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Effects of renewable energy on frequency stability: A proposed case study of the Kenyan grid
(IEEE, 2017)
Renewable Energy (RE) units especially grid connected Wind and Solar PV which have no rotational inertia are effectively displacing the conventional generators and their rotating systems. This reduces both the cost of ...
An Efficient Method of Load Forecasting for Non-Working Days
(2012)
A new efficient method is proposed to forecast the non-working days load demand at Ruiru substation which is a 66/11kv; 66/33kv distribution substation located along Thika road. The forecasts are based on the total daily ...
Simultaneous Consideration of Bus Voltage and Frequency in Load Shedding in a High Voltage AC Network
(2015)
Load shedding schemes proposed in literature so far use voltage and frequency parameters separately. The individual consideration of these indices may not be reliable or effective, and may even lead to the over load ...
Factors Affecting Maize Yield in Machakos County
(Machakos University, 2018-04)
Maize is the main staple crop for many people in Kenya. It is a high yielding cereal grown almost
in all parts of the country mainly under rain fed environmental conditions. However, despite the
fact that maize is the ...
After Negative Ethnicity: The Future of Voting in Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-04)
More than any other demographic, the question of negative ethnicity has been a scourge on the
African continent. In Kenya, the ethnicisation of politics has plagued the nation since it gained its
independence from the ...
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 ...
Effect of Strategic Direction on The Performance of Technical Training Institutions in Meru County, Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-12)
Organizational performance is important in justifying its existence and resources allocation. To
enhance performance, Strategic direction has been identified has useful in promoting
organizational performance. For Technical ...
Consistency of the Model Order Change-Point Estimator for GARCH Models
(Machakos University, 2018-04)
GARCH models have been commonly used to capture volatility dynamics in financial time series.
A key assumption utilized is that the series is stationary as this allows for model identifiability.
This however violates the ...
The Role of Language, Culture and Communication in Development
(Machakos University, 2018-04)
The paper discusses the idea that culture starts at personal level and becomes a national culture and the idea that
a new culture can develop from the mixing of people from different backgrounds.It explores the idea that ...
ROOTED IN CULTURE, MANIFESTED IN CONTEMPORARY DESIGNS: DEVELOPING BRIDAL ADORNMENTS INSPIRED BY SELECTED ANKOLE MOTIFS
(Machakos University, 2018-04)
Creating body adornments rooted in the individual and specific cultures, and integrating them in
contemporary designs that come with global fashion of attires and body adornments which are
influenced by the Western ...