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Ecology and Management of Lake Naivasha, Kenya, in Relation to Climatic Change, Alien Species' Introductions, and Agricultural Development

Harper, David, M.; Muchiri, Mucai; Mavuti, Kenneth, M. (Environmental Conservation; Cambridge Journals, 1990)

Lake Naivasha is an important freshwater resource for Kenya's foreign-currency-earning agriculture and tourism, and for water-supply. It has always experienced extensive water-level fluctuations as a consequence of irregular ...

A political history of Kenya

Prof. Mwaruvie, John (Nordic Journal of African Studies, 1994)

Kenya is a country of diversity just like USA. It has varied cultures and traditions. Kenya has 42 ethnic groups, Plus migrant races, whites, Asians and Arabs but have lived peacefully except last year (2008) when post ...

Fluctuations in the fisheries of Kenya's Rift Valley lakes: Causes and prospects for the future

Muchiri, Mucai (CSIRO, Collingwood (Australia), 1997)

Lakes Turkana, Baringo and Naivasha are lakes in the eastern arm of the Great Rift Valley of Kenya that provide important commercial fisheries and, to a small extent, also recreation. The fishery of Lake Turkana is based ...

Political Party Cooperation in Postelection as Ethnic Tensions (Kenyan Case)

Prof. Mwaruvie, John (MOST EthnoNet publication: Anthropology of Africa, 1999)

In most African states, general elections generate a lot of ethnic tensions. This is because most parties are ethnicbased or receive support from certain ethnic groups. When a party loses in an election, it is excluded ...

Organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticide concentrations in water, sediment, and selected organisms in Lake Naivasha (Kenya)

Muchiri, Muchai; Gitahi, S. M.; Harper, D. M.; Tole, M. P.; Ng’ang’a, R. N. (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002)

The status and future of the Lake Naivasha fishery, Kenya

Muchiri, Mucai; Kundu, Rodrick; Taylor, Andy; North, Rick; Harper, David M.; Bailey, Roland; Hickley, Phil (Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002)

Lake Naivasha is a freshwater lake situated in the eastern rift valley of Kenya. Only five species of fish are present, all of which have been introduced. They are Oreochromis leucostictus, Tilapia zillii, Micropterus ...

Environmental assessment of the East African Rift Valley lakes

Odada, Eric, O.; Olago, Daniel, O.; Bugenyi, Fred; Kulindwa, Kassim; Karimumuryango, Jerome; West, Kelly; Ntiba, Micheni; Wandiga, Shem; Aloo-Obudho, Peninah; Achola, Pius (Aquatic Sciences, 2003)

An assessment of the East African Rift Valley lakes was initiated by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) with funding from Global Environment Facility as part of the Global International Waters Assessment (GIWA). ...

Biological diversity of the Yala Swamp lakes, with special emphasis on fish species composition, in relation to changes in the Lake Victoria Basin (Kenya): threats and conservation measures

Aloo-Obudho, Peninah (Biodiversity & Conservation, 2003-05)

During the second half of the last century, the Lake Victoria ecosystem has undergone drastic ecological changes. Most notable has been the decline in the populations of many endemic cichlid fishes. The lake has lost nearly ...

Shifts in the food of Nile tilapia, Oreochromis niloticus (L.) in Lake Victoria, Kenya

Muchiri, M.; Cowx, I. G.; Okeyo-Owuor, J. B.; Njiru, M. (African Journal of Ecology, 2004)

Metazoan Parasites of Some Commercially Important Fish along the Kenyan Coast

Aloo-Obudho, Peninah; Anam, R.O.; Mwangi, J.N. (WIOMSA, 2004)

The parasitic fauna of some commercial fish species along the Kenyan coast was investigated at four localities between August 2001 and March 2002. The study was carried out to establish the extent of parasitisation of ...

A community-oriented project for aquaculture in Kenya

Muchiri, Mucai; Ngugi, Charles; Hickley, Phil (2004)

ECONOMIC ANALYSIS OF FISH FARMING IN KENYA

Ngugi, Charles; Muchiri, Mucai (2004)

Habitat degradation and subsequent fishery collapse in Lakes Naivasha and Baringo, Kenya

Muchiri, Mucai; Hickley, Phil; Boar, Rosalind; Britton, Robert; Adams, Chris; Gichuru, Nicholas; Harper, David (2004)

Lakes Naivasha and Baringo in the eastern Rift Valley of Kenya are shallow, freshwater lakes that are subject to major fluctuations in water level and suffer from habitat degradation as a consequence of riparian activity. ...

Exotic introductions to the fishery of Lake Victoria: What are the management options?

Muchiri, M.; Knaap, M. van; Cowx, I. G.; Waithaka, E.; Njiru, M. (2005)

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS ANALYSIS

Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program (Aquaculture Collaborative Research Support Program, 2005)

A major barrier to socio-economic development in sub-Saharan Africa, including Kenya, is food inadequacy. Some of the more important factors that have led to this status are rapid population growth outstripping food ...

Keys to Soil Taxonomy

United States Department of Agriculture (United States Department of Agriculture: Natural Resources Conservation Service, 2006)

The publication of this edition of Keys to Soil Taxonomy (the 10th edition) coincides with the 18th World Congress of Soil Science, to be held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in July 2006. The last time the World Congress ...

Lake Baringo: Addressing threatened biodiversity and livelihoods

Odada, Eric, O.; Onyando, Japheth, O.; Aloo-Obudho, Peninah (Lakes & Reservoirs: Research & Management, 2006-12)

Lake Baringo is a shallow, internal drainage, freshwater lake located in the Kenyan Rift Valley. The lake is an important source of water for humans and livestock, as well as a significant income source for local communities ...

Macroinvertebrate assemblages along a land-use gradient in the upper River Njoro watershed of Lake Nakuru drainage basin, Kenya

Muchiri, Mucai; Miller, Scott N.; Shivoga, William A.; Kibichii, Samuel (Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 2007)

Influences of land use/cover on water quality in the upper and middle reaches of River Njoro, Kenya

Muchiri, Mucai; Shivoga, William A.; Kibichi, Samuel; Odanga, Jethro; Miller, Scott N.; Baldyga, Tracy J.; Enanga, Eric M.; Gichaba, Maina C. (Blackwell Publishing Asia Pty Ltd, 2007)

Taxation and SME's sector growth

Nganga, Irura; Mwangi, J. Macharia (Society for Business Research Promotion, 2007)

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