Research and Publications: Recent submissions
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The Impact of Broadband Diffusion in Assessing Innovation at the Institutions of Higher Learning in Kenya
(Researchgate, 2017-12)Objective: The aim of the research was to study the impact of broadband diffusion in assessing innovation in institutions of higher learning in Kenya. Background: The Government of Kenya realized the importance of broadband ... -
All-optical wavelength reuse with simultaneousupstream data and PPS timing signal transfer forflexible optical access networks
(Taylor and Francis, 2019)All-optical wavelength reuse is a viable approach for realization of low cost colourless ONUs. We experimentally demonstrate a novel all-optical wavelength reuse technique with simultaneous upstream data and pulse-per-second ... -
Kinds of Extensive Reading Materials and their Influence on Learners’ Language Skills in Language Classrooms in Kenya
(AJEST, 2017)This study investigated kinds of extensive reading materials and their influence on learners’ language skills in language classrooms in Kenya. It scrutinized the kinds of reading materials that learners are exposed to in ... -
Harnessing ICT Use in Poverty Reduction: A Case Study of Rural Women in Keiyo South Constituency
(AJEST, 2018)Information and communications technologies (ICTs) are powerful tools that boost economic growth and improve social development. However, despite an increase in ICT use, the socio-economic status of rural women in Kenya ... -
Role of Quality Management Practices in The Growth of Garment Making Micro and Small Enterprises in Kenya; A Case of Nairobi County
(International Journal of Arts and Entrepreneurship, 2016)Despite considerable government support and assistance in terms of quality management practices many garment making Micro and Small Enterprises performance is below expectation and some have remained small, others indeed ... -
Determination of the maximum number of ASVT sub-stations that can be terminated on 132Kv line without voltage profile violation
(2016)In developing countries, there are many high voltage transmission lines which transverse villages not supplied with electricity to supply main towns and industrial areas. The conventional substations are too expensive and ... -
Challenges Facing Public Resources Management of Devolved Governments in Kenya: A Case of Machakos County
(International Journal of Economics, Commerce and Management, 2017)Public resources management has experienced many difficulties and hurdles during the short period of devolution. Of great concern is the emotive debate on the utilization of the resources given. The main objective of the ... -
Variety of Learning Resources Used in The Teaching and Learning of Geography in Public Schools in Makueni County and Their Effect On Performance in The Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education in The Subject in The County
(2017)This study investigated the relationship between variety of learning resources and students academic performance. The objective of the study was to assess the influence that access to a variety of learning resources has ... -
Hybrid Beaming Forming at 60GHz Radio Millimeter Wave for WPAN
(Ijsr, 2018)This paper represent the concept of hybrid beam forming at 60GHz radio millimeter wave for short range communication WPAN. The result of the proposed model under investigation was varied through various cases. That is the ... -
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 ... -
Iganfis Data Mining Approach for Forecasting Cancer Threats
(International Journal for Scientific Research & Development, 2014)Healthcare facilities have at their disposal vast amounts of cancer patients’ data. Medical practitioners require more efficient techniques to extract relevant knowledge from this data for accurate decision-making. However ... -
An Automatic Number Plate Recognition System for Car Park Management
(International Journal of Computer Applications Online, 2017-10)Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) is an internationally recognized methodology that is used in vehicle identification. ANPR systems allow for real time recognition of a vehicle’s number plate. Vehicle parking ... -
A Prototype for Authentication of Secondary School Certificates: A Case of Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education
(Globeedu Group, 2017-08)The demand for educated labor force has increased in developing countries like Kenya. Owing to this fact, more often Universities and training colleges in Kenya enroll students who want to further their education. Meeting ... -
Information And Communication Technology Use Among Teacher Education Students In Universities In Kenya
(IJSTR Research Publication, 2013-11)Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) which involve the integration of telecommunications, computers as well as various software and audio-visual system are becoming the new educational tools especially in ... -
Interactive comment on“Hillslope experimentdemonstrates role of convergence during two-stepsaturation”byA. I. Gevaert et al.
(Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014)Based on experimental results, obtained from a large scale physical model, Gevaertet al. (2014) attempt to present an alternative physical process of the formation of agroundwater ridge; its dependence on the shape of a ... -
Mapping Vulnerability to Climate Change in Malawi: Spatial and Social Differentiation in the Shire River Basin
(Scientific Research Publishing Inc., 2015)This article analyses vulnerability to climate related shocks across five districts in the shire river basin of Malawi. The analysis employs an indicator approach that integrates biophysical and socio-economic indices. ... -
A global review of the downstream effects of small impoundments on stream habitat conditions and macroinvertebrates
(NRC Research Press, 2015)The downstream ecological effects of large impoundments have previously been reviewed; however, little is known about the downstream ecological effects of small man-made impoundments. In this review, we examine 94 papers ... -
A model of landslide triggering bytransient pressure waves
(Copernicus GmbH, 2014)Previous studies indicate that most rainfall-triggered shallow landslides are initiated by a spike in rainfall intensity, which does not usually occur at the beginning of a critical storm, within which the slide is triggered, ... -
Energy considerations in groundwater-ridging mechanism ofstreamflow generation
(Hydrological Processes, 2015)Groundwater ridging is the rapid rise of a shallow water table during a rainfall event, in an environment where, in the pre-event period, the capillary fringe extends to the ground surface. Groundwater ridging is widely ... -
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 ...
