University Press, 2022-04)Private universities are undergoing tough times due to reduced number of students, financial crisis, poor academic programs and general management crisis. The manner in which the vice chancellors dispense with their authority ... -
TRANSIENT PRESSURE WAVES IN HILLSLOPES
(2013-05)Previous studies found that during a rainfall event, pre-event water, which exists in the catchment before the event, may appear in significant amounts in the stream stormflow hydrograph. Pre-event water is predominantly ... -
Transient pressure waves in the vadose zone and the rapid water table response
(The Soil Science Society of America, Inc., 2013)The behaviour of a water table is important in understanding groundwater dynamics. In this 11 paper, results are presented of a disproportionate response of a water table in two distinct 12 transient pressure wave ... -
Transmission of pressure head through the zone of tension saturation in the Lisseeffect phenomenon
(Taylor & Francis, 2016)The problem of transmission of pressure head through the zone of tension saturation in the Lisse effect(LE), i.e., the rapid response of groundwater level to pressurized pore air in the unsaturated zone, is investigated ... -
Trends in primary school dropout and completion rates in the pastoralist Turkana County, Kenya
(Transnational Research Journals, 2012-10-29)The status of education in Turkana County is typical of all Arid and Semi Arid Lands (ASAL) Counties of Kenya characterised by low enrolment levels, high dropout rates and poor infrastructural development. This study was ... -
Trustee Related Determinants of Scheme Design in Occupational Defined Contribution Schemes in Kenya
(2015)This paper aims to provide an understanding of trustee related determinants of scheme design in occupational defined contribution schemes (ODCS) in Kenya. ODCS involve no promises about the size of the benefits and no risk ... -
Trustee Related Determinants of Scheme Design in Occupational Defined Contribution Schemes in Kenya
(Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2015)This paper aims to provide an understanding of trustee related determinants of scheme design in occupational defined contribution schemes (ODCS) in Kenya. ODCS involve no promises about the size ... -
The Tyranny of Numbers and Ethnic political patronage in Kenya: Lessons from the United States of America’s Electoral College Vote Process
(International Journal of Social Sciences, 2013)Ethnic diversity, though an obvious sign of Africa’s cultural richness and social capital, is equally a source of tension between communities and nations and is considered as a potential source of conflicts and a handicap ... -
Uncovering Cloze Testing Practices in Selected Practice Papers for Primary Schools in Kenya
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2016)Reading comprehension is probably the most prominently tested skill in upper primary classes in Kenya. Most test papers, for instance, comprise a fifteen-item cloze test, a fictional passage and a factual one both of which ...