• Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals in Common carp (Cyprinus carpio) of Masinga Dam, Kenya 

  Nzeve, Julius Kioko; Kitur, Esther (Research Gate, 2019)

  The pollution of aquatic ecosystems with heavy metals has become a worldwide concern and more so in developing countries. This is because of their ability to bioaccumulate in aquatic organisms and especially in fish which ...
• Determinants for the purchase of woven products among consumers in Kisumu County, Kenya 

  Agutu, Okeyo Amos; Kitur, Esther; Nzeve, Julius (2019)

  This research was designed to establish the determinants for the purchase of woven products among consumers in Kisumu County, Kenya. By definition, woven products are products made by interlacing fibrous materials like ...
• Public Participation in Environmental Impact Assessment and Its Substantive Contribution to Environmental Risk Management: Insights from Eia Practitioners and Other Stakeholders in Kenya’s Renewable Energy Sub-Sector 

  Omenge, Philip M.; Eshiamwata, George W.; Makindi, Stanley; Obwoyere, Gilbert O. (WIT Press, 2019)

  Comprehensive and transparent public participation during Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) processes for renewable energy projects is vital in identifying, addressing and mitigating potential environmental risks ...
• Model Post Disaster Reconstruction in Third World Countries, (Case of El Nino Emergency Project– Kenya) 

  Makhanu, K.S; Waswa, George; Masinde, G. W. (2007)

  Following El Nino phenomena that occurred between November 1997 and March 1998, heavy rainfall all over the country caused floods that impacted thirty-five of the seventy-six administrative districts and the provincial ...
• Interactive comment on “A model of landslide triggering by transient pressure waves 

  Waswa, George; Lorentz, S. A. (Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 2014)

  Hydraulic diffusivity coefficient in Iverson’s (2000) paper and Pressure head diffusivity coefficient in our manuscript may appear as a matter of semantics, but they do not describe the same physical process, as indicated ...
• Indigenous Construction Technologies in Flood-Prone Areas of Western Kenya 

  China, S. S.; Waswa, George; Kundu, P.M.; Omuterema, S.O. (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 ...
• BIOSAN Latrine for Refugee Camps 

  Makhanu, S. K.; Waswa, George (2010)

  Provision for energy needs, safe water supply and sustenance of environmental quality are among the topmost challenges facing the present human society. Water and sanitation inadequacies also hinder economic and social ...
• Occupational Safety and Health Management Systems and Their Compliance among Petrol Stations in Kenya: A Case Study in Nakuru County 

  Mutungi, J. K.; Moturi, W .; Makindi, Stanley Maingi (2019-08-22)

  Companies have a legal and social responsibility to ensure the safety of its workers, all persons lawfully present at the workplace and the surrounding community. This requires laid down procedures and routing process which ...
• Vegetation dynamics and responses to climate anomalies in East Africa 

  Musau, John Mwanzia; Patil, Sopan; Sheffield, Justin; Marshall, Michael (2018)

  Vegetation plays a key role in the global climate system via modification of the water and energy balance. Its coupling to climate is therefore important, particularly in the tropics where severe climate change impacts ...
• Hydrological responses to climate change in Mt. Elgon watersheds 

  Musau, John Mwanzia; Sang, J.; Gathenya, J.; Luedeling, Eike (Elsevier, 2015)

  Study Region: The Upper catchments of the Nzoia River basin in western Kenya. Study Focus: The potential streamflow responses to climate change in the upper Nzoia River basin are studied. The Soil and Water Assessment ...
• Benthic Macro-invertebrate Diversity and Biomass Distribution in Relation to Canopy Cover and Organic Matter in River Njoro, Kenya 

  Mbaka, John Gichimu; Mathooko, Jude M; M'Erimba, Charles Mwithali (Egerton University, 2013)

  Field experiments to quantify benthic macroinvertebrate density, diversity and biomass and benthic organic matter (BOM) content in the River Njoro, Kenya, were conducted between January 2009 and April 2009 at four sites ...
• Small Hydro-power Plants in Kenya: A Re view of Status, Challenges and Future Prospect 

  Mbaka, John Gichimu; Mwaniki, Mercy W. (Materials and Energy Research Center (MERC) & Iranian Association of Chemical Engineers (IAChE), 2016)

  Small Hydro-power Plants (SHP) are important sources of electricity in many countries. However, little is known about SHP in Kenya. This paper reviews the status, challenges in implementation of SHP and prospects for future ...
• Sensitivity of Colletotrichum gloeosporioides Isolates from Diseased Avocado Fruits to Selected Fungicides in Kenya 

  Kimaru, Stanley Kirugo; Monda, E.; Cheruiyot, R. C.; Mbaka, John Gichimu; Alakonya, A. (Hindawi, 2018)

  Colletotrichumgloeosporioidesisaseriouspostharvestpathogenofavocadofruitsworldwide.Kenyalacksanyregisteredfungicides for the management of the disease. Nevertheless, farmers commonly use commercially available fungicides ...
• Effect of drift sampler exposure time and net mesh size on invertebrate drift density in the Njoro River, Kenya 

  Mureithi, Priscilla W; Mbaka, John Gichimu; M’Erimba, Charles M; Mathooko, Jude M (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  Although invertebrate drift is an important ecological process in lotic ecosystems, very little is known about it in Kenyan rivers. The primary aim of this study was to investigate the effect of driftnet mesh size and ...
• Invertebrate drift densities in the Njoro and Kamweti Rivers in the Kenyan highlands that differ in the level of anthropogenic disturbances 

  M’Erimba, Charles M; Mbaka, John Gichimu; Mureithi, Priscilla W; Ouma, Ken O (Taylor & Francis, 2018)

  Invertebrate drift is one of several fundamental ecological processes in streams. However, little is known about the dynamics of invertebrate drift in Kenyan streams. In this study, we assessed invertebrate drift in two ...
• Effect of Sieve Mesh Size on the Estimation of Benthic Invertebrate Abundance and Composition in the Honi River, Kenya 

  Mbaka, John Gichimu; M'Erimba, Charles Mwithali; Thiongo, Henry Karanja; Mathooko, Jude Mutuku (Nature Kenya/East African Natural History Society, 2014)

  Characterisation of benthic invertebrate communities, taxonomic abundance and composition provides information that is used during river bioassessment. However, the mesh size of the sieves used during processing of ...
• Does the exclusion of meiofauna affect the estimation of biotic indices using stream invertebrates? 

  Mbaka, John Gichimu; M’Erimba, Charles M; Karanja, Henry T; Mathooko, Jude M; Mwaniki, Mercy W (Taylor & Francis, 2016)

  Biomonitoring of rivers is usually undertaken using information based on macroinvertebrate assemblages. However, exclusion of meiofauna (i.e. invertebrates less than 0.5 mm in size) when sorting benthic invertebrates can ...
• A critical review of the effect of water storage reservoirs on organic matter decomposition in rivers 

  Mbaka, John Gichimu; Mwaniki, Mercy Wanjiru (NRC Research Press, 2016)

  Organic matter decomposition is vital in sustaining river food webs. However, little is known about the effect of water storage reservoirs on organic matter decomposition in rivers. In this paper, we reviewed and analyzed ...
• Methane-Derived Carbon in the Benthic Food Web in Stream Impoundments 

  Mbaka, John Gichimu; Mbaka, John Gichimu; Somlai, Celia; Ko¨pfer, Denis; Maeck, Andreas; Lorke, Andreas; Scha¨fer, Ralf B. (Public Library of Science, 2014)

  Methane gas (CH4) has been identified as an important alternative source of carbon and energy in some freshwater food webs. CH4 is oxidized by methane oxidizing bacteria (MOB), and subsequently utilized by chironomid ...
• Monitoring water and habitat quality in six rivers draining the Mt. Kenya and Aberdare Catchments using Macroinvertebrates and Qualitative Habitat Scoring 

  Mmerimba, Charles M; Mathooko, Jude M; Karanja, H.T; Mbaka, John Gichimu (2014)

  The study was conducted in June and September 2011 in six rivers that drain Mt. Kenya and the Aberdare catchments, i.e. Honi, Naro Moru, Liki, Sirimon, Mariara and Karigu. The main objective was to determine the ecological ...

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