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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 ... -
Factors Affecting Performance of Agricultural Value Chains: The Case of Small-Scale Coffee Marketing In Kangundo, Machakos County
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Coffee is Kenya's forth source of foreign exchange after tourism, tea and horticulture, and significantly contributes to farm income and employment. The different marketing systems in the producer and marketing cooperatives ... -
Family Business Succession Planning, Entrepreneurial Orientation and Firm Performance Among Small and Medium Enterprises
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Family-owned businesses continue to form the backbone of most of the national economies. However, because of the tenuous nature of the ownership structure of most family businesses only one in three family businesses ... -
Family Size and Boy-Child Drop Out Rate in Public Day Secondary Schools in Makueni County, Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-04)School dropout for both boys and girls is an area of concern not only in Kenya but also in the whole world. The government of Kenya has placed certain measures to give basic education to its citizens by introducing Free ... -
Government Synergies for Harnessing Scientific Research, Innovation and Technology for sustainable development
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Harnessing Educational Technology to Stimulate Critical Thinking among Secondary School Learners for Sustainable Development in Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Critical thinking (CT) isan essential life skill that education should seek to equip learners with in order to actualize the attainment of Kenya’s vision 2030 and the sustainable development goals (SDGS). Psychologists ... -
Heat and Mass Transfer Past A Semi- Infinite Vertical Porous Plate in MHD Flows in Turbulent Boundary Layer
(Machakos University, 2018-04)This study addresses the problem of unsteady free convection incompressible MHD fluid flow past a semi-infinite vertical porous plate in the presence of a strong magnetic field inclined at an angle to the plate with Hall ... -
Higher Education Curriculum Orientation and Performance of Universities in Kenya: Industry Linkage Strategies
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Quality education and training can only be achieved by orienting the academic curriculum in such a way that its content reflects industry demands. It must also be continuously reviewed after every cycle to capture the ... -
HIV/AIDS EPIDEMICAL ANALYSIS AND MODELLING THE IMPACT OF PUBLIC HEALTH EDUCATION CAMPAIGN ON THE TRANSMISSION DYNAMICS OF HIV/AIDS
(Machakos University, 2018-04)The most important factor in the management and control of an infectious disease is the understanding of the dynamics of the disease in any given population. We have proposed and analyzed a nonlinear mathematical model ... -
Impact of Agricultural Output on Economic Growth in Nigeria and Ghana (1985-2014): A Comparative Analysis
(Machakos University, 2018-04)This paper examined comparatively the “impact of agricultural output on economic growth in Nigeria and Ghana”. Nigeria and Ghana have similar economies and the striking similarities are that both countries have agriculture ... -
The Impact of Parent and Community Support on Primary Schools’ Pupils Academic Achievement in Siaya and Kisumu Counties, Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-04)The performance of primary school pupils in the Kenya Certificate of Primary Education (KCPE) examinations in Siaya and Kisumu Counties has been unsatisfactory over the years. Most of the candidates obtain at least average ... -
Impact of Supervision on the Management of Secondary School in Maiduguri Metropolitan Council Borno State
(Machakos University, 2018-04)This study was designed to evaluate the impact of supervision on the management of secodary schools in Maiduguri metropolitan council Borno State. The designed objectives were to determine the impact of supervision on ... -
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 ... -
Influence of Teacher Training on Academic Achievement of Kiswahili Language in Public Secondary Schools in Kathonzweni Subcounty, Makueni County.
(Machakos University, 2018-04)The purpose of the study was to establish the influence of teacher training on students’ academic achievement in Kiswahili language. Though studies have been done on teacher training and academic achievement in other ... -
INFLUENCE OF TEACHERS’ INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES:Collaborative activities in teaching and learning of preschool children in Kiambu West Sub-County; Kenya
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Learning of preschool children has faced numerous challenges which have raised concerns among preschool education stakeholders. Preschool learners have registered and continued to register dismal grades in basic numeracy, ... -
Innovation and Technology for Sustainable Cities
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Innovation for Industrial Trasformations Drivers and Barriers in Yobe State Construction Industries Nigeria
(Machakos University, 2018-04)The universal demand for industrial transformation in effective project delivery process led to the implementation of an advance innovative technology. However, a number of issues are increasingly becoming relevant with ... -
Innovative Approaches for Climate Change Mitigation in Transportinstitutionsin Nigeria
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Accelerating the national and international innovative approaches for climate change mitigation is one of the key drivers for the achieving the objectives especially in developing countries like Nigeria where the policy ... -
INNOVATIVE APPROACHES TO EDUCATION AND TRAINING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
(Machakos University, 2018-04)Prof. Kombo holds a PhD in Sociology of Education, and currently the Acting Dean, School of Education, Kenyatta University. Some of the significant researches he has done include the Impact of Nairobi-Thika Super Highway ...