Doctoral Theses: Recent submissions
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Socio-Cultural and Institutional Determinants in the Uptake of Horticulture Farming in Aldai Division, Nandi County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2018)Horticultural farming has been identified as the key to eradicating poverty and addressing food insecurity in many African countries including Kenya. However, its growth has not been as envisaged despite favorable climatic ... -
EFFECT OF ORGANIZATION CULTURE ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM ADOPTION AND PERFORMANCE OF PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES IN KENYA
(Maseno University, 2018)Globally, the capacity of Higher Education institutions to serve as drivers to economic competitiveness has been negatively impacted due to the exponential growth and numerous constraints which interfere with their ... -
The Contribution of Non-State Actors to Inclusive Public Policy Process in Kenya
(2019)Whereas non-state actors seem to have contributed towards removing obstacles to citizens’ engagement in public policy process, their actual role in public policy process remains unclear particularly, how they have opened ... -
Role of Entrepreneurial Networks and Eefect of Failure Attributions on Growth Orientation of Survival-Focused Micro-Entrepreneurs in the Slums of Nairobi, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Micro-entrepreneurs have opened up international markets, increased exports and created employment worldwide. However, among many of the Africa informal economies, approximately 400,000 micro-entrepreneurs do not survive ... -
Influence of Institutional Inputs On the Quality of Secondary School Education in Migori County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Institutional inputs are resources invested in the school system to enhance quality. In Kenya quality is measured primarily by performance in education but it can also be measured by availability, adequacy and utilization ... -
Assessment of Principals’ Leadership in Information communication Technology Integration in Public Secondary Schools Management in Bungoma County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)In this 21st century, there is global recognition of Information Communication Technology (ICT) as a tool for best management practices in various sectors. The Kenya government encourages ICT integration in school management ... -
Influence of Iso 9001:2008 Quality Management System On Academic Staff’s Service Delivery in Public Universities in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)The implementation of International Organization for Standardization (ISO) 9001:2008 Quality Management System (QMS) in education has become a debated trend on whether or not the certification is appropriate for the Education ... -
Evaluation of Taro Leaf Blight (Phytophthora Colocasiae) Disease Incidence, Severity, Environmental Effects And Relationship Between Resistance And Agronomic Traits of Selected Taro (Colocasiae Esculenta) Accessions in Western Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2019)Taro (Colocasiae esculenta L. Schott) popularly known as ‘nduma’ is an aquatic plant grown for its edible leaves and corms. It is mainly cultivated in Western and Central Kenya but its production is constrained majorly ... -
Determinants of The Implementation of Inclusive Education in Public Secondary Schools in Bungoma County, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2019)Education empowers citizens and hence reduces poverty by enhancing livelihood. Globally, 77 million children are out of education and 25.7 million (33.4%) are those with disabilities. In Kenya 1,504 (0.48 %) Students with ... -
Effect of Service Quality Management on The Relationship Between Market Challenger Strategies and Performance of Vernacular Radio Broadcasting Firms in Western Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2018)Globally, Kenya inclusive evidence shows that Radio remains crucial in the advertising market and development of democracy. Despite this, evidence shows that these firms face challenges in their performance in terms of ... -
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 ... -
Unsteady MHD heat and mass transfer over an infinite Porous flat plate with convective surface boundary Conditions
(Maseno University, 2018)Unsteady MHD heat and mass transfer over an infinite flat plate with convective surface boundary condition problems have received little attention yet they are of great importance in many scientific and engineering fields. ... -
Ethnography of woodcarving and basketry in socio-economic enterprises in Kiruhura district, South-Western Uganda
(Maseno University, 2017)Many households in the globe continue to depend on woodcarving and basketry among other forms of traditional material culture to support their daily activities despite competition from factory-made items, whether imported ... -
Uchanganuzi wa kileksikografia wa hiponimia za leksimu nomino na vitenzi vya kiswahili na tafsiri zake katika kiluo
(Maseno University, 2018)Ingawa hiponimia hudhihirika miongoni mwa kategoria mbalimbali za maneno, tafiti za Kiswahili zimeelekea kushughulikia hiponimia za nomino na kupuuza kategoria nyingine kama vile vitenzi, vielezi na vivumishi. Tafiti hizi ... -
Determination of Antimicrobial Resistance of Escherichia Coli Isolated From Rastrineobola Argentea and Water Samples From Lake Victoria - Kenya
(Maseno University, 2014)Many strains of Escherichia coli can be pathogenic leading to diarrheal diseases. The occurrence of antimicrobial resistant bacteria is increasing in aquatic environments infecting fish which are later consumed by humans ... -
Additive stabilization of plasmodium proteins present in dried infected blood specimens
(Maseno University, 2016)Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are a great achievement to the implementation of parasite based diagnosis before treatment. They use a nitrocellulose strip coated with antibodies that target the Plasmodium antigens; ... -
Computation of efficient nash equilibria for experimental economic games
(Maseno University, 2014)Game theory has been used to study a wide variety of human and animal behaviors. It looks for states of equilibrium, sometimes called solutions. Nash equilibrium is the central solution concept with diverse applications ... -
Absolutely Continuous Spectrum of fourth Order Di_erence Operators With unbounded Coe_cients on the Hilbert space `2(N)
(Maseno University, 2015)Sturm-Liouville operators and Jacobi matrices have so far been developed in parallel for many years. A result in one _eld usually leads to a result in the other. However not much in terms of spectral theory has been done ... -
The analysis of gamma strategies for a nonlinear black-scholes equation
(Maseno University, 2014)There has been a significant growth in research in the field of financial mathematics since the derivation of the standard Black-Scholes-Merton Partial Differential Equation by Black and Scholes, and Merton in 1973. The ... -
Relationship between mites infestation levels in Kenyan tea to overhead volatile organic compounds and their variations with seasons, regions and selected agronomic practices
(Maseno University, 2016)Tea (Camellia sinensis) is a major cash crop in Kenya that suffers economic losses due to Brevipalpus phoenicis and Oligonychus coffeae infestations during droughts. Pesticides use on tea is prohibited and pests control ...