Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Challenges and Strategies for Non-Teaching Staff in Enhancing Management of Public Secondary Schools
(Maseno University, 2019)Non-teaching staff are central in school management, in terms of formulation and implementation of programmes in secondary schools. Non teaching staff provide support services in management of schools and are recruited and ... -
Influence of Selected Factors on Students’ Academic Performance in Kiswahili Composition in Public Secondary Schools in Kisumu West Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Composition writing helps learners to acquire writing skills. However, students’ performance in Kiswahili composition at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination shows that national performance has ... -
An Assessment Of Challenges and Strategies in Teaching and Learning of Kiswahili in Public Secondary Schools in Hamisi Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2019)Teaching and learning of Kiswahili in public secondary schools has not yielded desired results in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations. In Hamisi Sub-county mean scores remained low at average of 5.43 ... -
TAXONOMIC STUDIES of Lippia Javanica (BURM F.) SPRENG. (VERBENACEAE) COMPLEX in EAST AFRICA USING MORPHOLOGICAL and MOLECULAR CHARACTERS and EVALUATION of Its PESTICIDAL EFFICACY in APHIDS
(Maseno University, 2018)Lippia javanica (Burm. F.) Spreng occurs naturally in eastern, central and southern Africa. It has widely been used as herbal tea, for ethnomedicinal applications and as a botanical pesticide. Lippia javanica species exhibit ... -
Assessment of Planning Factors Influencing Commercialization of Smallholder Dairy Value Chain Development in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2017)In developing countries, 70% of the population lives in rural areas and of these 75% are smallholder producers who derive their livelihoods primarily from agriculture. Kenyan smallholder dairy producers constitute 80% of ... -
Performance Contracting and Service Delivery at Directorate of Co-Operatives in Nairobi County
(Maseno University, 2018)Performance contracting introduction to government ministries and agencies was aimed at improving service delivery. In 2006, Directorate of Co-operatives adopted and implemented performance contracting however; its performance ... -
Association Between Ncr3 Promoter Polymorphisms with Plasmodium Falciparum Malaria Outcomes in Paediatric Population (Aged Below 3 Years) in Siaya County in Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Malaria is the main cause of paediatric morbidity and mortality in holoendemic areas. The populations in these areas have similar transmission intensity and infection rates of Plasmodium falciparum malaria but present ... -
The Influence of Customer Service and Customer Satisfaction on Tourists’ Frequency of Visitation to Hotels in the Western Kenya Tourism Circuit
(Maseno University, 2016)ABSTRACT Travel and tourism is the largest, fastest growing sector and important part of the world economy today. It is the world's number one employer and in Kenya it represents more than 10% of gross domestic product. ... -
Assessment of the beneficiaries’ perception, policy achievement and sustainability of the CT-OVC programme on access to basic education in Seme sub county in Kisumu county
(Maseno University, 2018)ABSTRACT The Social Protection Floor Initiative, which is a global framework for social protection is designed to provide strategic support to countries in their efforts to promote social assistance. One such support is ... -
Socio-cultural factors affecting women participation in elective leadership positions in Homabay county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)ABSTRACT Globally, studies have shown that women’s participation in elective leadership positions is low. In Kenya, the Constitution of Kenya of 2010 provides for equal opportunities for both men and women in elective ... -
The influence of women’s formal employment on changing gender roles in Kenya reinsurance (Kenya re) estate Kisumu county
(Maseno University, 2017)ABSTRACT The present lifestyle calls for both gender in a household to work in order to lessen the burden of high cost of living. In Africa, massive increase of women in labour force has led to the neglect of unpaid ... -
Implications of special needs education policy on enrolment of learners with multiple disabilities in special primary schools in Kisumu county, Kenya
(2018)ABSTRACT The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) estimates that 93 million children around the world are living with moderate to severe disability of one kind or another. Although education is considered by the ... -
Influence of Forgone Earnings On Primary to Secondary Education Transition in Mbita Sub-County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2019)ABSTRACT Free Secondary Education policy was introduced in Kenya in 2008 with an aim of making secondary education affordable so as to enhance access, transition, retention and student academic performance. However, this ... -
Influence of selected factors on students’ academic performance in Kiswahili composition in public secondary schools in Kisumu west sub-county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Composition writing helps learners to acquire writing skills. However, students’ performance in Kiswahili composition at the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) examination shows that national performance has ... -
Fungal tinea capitis and associated risk factors in school going children aged 3-14 years in Kakamega Central sub- county;Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Tinea capitis (ring worm) is a superficial fungal infection of the scalp and hair of the head. According to World Health Organization (WHO), the prevalence rate of superficial mycotic infection worldwide has been found to ... -
Institutional factors influencing implementation of strategic plans of National Bank of Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)The Kenyan banking industry has grown exponentially since the liberalization of the sector in the 1980s. Although the Kenyan banking sector is largely profitable growing by 400% in a span of 12 years, and thus moving from ... -
Influence of employee relations strategies on employee performance in public universities in Western Kenya
(2018)Traditional sources of competitive advantage are changing and it is imperative to deploy new strategies to successfully compete under changing external conditions. Effective employee relation strategies encourage individual ... -
Evaluating farmers’ use of ICT to access information for making agricultural decisions in Kajulu location, Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)The use of Information Communication Technology by farmers to access agricultural information has potential to improve agricultural productivity by enhancing the farmers’ information base for decision making. There is ... -
Influence of reward system on employee performance in the insurance industry in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Well-functioning financial markets and institutions like insurance companies are important factors in enhancing high economic growth. Evidence has been adduced that reward systems may influence employee performance, although ... -
Effect of corporate social responsibility on organisation performance: a case of banking industry in Homabay county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2017)Sustainable development and reduction of poverty are the key issues that need to be addressed by the governments, mostly in the developing world which include Kenya. Corporate social responsibility (CSR) becomes an element ...