Maseno University Repository: Recent submissions
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Influence of External Financing on growth of Small and Medium Enterprises in Embu county, Kenya
(United States International University-Africa, 2016)The role of SMEs are not only income and employment generating but also breeding ground for entrepreneurs, they have higher employment capacity and not capital intensive, and highly competitive, flexible and innovative ... -
Centering the Margins: Dispossession, Real Estate Speculation and the Politics of Place-Making in Peri-Urban Kisumu, Kenya
(TRIOITERATIVA.COM.BR, 2012)Long considered marginal in the production of knowledge on African urbanism, the peri-urban zone is fast becoming one of the most important sites of urban space production in rapidly transforming African cities. While ... -
A STUDY OF ATTITUDES OF TEACHERS AND PUPILS TOWARD THE TEACHING AND LEARNING Of M~THEMATICS RESPECTIVELY IN UPPER PRIMARY SCHOOLS IN MASIMBA EDUCATIONAL ZONE, IRIANYI DIVISION, KISII DISTRICT (KENYA) •
(University of Kenyatta., 1986)The purpose of the study was to identify the attitudes held by the primary school teachers and pupils toward the teaching and learning of Mathematics respectively. The study was done at Masimba Educational zone, Irianyi ... -
State-Vs. Community-Led Land Tenure Regularization in Tanzania
(Lap Lambert Academic Publ, 2012)The importance of security and certainty of land tenure among the urban poor cannot be overemphasised. A key justification for it is that tenure security provides incentives for investment in land and hence an impetus for ... -
Sewage reuse for irrigation in Athi River town: its implications on public health
(Moi University, 1998)Lead, cadmium, selenium and arsenic were the selected indicators of toxic heavy metals which were determined using atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS) in sewage being reused for irrigation in Athi River town of Kenya. ... -
Can Community Land Trusts Enhance Urban Land Governance in Kenya?
(N-AERUS, 2012)The struggle for land constitutes a major challenge in urban governance in Kenya today. The sheer pace of the country’s urbanization far outstrips the ability of conventional state and market mechanisms to accommodate ... -
Performance of women-owned enterprises in Mumias town
(Nairobi university, 2003)This study examines how socio-economic characteristics affect the performance of women owned enterprises in Mumias town. This study builds upon the premise that differences in socio- economic characteristics affects ... -
(Re)Designing Land Tenure to Meet Housing Needs of The Urban Poor: Implementing Community Land Trusts In Kenya
(Planum Association, 2013)The sheer pace of urbanisation in Kenya today far outstrips the ability of the state to provide housing for the ever-expanding urban population. Implicated in this housing crisis are existing forms of land and housing ... -
Haemostatic disorders in patients with breast cancer at Kenyatta national hospital, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2010)Haemostatic disorders (thrombosis and haemorrhage) are increasingly being investigated and assessed as factors that influence outcome of treatment of solid tumors including breast cancer. There is little data available on ... -
Venturing Off the Beaten Path: Social Innovation and Settlement Upgrading in Voi, Kenya
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2013)Access to land in Kenyan towns is severely constrained by supply (Yahya 2002; Bassett 2005). The official land delivery processes premised on conventional state and market mechanisms have proved inadequate in coping with ... -
An investigation into some water quality problems of Lake Kanyaboli in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1997)This study attempted an investigation into some water quality problems of jake Kanyaboli. The geographical location of lake Kanyaboli within the Yala swamp and its size of 10.5km1 make it ideal for this investigation. ... -
Pushing Back the Frontiers of Property: Community Land Trusts and Low-Income Housing in Urban Kenya
(Pergamon, 2013)Property lies at the heart of the urban development process. While it creates the wealth needed to finance the urban economy, property can also be a source of disenfranchisement, especially among those unable to cope with ... -
Modalities of Space Production within Kenya's Rapidly Transforming Cities. Cases from Voi and Kisumu
(KU LEUVEN, 2019)This PhD research focuses on the social production of urban space within two rapidly transforming secondary cities of Kenya—Voi and Kisumu. The aim is to examine the conditions under which urban space is produced and used ... -
Regulation of Media Content in Kenya: In Search of a Paradigm in the Era of Convergence
(Saudi Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2017-07)With advancement in information and communications technology, there has been convergence of various communication channels into few distribution platforms or same media organizations owning several media channels. Media ... -
Slum Upgrading in Developing Countries: Lessons from Ghana and Kenya
(Department of Geography and Resource Development, 2017)he proliferation of slums in many cities of the developing countries has been widely discussed in the literature as a great concern to most countries. The complexities of the slum problem make upgrading difficult. To help ... -
Introducing rearing crickets (gryllids) at household levels: adoption, processing and nutritional values
(Wageningen Academic Publishers, 2016)Edible insects, particularly crickets, are becoming popular due to their nutritional value and efficiency in foodconversion. An increasing number of farmers in Kenya are seeking information on rearing crickets (Orthopter ... -
The effect of Mass Media on youth participation in governance: a case study of Masinga District
(University of Nairobi, Kenya, 2011)This research study seeks to find out if mass media have had influence on youth participation in governance in Masinga district. It further seeks to find out whether mass media has been used as a tool to empower the youth. ... -
Learning from Community Dynamics in Kenya’s ‘Informal’ Livelihood and Housing Strategies
(Edward Elgar Publishing, 2019)his book is an introduction to the works of a collective of academics on social innovation and socio-political transformation. It offers a critique of the dominance of market-based logics and extractivism in the age of ... -
Food Hygiene Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Food Handlers in Selected Hotels and Restaurants In Thika Town, Kenya
(http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2007252.pdf, 2020)The aim of this study was to investigate food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice amongst food handlers’ in selected hotels and restaurants in Thika Town, Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was adopted. The ... -
Processed products of termites and lake flies: improving entomophagy for food security within the Lake Victoria region
(Academic Journals, 2010)Among the factors contributing to food shortage in Africa are lack of appropriate preservation and storage facilities, tropical heat and poor road network for marketing produce. High food spoilage caused by high temperatures ...