Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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Discriminant analysis in granting Loans: a case study of KCB-Kisumu branch
(Maseno University, 2013)ABSTRACT This research study summarizes the loan evaluation method known as credit scoring using Discriminant Analysis. Credit scoring is a technique that helps banks decide whether to grant credit to applicants who ... -
Genetic Diversity of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Circulating Within Western Kenya Between 2013 And 2014
(Maseno University, 2021)Tuberculosis (TB) is a pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It is a major global public health problem with an estimated 8 million incidences and 3 million mortalities annually. In Kenya, the ... -
Effects of Gender on Employee Pay And Retention In Five Star Hotels In Nairobi County
(Maseno University, 2021)Labor turnover have proven to be a global crises, especially in the hospitality industry. Generally, majority of hotels are grappling with employee retention that is a resultant of employee turnover. While many studies ... -
A Surveillance Study on The Spleen Microbiome Of Wild Rodents And Shrews Caught In Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)There is an observed global increase in emerging infectious diseases, with 13% of over 1400 known human pathogens being classified as emerging or re-emerging. Majority of the emerging pathogens are zoonoses, majority of ... -
Influence of Selected Job Satisfaction Factors on Work Performance of Public Primary School Teachers In Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Enhancement of job satisfaction is a critical strategy for improving performance of employees including teachers. Scholars have revealed that factors such as remuneration, supervision, working conditions and job security ... -
Phytochemical Composition, Larvicidal Activity of Cocos Nucifera Extracts on Busseola Fusca Fuller and Its Effects on Growth And Yield of Maize
(Maseno University, 2021)Maize forms the staple food for most Kenyans. Although, current trends show Busseola fusca as the major pest causing a decline of about 400,000 tonnes of maize in Kenya. Most farmers use synthetic insecticides to control ... -
Effects of rainfall variability on sugarcane production in Mumias sub county, Kakamega county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Temporal rainfall variability phenomenon is the degree to which rainfall amounts change at a given area through time either from month to month, season to season or year to year in relation to long-term average. The ... -
Assessment of Selected Determinants on Implementation of Inclusive Education In Public Early Childhood Centers in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Inclusive education has been established as the key mechanism to delivering education to all learners where they have an opportunity to learn and grow together in a regular environment where their needs are identified and ... -
Characterisation of Phaeoisariopsis Griseola, Phytochemical Screening and Fungicidal Activity of Selected Plant Extracts Against Phaeoisariopsis Griseola of Common Bean Var. Glp 1127 (Mwezi Moja) Maseno, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)v ABSTRACT Angular leaf spot disease (ALS) caused by Phaeoisariopsis griseola is a major constrain of common bean leading to production of less than 25% of the potential yield thus posing a chronic threat to food security ... -
Influence of Local Structural Factors on Tourism Backward Linkage With Local Micro and Small Enterprises In Kisumu County
(Maseno University, 2021)Though tourism is globally recognized as significant drivers of economic development and growth, its economic potential in Africa is dampened by income leakages which reduce its real contribution in promoting local socio ... -
Moderating Effect of Investment Decisions on Corporate Risk Management and Financial Performance of Deposit Taking Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies In Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Globally, the financial performance of Savings and Credit Cooperative Societies (SACCOs) has been improving steadily as shown by the increase in membership which is approximated at one billion, with the turnover from the ... -
Effect of Monitoring Frequency Regimes on Program Outcomes: A Case Study of the ‘Dispensers for Safe Water’ Program In Kakamega County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Monitoring and evaluation are important management functions in ensuring that program/project objectives remain on course and the expected outcomes are realized. However, there is limited information on how different ... -
The Influence of Cash Transfer Programmes on Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Recipient Households In Migori County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Conditional cash transfers are increasingly becoming best practice in the social sector for developing countries. In 2004, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Cash Transfer was introduced on pilot basis in Kenya. This was in ... -
Effect of Green Marketing Practices on Environmental Performance of Kisumu Water and Sewerege Company Ltd, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Environmental conservation is a key activity that any organization would put into consideration for sustainable development of the organization, its customers, suppliers, stakeholders and the public. Kisumu Water and ... -
Enumeration of Trees With Local Orientation by Degree Sequences and Reachability of Vertices
(Maseno University, 2020)Trees in which edges are oriented from a vertex of lower label towards a vertex of higher label, commonly referred to as locally oriented trees, were introduced by Du and Yin in an attempt to solve a problem conjectured ... -
Effect of Government Expenditures, Mortgage Credit and Per Capita Income On Residential House Prices In Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Residential house prices in majority of global markets have been rising over the last decades in both nominal and real terms. Kenya’s housing prices have increased over a short period of time. The period 2004 to 2017 marked ... -
Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation on the Poverty Graduation Program of Boma In Ngurunit, Namarei and Illautlocations, Marsabit County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Since 1990, more than 1.1 billion people have moved out of extreme poverty globally. Africa is the poorest, with 28 of the world‟s poorest countries, and more than half of the world‟s poor, living in Sub-Sahara. Kenya is ... -
Analysis of Reactivity and Functionality of Serum Antibodies From Monovalent and Multivalent Shigella Bioconjugate Vaccinated Rabbits Against Shigella Isolates From Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Shigella species is a major cause of bacterial diarrheal mortalities and morbidities worldwide and second in Kenya, especially in children under five years. Antibiotics are needed in treatment of shigellosis however, ... -
Effect of Domestic Savings, Foreign Aid and Direct International Investments on Gross Capital Formation in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Gross capital formation average of 20.13 per cent of GDP over the sub-sample period 2006-2017 for Kenya is low by Sub-Saharan Africa’s standards. It does not meet the target of at least 25 per cent of GDP that is necessary ... -
Integration of Information and Communication Technology and Its Contribution to the Teaching of English In Secondary Schools In Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Integration of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching and learning is expected to offer better educational outcomes marked by improved performance. Despite investment in ICT infrastructure to promote ...