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Factors influencing utilization of free maternity care services among pastoralist women in Isiolo county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Maternity care service (MCS) supports women during pregnancy, delivery, and postpartum. While 86% of global pregnant women access maternity care, only 44% of Kenyan women do. In Isiolo County, maternity care use has varied, ... -
Determinants of diarrhoea prevention among caregivers of under-five children in households in Burumba ward, Matayos subcounty, Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Diarrhoea is a leading cause of illness and death among children under five globally, and in Kenya, it ranks as the fourth most common illness in this age group. In Busia municipality, the diarrhoea prevalence stands at ... -
Intrapersonal and interpersonal determinants of adolescent pregnancy among girls aged 10-18 years in Igembe north sub-county, Meru county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Globally, 10% of total births occur among adolescent girls aged 10 - 18 years, 90% of whom reside in Africa. Adolescent pregnancy entails high morbidity and mortality risks yet, intervention show mixed outcomes, with those ... -
Analysis of narrative elements in the Bukusu initiation ritual (Sikhebo)
(Maseno university, 2024)Rituals mark rites of passages from one point to the next and involve performances worldwide. In Africa, rituals are performed during birth, initiation, marriage and death ceremonies. The Bukusu community practices rituals ... -
Effect of strategic flexibility on performance of sugar companies in western region, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)This study delves into how strategic flexibility influences the performance of state-owned sugar companies in Kenya's Western region. Strategic flexibility is crucial for organizations to navigate market uncertainties ... -
Effect of cash transfers on achievement of selected sustainable development goals among female-headed households in Siaya county, Kenya
(2024)Poverty, hunger and lack of access to clean water and sanitation is high among developing economies derailing achievement of Sustainable Development Goals. Cash transfers provide social protection to the vulnerable. Kenya’s ... -
Analysing the organizational culture on performance of small and medium enterprises in Kisumu county, Kenya.
(Maseno university, 2024)Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), which make up 95% of firms and employ 60% of the labor force, are crucial to the Asia-Pacific region, according to the 1989 founding of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC). ... -
Effect of public education expenditure and per capita income on gender parity in Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Education is widely recognized as a crucial catalyst for economic development due to its capacity to cultivate human capital, a fundamental factor in fostering economic progress. To effectively attain the sustainable ... -
Contribution of micro credit loans on loan portfolio quality of deposit taking saccos in Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Savings and Credit Cooperatives were invented in German to promote savings and curb the exorbitant interest rates that was being charged to the indebted rural poor. Despite this nobble idea, micro credit loans portfolio ... -
Effects of Covid 19 response policies on strategic government deliveries in agriculture and food security sector in Kenya: A case of Kisumu county
(Maseno university, 2024)The performance of the Strategic Government Deliveries (SGDs) in Kenya has demonstrated inconsistent progression over the period 2012 to 2021.Strategic Government Deliveries being a portfolio of interventions consisting ... -
Work life balance and employee performance in hotels in Kisumu City
(Maseno university, 2024)Globally, it has been unanimously accepted that work-life balance results in satisfied workers so that employees do not consider work as an affliction to them. Hence, work-life balance is a modern phenomenon that cannot ... -
Gender differences in the relationship between students’ attitude towards chemistry curriculum and achievement in secondary schools in Matayos sub-county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Chemistry is one of the essential science subjects in most scientific courses at the university level. From the year 2013 to 2016, analysis of the chemistry results in the Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) ... -
Effectiveness of in-service training of teachers on competency based formative assessment of mathematical activities in public pre-primary schools in Gem sub-county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Competency Based Formative Assessment (CBFA) is a key component of the Competency Based Curriculum (CBC) education reform initiative in Kenya. Effective in-service training of teachers is crucial for the conduct of CBFA ... -
Asset Liability Management (ALM) In Determining Solvency and Profitability: A Case Study of CIC Life Assurance
(Maseno university, 2024)The aim of this research was to analyze the practices of asset Liability Management( ALM) at CIC Life Assurance. The study was significant because it analyzed how ALM practices at CIC Life assurance determined its solvency ... -
Quantitative analysis of credit default risk Assessment using black-scholes-merton Model: a case study of the Kenyan Manufacturing industry
(Maseno university, 2024)The Kenyan manufacturing industry is a major contributor of the country’s economy, contributing significantly to GDP growth, job creation, and export opportunities. However, despite its undeniable significance, the Kenyan ... -
A comparative study of cox-ingersoll-ross and Vasicek models: a case study of the 91-day treasury Bill rate in Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Interest rates is an important factor in the operation of any financial market, with different interest rates having different effects on investment decisions. As such, understanding how interest rates move across different ... -
Interest rate risk modeling using semi-heavy tail Distributions of normal variance-mean mixtures: Central bank of Kenya interest rates
(Maseno university, 2024)Derivative prices such as options and bond prices as well as swaps depend on the distributional assumptions of the underlying economic variables, normally, interest rates. The risk associated with changes in interest rates ... -
Histidine rich protein ii and lactate dehydrogenase levels in saliva and blood in acute malaria cases in Kisumu, western Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)Globally, malaria is the leading cause of death and economic burden. Diagnosis currently relies on microscopy and blood-based rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). However, both methods are invasive, which increases the risk of ... -
Evaluation of reliability of full hemogram and urinalysis in relation tourine culture as diagnostic tools for urinary tract bacterial infections in Trans-Nzoia county referral hospital, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2024)In routine clinical practice, urinary tract bacterial infections (UTBIs) are diagnosed using urinalysis assay and urine culture is used as a confirmatory test to determine the infecting bacteria. Urinalysis assay relies ... -
Enumeration of plane and d-ary Tree-like structures
(Maseno university, 2024)Trees are connected graphs which do not have loops, multiple edges and cycles. A variety of trees such as binary trees, ordered trees, d-ary trees, Cayley trees and noncrossing trees have been studied at length. Tree-like ...