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Impact of Kenyan New Labour Laws on Gender Disparities in Industrial Occupations in Kenyan Organizations and the Respective Trade Unions
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2015-07)While gender responsive laws and policies have been adapted and enacted, gender differences continue to persist in the various dimensions of industrial occupations both in Kenya and other parts of the world. The objective ... -
The Impact of Land Use Activities on Vegetation Cover and Water Quality in the Lake Victoria Watershed
(The Open Environmental EngineeringJournal, 2011)The impact of land use activities on loss of vegetation cover and water quality was assessed in three selected sites within the Lake Victoria Basin using remote sensing technologies and standard water quality ... -
The impact of name change on the financial performance of savings and credit co-operatives in Kenya
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2016)Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the impact of name change, if any on the financial performance of deposit-taking savings and credit co-operatives (SACCOs) in a developing country characterized by a vibrant SACCO ... -
The Impact of Parenting Style on Adolescencents’ Behavioural Problems in Secondary Schools in Mbooni East Dsub County Makueni County-Kenya
(2019)This research project was designed to investigate the impact of parenting styles on adolescents’ behavioral problems in secondary schools in Mbooni East Sub- district, Makueni County, Kenya. It aimed to establish how ... -
Impact of Population Growth and Climate Change on the Freshwater Resources of Lamu Island, Kenya
(2015-01)Demand for freshwater is rising with factors, such as population growth, land use change and climate variations, rendering water availability in the future uncertain. Groundwater resources are being increasingly exploited ... -
Impact of Population Growth and Climate Change on the Freshwater Resources of Lamu Island, Kenya
(2015)Demand for freshwater is rising with factors, such as population growth, land use change and climate variations, rendering water availability in the future uncertain. Groundwater resources are being increasingly exploited ... -
THE IMPACT OF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATUS ON STUDENT PERFOMANCE IN THE URBAN SLUMS OF LAIKIPIA COUNTY, KENYA
(International Journal of Information Research and Review, 2017)The millennium goal 2 focuses on the achievement of universal primary education under which target 3 strives to ensure that by 2015 children everywhere, boys and girls alike will be able to complete a full cycle of primary ... -
Impact of Transformational Leadership Style On Secondary School Students’ Academic Achievement in Mbeere South Sub-County, Embu County, Kenya
(2016)Globally, education is considered as the key drive of any country’s development. This explains the reason why academic achievement is given a lot of importance in the schooling process. In this respect and specifically ... -
Impact of Visual Impairments on the Education of Learners among Pastoralist Communities in Marsabit County, Kenya
(Kenya Studies Review, 2013)Learners from pastoralist communities face peculiar challenges in accessing and continuing with education. These challenges are occasioned by the fact that the pastoral communities attach a lot of importance to pastoral ... -
Impacts of quarrying activities on the environment and livelihood of people in Border II sub-location, Nyando sub-county, Kisumu County, Kenya
(Wiley Periodicals, 2022-04)The aim of the study was to assess the impacts of quarrying activities on the environment and livelihood of people in the Border II sub-location. Primary data was collected through questionnaires, Key Informant Interviews, ... -
Impediments to promoting access to global knowledge in sub-Saharan Africa
(Emerald Group Publishing Limited, 2004)Knowledge-based societies have come to be identified with the advanced economies. Knowledge is now looked on as a new source of competitive advantage. Those economies where knowledge is created and used in large quantities ... -
Impedimetric Response of a Label-Free Genosensor Prepared on a 3-Mercaptopropionic Acid Capped Gallium Selenide NanocrystalModified Gold Electrode
(2011)Biocompatible and water soluble 3-mercaptopropionic acid cappedgallium selenide nanocrystals were synthesized from hydrated gallium (III) perchlorate and selenide ions. The nanocrystals were non-fluorescent but ... -
Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosynthetic poly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer
(2011)The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of generation 2 poly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer (G2PPT-co-PEDOT) film was studied in LiClO4 solution. The results show ... -
Impedimetry and microscopy of electrosyntheticpoly(propylene thiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylenedioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer
(International Journal of Electrochemical Science, 2011)The electrochemical impedance spectroscopy of generation 2 poly(propylenethiophenoimine)-co-poly(3,4 ethylene dioxythiophene) dendritic star copolymer(G2PPT-co-PEDOT) film was studied in LiClO4solution. The results show ... -
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 ... -
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 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 ...