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Planning expertise, variables influencing performance outcomes and management of wedding organization firms in Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015)Best practices are essential to the survival of Kenyan firms in tourism. Though diversification into wedding organisation has attracted investment from Kenyan entrepreneurs, hardly any information has been documented on ... -
Polarized Phase Holograms of High Diffraction Efficiency
(2023-05-10)Holography has a wide application in medicine, optical computers, scanners among others. Conventional studies on analogue holograms have mainly been conducted on image generation, processing and reconstruction. However, ... -
Police Corruption and Canada’s Distinction
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019)Corruption in policing is a topic for renewal, in any country, as the growing challenges and opportunities of advancing technology and Internet access, changing police science and the ever-evolving relationship of police ... -
POLICY AND PRACTICE IN THE ASSESSMENT OF JUVENILE OFFENDERS IN PUBLIC JUVENILE REHABILITATION SCHOOLS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2015-07-07)Historically assessment of juvenile offenders began during colonial era, when every young people who disobeyed colonial rules of regional zoning, labour provision, and hut tax among others were considered offenders and ... -
The polyphenolic composition and radical scavenging properties of Kenyan tea cultivars
(2015)Interest in medicinal and health enhancing properties of functional components in foods continues to arouse a lot of interest. Polyphenolic fractions in tea are potent bioactive molecules. In this study, the polyphenolic ... -
POPULATION ECOLOGY, DIET AND MOVEMENT OF STRAW-COLOURED FRUIT BATS (Eidolon helvum), WESTERN KENYA
(research gate, 2012-07)The population status, movement, roost-site selection and diet of straw-coloured fruit bats (Eidolon helvum) were studied over a seven-month period in western Kenya. Overall, the bat population fluctuated markedly from as ... -
Post-2015 Development Planning: Adaption of a Holistic Approach to Planning and Research - a Commentary from a Practitioner’s Perspective
(International Journal of Innovation and Economic Development, 2004)In this article, we analyse the argument that lack of holistic approach in planning and research have contributed to the lack of sustainable development in Africa. We base our discussion on the speech by the special advisor ... -
Practices in International Value Chains: The Case of the Kenyan Fruit and Vegetable Chain beyond the Exclusion Debate
(TIJDSCHRIFT VOOR ECONOMISCHE ENSOCIALE GEOGRAFIE, 2013-02)The emerging role of private standards as new forms of regulation and co-ordination in international trade and production is discussed in various fields including economic geography. A prominent example is the impact of ... -
Pre-Disposing Factors Contributing to the Prevalence of Intestinal Parasitic Infections (IPI) among the HIV/AIDS Patients in Bungoma County, Kenya
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2014-12)The role of HIV infection on the pathognomomic of HIV infections is not clearly understood. The aim of the current study was to determine the epidemiology of IPI and predisposing factors among HIV/AIDS patients in Bungoma ... -
A Preliminary Survey of Animal Handling and Cultural Slaughter Practices among Kenyan Communities: Potential Influence on Meat Quality
(African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition and Development, 2016)Kenya is composed of over 40 ethnic communities who practice varied methods of animal handling and slaughter. Socio-cultural and religious traditions have the potential to influence animal handling and slaughter practices. ... -
Prevalence and Factors contributing to Pornography viewing among Male Students in selected Universities in Kenya
(2014-11)Pornography viewing afforded through advanced technology has become a widespread social phenomenon globally and has contributed to changing the terrain of human sexuality in both positive and negative ways. Technology in ... -
Prevalence and potential for aflatoxin contamination in groundnuts and peanut butter from farmers and traders in Nairobi and Nyanza provinces of Kenya
(2013-06-12)Objective: Most of the peanut butter marketed in Nairobi is processed in cottage industry and its aflatoxin contamination status has not been documented. This study was therefore conducted to determine the status of aflatoxin ... -
Prevalence of intestinal parasitic infections in certified food-handlers working in food establishments in the City of Nairobi, Kenya
(Journal of Biomedical Research, 2012-03)Most intestinal parasites are cosmopolitan with the highest prevalence in the tropics and subtopics. Rural-to-urban migration rapidly increases the number of food eating places in towns and their environs. Some of these ... -
Principals’ Role in Promoting Teachers’ Professional Development and Learners’ Performance In Secondary Schools in Murang’a and Kirinyaga Counties, Kenya
(International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 2019-10)Students’ overall performance in country wide national examinations in Kenya has recorded below mean achievement as attested by Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results. The number of students scoring grade ... -
Principals’ Supervision of Teaching and its Influence on Promoting Learners’ Performance
(Journal of Pedagogical Sociology and Psychology, 2019-07-07)The roles of school principals have been focal in ensuring and promoting the performance of students in their schools, achieving and sustaining quality education. This has been influenced by the paradigm shifts and global ... -
The Principle of Participation in Corporate Governance: An African Perspective
(2020)The purpose of the paper is to present the “principle of participation” that is common in African cultural systems and way of life as the distinguishing characteristic of an African oriented corporate governance system. ... -
“Process Innovation Promoters, Firm Performance and Moderating Role of Service Quality Practices in SACCOs in Kenya
(Center for Promoting Ideas, 2020)The purpose of the study was to explore the relationship that exist between process innovation promoters and the performance of SACCOs in Kenya and the moderating effect of service quality practices. The primary data was ...