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The Media Coverage of The Hague Trials and the Construction of New Ethnic Subjectivities in Kenya
(Indiana University Pres, 2013)This paper examines the Daily Nation’s coverage of the ongoing Hague trials involving six suspects of the 2007 postelection violence in Kenya. The paper uses qualitative content analysis to investigate how the Hague trials ... -
Mediating Effect of Dynamic Capabilities on the Relationship between Strategic Firm Resources and Competitiveness of MICE Destinations
(Eastern Africa Journal of Contemporary Research (EAJCR), 2023-07-03)Dynamic capability view theory stipulates that an organization's basic competencies should be used to create short-term competitive positions that can be developed into long-term competitive advantage. This study aimed at ... -
Mediating Effect of Dynamic Capabilities on the Relationship between Strategic Firm Resources and Competitiveness of MICE Destinations
(Eastern Africa Journal of Contemporary Research (EAJCR), 2023)Dynamic capability view theory stipulates that an organization's basic competencies should be used to create short-term competitive positions that can be developed into long-term competitive advantage. This study aimed at ... -
Mental Representation and Interpretation of HIV as A Death Sentence in Ekegusii HIV and AIDS Metaphor
(East African Scholars Journal of Education, Humanities and Literature, 2019-02)HIV is one of the challenges confronting the human race and Kenyans are not an exception to this fact. EkeGusii is a Bantu language spoken by approximately two million speakers in Western Kenya. HIV is both a medical and ... -
Metaphor and Health Communication: Use of Metaphor in HIV and AIDS Discourse
(Scholars International Journal of Linguistics and Literature, 2024-01-12)Language plays a fundamental role in combatting HIV and AIDS. In Kenya, English and Kiswahili are used as the languages of communication in HIV and AIDS related issues. The literacy rate in Kenya stands at 87.4% but ... -
Metrics Model for Indexing University Information Technology Teaching Professionals’ Improvement in ICT Integration: A Review of the Literature
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2016-05)Despite the recent progress in the development of ICT integration indices to support management of teaching in institutions, very little empirical research focusing on metrics for continuous improvement in ICT integration ... -
Micro-Dosing of Lime, Phosphorus and Nitrogen Fertilizers Effect on Maize Performance on an Acid Soil in Kenya
(Sustainable Agriculture Research, 2015-03-17)High cost of inorganic fertilizers and lime has precluded their use by smallholder farmers to remedy the problem of soil acidity and infertility in Kenya. To address the problem, we tested a precision technique referred ... -
Microbial community analysis in a combined anaerobic and aerobic digestion system for treatment of cellulosic ethanol production wastewater
(2015-06-22)This study investigated the microbial diversity established in a combined system composed of a continuous stirred tank reactor (CSTR), expanded granular sludge bed (EGSB) reactor, and sequencing batch reactor (SBR) for ... -
Micronutrient Zinc Deficiency as a Possible Co-factor in the Transmission and Progression of HIV/AIDS in Kenya
(2004)Thirty-four HIVIAIDS patients at various stages of disease progression volunteered to manage their ealth using a nutritional supplement that contained several micronutrients that included a 15 mg daily dose of elemental ... -
A Minimalist Approach to Argument Structure of Dholuo Concatenated Verbal Extensions
(Ideas, 2017)Verbs in Agglutinating languages, Dholuo included, have ability of accommodating derivative morphemes which get affixed to their roots. This affixation alters argument structure of the host verb thus changing the syntax ... -
Mobile Phone Banking and its Convenience in Making Transactions : The Case of M-PESA Customers in Kisii Couny, Kenya
(International Journal of Progressive Sciences and Technologies (IJPSAT), 2019)The purpose of this paper was to determine the convenience of the M-banking in particular M-Pesa in the making of transactions in Kisii County, Kenya. The Technology Adoption Model (TAM) conceptualizes the use of the ... -
Modelling the Deflection of Reinforced Concrete Plates Using the Symplectic Method
(Journal of Sustainable Research in Engineering, 2020)This work aims to predict the flexural behavior of reinforced concrete slabs by combining a smeared finite element model derived from fracture mechanics for the simulation of the decline in the flexural rigidity of the ... -
Moderating effect of Firm Characteristics in the Financing Diversification – Performance nexus among Credit Unions in Kakamega County, Kenya
(I n t e r n a t i o n a l J o u r n a l o f M a n a g e m e n t a n d I n f o r m a t i o n T e c h n o l o g y, 2016-10-03)The last two decades has seen a lot of creativity and diversity in the funding strategies pursued by credit unions as a result of financial sector liberalization and competitive pressure in the financial system. Research ... -
Moderating effect of social networking on the relationship between entrepreneurial orientation and performance of small and medium enterprise in Nakuru county, Kenya
(2015-07-19)An emerging stream of research indicates that entrepreneurial orientation is a critical factor in enhancing entrepreneurial outcomes such as firm performance. However, few studies have examined how a firm’s embedded in ... -
Moderating Influence of Conflict Resolution on the Relationship Between Transformational Leadership and Implementation of Constituency Development Fund Construction Projects in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu County, Kenya
(European Scientific Journal, 2019)Transformational leadership is depicted mainly in four dimensions as idealized behavior, individual consideration, Intellectual stimulation, and inspirational motivation. The study sought to explore whether Conflict Resolutions ... -
Molecular markers associated with aluminium tolerance in Sorghum bicolor
(Hereditas, 2018)Background: Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor, L. Moench) production in many agro-ecologies is constrained by a variety of stresses, including high levels of aluminium (Al) commonly found in acid soils. Therefore, for such soils, ... -
Morphological Analysis of Dholuo Number Markers
(Eastern Africa Journal of Contemporary Research (EAJCR), 2024-05-28)This study examines plural morphemes in Dholuo nouns by investigating their number markers. Dholuo being an agglutinative language, some nouns can hardly be noticed to be broken down into multiple meaningful parts. It is ... -
Morphometric Study of Senna didymobotrya (Fresen.) H. S. Irwin and Barneby in Kenya
(Journal of Natural Sciences Research, 2017)Herbal medicine has been used for many years and it remains widespread in developing countries while the use of complementary alternative medicine is increasing rapidly in developed countries. Senna didymobotrya is important ... -
Morphosyntactic Study of Dholuo Verb Phrase
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2020-09)Dholuo is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by about 4.06 million people according to the Kenyan census that was done in 2009 and the result formally released in 2010.The language is spoken by the Luo who are mainly living ...
