Rongo University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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A Contextual Analysis of Community Radio Programming and Peace Promotion in Political Campaigns in Kenya: A Case of Migori County
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2018)With their ability to reach and influence a large number of people, community radios wield immense power in shaping the course of political discourse and contestations. Although many examples of the media’s negative ... -
Trainees internet usage in psychotherapy practice in teacher training colleges, Kenya
(International Journal Of Research in Education and Psychology (IJREP), 2017)Information Communication and technology in particular internet aimed at widening access to flexible distance education and psychotherapy in learning institutions. In developed countries online psychotherapy has been ... -
Effect of Investors and Local Communities Corporate Social Responsibility Programmes on Performance of Style Industries Limited in Nairobi County
(Stratford Peer Reviewed Journals and Book Publishing, Journal of Entrepreneurship and Project Management, 2017-12)Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is about how a business entity gives back to its stakeholders in a sustainable and acceptable manner. It is therefore imperative that businesses run their operations within the precepts ... -
Detecting changes, causes and future prospects of Kenyan wetlands and their conservation
(International Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Studies, 2016)Wetlands around the globe have been altered, degraded or lost through a wide range of human activities. A variety of conservation action is presently undertaken in response to these changes, and much of this work aims to: ... -
Fundamentals of Cattle Marketing in Homa Bay County, Kenya: Analyzing Market Intermediaries, Price Formation and Yield Performance
(Journal of Marketing and Consumer Research, 2017)An understanding of how cattle markets work is a desideratum for sustainable commercialization of cattle production aimed at increasing accessibility to and affordability of cattle meat. This study examined the fundamentals ... -
The Dynamics of Poverty, Inequality and Economic Well Being in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2017)It is hard to imagine an issue in development economics that is of greater importance to humankind than the effects of economic growth on poverty and economic well being. Hence this study is stimulated by the desire to ... -
Establishing the Relationship between Public and Private Investment in Kenya
(Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development, 2017)This study undertakes to establish the relationship that exists between public investment and private investment in Kenya during the period of 1971-2011. The study adopts the flexible accelerator model using the time series ... -
Principals’ Leadership Style and Students’ Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in HomaBay County, Kenya
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)The thrust of this study was to examine the effects of principals’ leadership styles on students’ academic performance in public secondary schools in Homabay County, Kenya. This study was based on combinations of modified ... -
Care Giver’s Knowledge: A Stimulus for Advocated Alternative Family Care for Children in Kenya
(The International Journal Of Humanities & Social Studies, 2017)Public campaigns augment caregiver’s knowledge base on advocated alternative family care arrangement for children. Awareness campaigns through public barazas and community dialogues complement milestones in implementing ... -
Detection of Main Physical Indicators of Mental Status of University Students’ at Onset of Unrest
(International Knowledge Sharing Platform, 2017)This paper presents the detection tools of mental status of University students at the onset of unrest. Many factors which includes biological or environmental, influence variation in the mental status of an individual if ... -
Identification of Main Verbal Indicators of Mental Status of University Students’ at Onset of Unrest.
(International Journal of Enhanced Research in Educational Development (IJERED), 2017-05)Many factors which includes biological or environmental, influence variation in the mental status of an individual if he/she is exposed to them. Negative factors are the root cause of mental status at the onset of unrest ... -
Understanding Database Security Metrics: A Review
(Mara International Journal of Scientific & Research Publications, 2017-09-04)The ever increasing demand for high software reliability requires more robust techniques for software quality and security level prediction. Databases are the core of Information Systems (IS), it is therefore necessary to ... -
Impact of Principals’ Recognition on Retention of Secondary School Teachers’ in Homa Bay County of Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Scientific Research, 2017)The present study investigated the impact of principals’ recognition on retention of secondary school teachers’ in Homa Bay County of Kenya.The study adopted an ex-post facto research design.For a population of one thousand ... -
Influence of School Environmental Characteristics on Retention of Secondary School Teachers in Homa Bay County, Kenya
(International Journal of Academic Scientific Research, 2017)The present study investigated the influence of school environmental characteristics on retention of secondary schoolteachers in Homa Bay County of Kenya.The study adopted an ex-post facto research design.For a population ... -
Influence of Peer Pressure on Secondary School Students Drop out in Rongo Sub-County, Migori County, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2017)The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of peer pressure on secondary school students’ drop out in Rongo Sub-County, Migori County, Kenya. The statement of the problem showed that the sub-county had a ... -
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 ... -
Maize Response to Micro Dose Inorganic Inputs on an Acid Smallholder Farm in Kenyan Lower Midland
(Pearl Research Journals, 2016-09-13)The study determined nitrogen, phosphorus fertilizers and lime micro doses effects on soil chemistry and maize performance on an acid soil smallholder farm. Treatments were micro doses (50% of recommendations) of N (0 and ... -
Effect of Water logging on Selected Morphological Characteristics in Maize
(2016-05-19)A greenhouse experiment was conducted to determine waterlogging tolerance in acidic soils for maize crop improvement in low lying flood prone regions of Western Kenya where waterlogging is a severe problem. Three replicates ... -
Influence of Farmers’ Socio-economic Characteristics on Adoption of Bambara Nut Production in Western Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 2016-11-26)A survey was conducted to determine the effect of the socio-economic and institutional factors on farmers’ adoption of Bambara nut as food security crop. Purposive survey research design was used to generate both qualitative ... -
Genetic Structure and Geographical Relationship of Selected Colocasia esculenta [L. Schott] Germplasm Using SSRs
(Journal of Advances in Biology & Biotechnology, 2016-11-17)Aims: SSR markers were used to infer population genetic structure variability in taro cultivars with the objective of characterizing the allelic diversity of each geographical population. Place and Duration of Study: ...