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Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitary Facilities and Pupil Participation in Education in Public Primary Schools in Kenya: A Case of Gichugu Constituency, Kirinyaga County

Mwaruvie, John; Gachahi, W. Michael; Githaka, W. Priscah (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019)

Provision of safe water for consumption and appropriate sanitation facilities have variously been advocated as critical forerunners to pupil participation in primary school education. However, these facilities are not ...
Accounting Education: The Role of Universities in Imparting Susaintnability Accounting Knowledge to the Stakeholders Through Industry Linkage.

Onyango, S; Muchina, S.W; Ng’ang’a, S.I (The International Journal of Accounting and Business Society, 2017-08)

In the wake sustainability agendas that lead to green growth in the developing countries, the focus has been in the practice and accounting for Social, Environmental and Economic (SEE) activities by both processing and ...
Addressing the education and training needs of the tea sector in Kenya: The case of the School of Agriculture and Biotechnology at Karatina University

Kamotho, G.N.; Mathenge, P.W.; Kamiri, H.W (2015)

In Kenya, personnel working in the tea sector are drawn from various fields of specialization such as general agriculture, horticulture, engineering and economics. There are no special training programmes to train personnel ...
Adsorption evaluation of selected heavy metal ions by aminofunctionalized low-cost adsorbents. A Review

T, Nyahanga; N, Ndung’u Samuel; N, Wanjau Ruth; W, Nthiga Esther (Global Scientific, 2021-07)

Presence of heavy metals in drinking water has significant adverse effects on human wellbeing due to their toxicity nature. Several techniques have been employed to reduce their concentration to permissible levels. In ...
An African stingless bee Plebeina hildebrandti Friese nest size and design (Apidae, Meliponini

Namu, Flora N.; Wittmann, Dieter (2016 John Wiley & Sons Ltd,, 2016)
Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity and Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: A Bootstrap Granger Noncausality Analysis in Heterogeneous Panels

Mwangi, Esther N.; Chen, Fuzhong; Njoroge, Daniel M. (Journal of African Trade, 2020-09-08)

This study investigates the causal links among agricultural imports, agriculture productivity, and economic growth in 40 sub-Saharan African countries over the period 1990–2015. Granger noncausality tests are ...
Akporhonor, B. A. & Olise, F. N. (2015). Librarians' Use of Social Media for Promoting Library and Information Resources and Services in University Libraries in South-South Nigeria. Information and Knowledge Management, 5(6). Retrieved from: http://www.iiste.org/Journals/index.php/IKM/article/viewFile/23139/23651.bh. on 12/05/2021. Anbu, J. P. & Kataria, S. (2016). Reference on the Go: A Model for Mobile Reference Services in Libraries. 57(3). Retrieved from http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/02763877.2015.1132181?af=R&journalCode= wref20 on 14/5/2021. Barnhart, F. D. & Pierce, J. E. (2011). Becoming mobile: Reference in the ubiquitous library. Journal of Library Administration, 51: 3, 279-290. Loyola eCommons, Loyola University Chicago. Retrieved from http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.946.3710&rep=rep1&type=pdf. on 22/2/2021 Buigues-Garcı´a, M. & Gime´nez-Chornet, V. (2012). 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Social Media: Libraries Are Posting, but Is Anyone Listening? Retrieved from http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2013/05/marketing/social-media-libraries-are-posting-but isanyone-listening/ on 22/6/2021. Du Toit, K. & Mulatiningsih, B. (2013) Social media for libraries. Retrieved from http://www.slideshare.net/karendtoit/socialmedia-for-libraries-karen-du-toit-2692013 on 22/2/2018 Dudenhoffer, C. (2014). Pin it! Pinterest as a library marketing and information literacy tool. College and Research Libraries News, 73(6), 328-332. Egbukole, K. (2017). Adopting mobile technologies for social media based library services at the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Nigeria. Mini-Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Engineering, The Built Environment and Information Technology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Ekoja, I. I. (2011). Modern ICT Tools: Online Electronic Resources Sharing using Web 2.0 and its implications for library and information practice in Nigeria. 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Wanjugu, Milkah; Maitaria, Joseph Nyehita; Mwangi, Peter Kinyanjui (EANSO, 2023-07-08)

Mtunzi wa kazi ya kazi ya fasihi hususan riwaya na tamthilia, hutumia mbinu mahususi kuwasilishia matukio na mawazo yanavyoshuhudiwa katika jamii. Mbinu hizo huteuliwa na mtunzi kwa makusudi ili ujumbe unaokusudiwa ...
Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya

Mugo, Joseph Mware; Mwangi, James Kinyanjui; Omamo, Augustine Owate (Hindawi International Journal of Forestry Research, 2018-10-02)

Grevillearobusta is widely interplanted with crops in Maragua subcounty,a practice that enhances biomass quantities in farmlands. However, quick tools for estimating biomass of such trees are lacking resulting in undervaluation ...
Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya

Mugo, Joseph Mware; Kinyanjui, Mwangi James; Owate, Omamo Augustine (Hindawi International Journal of Forestry Research, 2018)

Grevillea robusta is widely interplanted with crops in Maragua subcounty, a practice that enhances biomass quantities in farmlands. However, quick tools for estimating biomass of such trees are lacking resulting in ...
Analysis of Challenges Facing ICT integration in Managing Public Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of Day and Boarding Secondary Schools in the South Rift Region, Kenya

Njoka, Johannes Njagi; Githui, Perminus; Ndegwa, Lucy Wanjira (Budapest International Research and Critics Institute-Journal, 2020-02)

The uptake of information communication technology (ICT) by secondary schools is beset by a complex of challenges that are not clearly understood and documented. In order to facilitate effective and efficient implementation ...
Analysis of Corruption Risky Areas in Public Secondary Schools in Nyandarua and Nakuru Counties in Kenya

Ngatia, Richard; Njoka, Johannes Njagi; Ndegwa, Lucy (American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR), 2020)

Citizens and stakeholders in education continue to express great concerns regarding the escalating cases of academic dishonesty, misappropriation and misuse of resources in education in the world and Kenya in particular. ...
An Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge Legislation and Policies in Kenya

Chepchirchir, Sally; Kwanya, Tom (2016-08)

Since the dawn of history, humanity has always sought more knowledge to feed families, stay healthy, argue with neighbours, and understand the immediate environment, among other issues. Before scientific approaches of ...
Analysis of Post Loan Disbursement Allocation and Performance of Non-Prime Household Loan in Microfinance Banks in Kenya

Wachira, Bernard Ndirangu (2017-08)

The part played by non-prime household loans in improving the lives of many people who cannot afford collateral glob-ally cannot be ignored. Many Microfinance Banks in many economies worldwide have tried to maintain the ...
Analysis of Semantic Fields in Gĩkũyũ Church Sermons in Nyeri County, Kenya

Gitonga, Catherine N.; Gathigia, Moses G.; Nyarigoti, Naom M. (Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2018-08)

The notion of semantic field is a structural model for lexical semantics which is attributed to Jost Trier in the Semantic Field Theory. The semantic field is an indispensable part of any language since without it information ...
An Analysis of Teacher Performance Appraisals and their Influence on Teacher Performance in Secondary Schools in Kenya

Kagema, Josphat; Irungu, Cecilia (Universitas Pendidikan Indonesia, 2018-07)

Every organization has an objective towards optimum performance and the employees are the key drivers in achieving that. It is necessary therefore that the employees’ performance reach optimality for the success of the ...
Analysis of the Impact of Cross-sectional Data Discrepancies on the Effectiveness of Radiation Shielding Design Using Monte Carlo Codes

Kebwaro, Jeremiah Monari (International Journal of Physics, 2019)

The effect of cross-sectional data discrepancies on the effectiveness of radiation shielding design has been investigated in this paper. The MCNP code with cross-sections from ENDF/B-V and ENDF/B-VII has been used to ...
Analysis of Third Party Loan Guarantee and Performance of Non-Prime Household Loans

Wachira, Bernard Ndirangu; Omondi, Humphrey Opiyo; Kinyanjui, Josphat K. (HATASO, USA, 2017)
The anti-inflammatory properties of Kenyan tea

Karori, S.M .; Ngure, R.M.; Wanyoko, J.K.; Wachira, F.N. (2015)

An in vivo study was carried out to determine the effect of different types of Kenyan tea extracts on male Swiss albino mice infected with Trypanosoma brucei brucei isolate KETRI 2710. The isolate produced a similar ...
Anti-inflammatory properties of methanolic bark extracts of terminalia Brownii in wistar albino rats

Wilton, Mbinda; Wanja, Mbiri J.; Sichangi, Kasili; Kisangau, Patrick; Ngugi, M. Piero (Innovare academic sciences pvt ltd., 2016-06)
Anti-Pyretic Properties of Methanolic Bark Extracts of Terminalia brownii in Wistar Rats ( Rattus novegicus )

Mbinda, Wilton; Kasili, Sichangi; Mbiri, Jane W; Kisangau, Patrick D; Piero, Ngugi M (J Pharmacogn Nat Prod, an open access journal, 2016)

The conventional drugs used to manage fever are usually not affordable, not easily available and have adverse side effects. Alternative therapeutic agents, like medicinal plant derivatives, should therefore be developed ...

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Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitary Facilities and Pupil Participation in Education in Public Primary Schools in Kenya: A Case of Gichugu Constituency, Kirinyaga County ﻿

Accounting Education: The Role of Universities in Imparting Susaintnability Accounting Knowledge to the Stakeholders Through Industry Linkage. ﻿

Addressing the education and training needs of the tea sector in Kenya: The case of the School of Agriculture and Biotechnology at Karatina University ﻿

Adsorption evaluation of selected heavy metal ions by aminofunctionalized low-cost adsorbents. A Review ﻿

An African stingless bee Plebeina hildebrandti Friese nest size and design (Apidae, Meliponini ﻿

Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity and Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: A Bootstrap Granger Noncausality Analysis in Heterogeneous Panels ﻿

Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya ﻿

Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya ﻿

Analysis of Challenges Facing ICT integration in Managing Public Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of Day and Boarding Secondary Schools in the South Rift Region, Kenya ﻿

Analysis of Corruption Risky Areas in Public Secondary Schools in Nyandarua and Nakuru Counties in Kenya ﻿

An Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge Legislation and Policies in Kenya ﻿

Analysis of Post Loan Disbursement Allocation and Performance of Non-Prime Household Loan in Microfinance Banks in Kenya ﻿

Analysis of Semantic Fields in Gĩkũyũ Church Sermons in Nyeri County, Kenya ﻿

An Analysis of Teacher Performance Appraisals and their Influence on Teacher Performance in Secondary Schools in Kenya ﻿

Analysis of the Impact of Cross-sectional Data Discrepancies on the Effectiveness of Radiation Shielding Design Using Monte Carlo Codes ﻿

Analysis of Third Party Loan Guarantee and Performance of Non-Prime Household Loans ﻿

The anti-inflammatory properties of Kenyan tea ﻿

Anti-inflammatory properties of methanolic bark extracts of terminalia Brownii in wistar albino rats ﻿

Anti-Pyretic Properties of Methanolic Bark Extracts of Terminalia brownii in Wistar Rats ( Rattus novegicus ) ﻿

Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitary Facilities and Pupil Participation in Education in Public Primary Schools in Kenya: A Case of Gichugu Constituency, Kirinyaga County

Accounting Education: The Role of Universities in Imparting Susaintnability Accounting Knowledge to the Stakeholders Through Industry Linkage.

Addressing the education and training needs of the tea sector in Kenya: The case of the School of Agriculture and Biotechnology at Karatina University

Adsorption evaluation of selected heavy metal ions by aminofunctionalized low-cost adsorbents. A Review

An African stingless bee Plebeina hildebrandti Friese nest size and design (Apidae, Meliponini

Agricultural Imports, Agriculture Productivity and Economic Growth in sub-Saharan Africa: A Bootstrap Granger Noncausality Analysis in Heterogeneous Panels

Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya

Allometric Equations for Estimating Silk Oak (Grevillea robusta) Biomass in Agricultural Landscapes of Maragua Subcounty, Kenya

Analysis of Challenges Facing ICT integration in Managing Public Secondary Schools: A Comparative Study of Day and Boarding Secondary Schools in the South Rift Region, Kenya

Analysis of Corruption Risky Areas in Public Secondary Schools in Nyandarua and Nakuru Counties in Kenya

An Analysis of Indigenous Knowledge Legislation and Policies in Kenya

Analysis of Post Loan Disbursement Allocation and Performance of Non-Prime Household Loan in Microfinance Banks in Kenya

Analysis of Semantic Fields in Gĩkũyũ Church Sermons in Nyeri County, Kenya

An Analysis of Teacher Performance Appraisals and their Influence on Teacher Performance in Secondary Schools in Kenya

Analysis of the Impact of Cross-sectional Data Discrepancies on the Effectiveness of Radiation Shielding Design Using Monte Carlo Codes

Analysis of Third Party Loan Guarantee and Performance of Non-Prime Household Loans

The anti-inflammatory properties of Kenyan tea

Anti-inflammatory properties of methanolic bark extracts of terminalia Brownii in wistar albino rats

Anti-Pyretic Properties of Methanolic Bark Extracts of Terminalia brownii in Wistar Rats ( Rattus novegicus )