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PolitiKweli: A Swahili-English Code-switched Twitter Political Misinformation Classification Dataset
(Deep Learning Indaba 2023, 2023-08-30)In the age of freedom of speech, users of the social media platform Twitter post millions of messages per day. These messages are not always fact-checked resulting in misinformation which is false or misleading news. ... -
Impact of Cash Transfers on Poverty Reduction towards Achieving Sustainable Development Goals among Female-Headed Households in Siaya County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2023)Poverty rate is still high among developing economies; 8 years post adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) agenda of 2030. Cash transfers have popularly become one of the ways to support implementation of ... -
Phonemic Representation and Transcription for Speech to Text Applications for Under-resourced Indigenous African Languages: The Case of Kiswahili
(Cornell University, 2022-10-29)Building automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems is a challenging task, especially for underresourced languages that need to construct corpora nearly from scratch and lack sufficient training data. It has emerged that ... -
Influence of Strategic Change Management Practices on Service Quality in Counties in Western Kenya
(The International Journal of Business & Management, 2022-10-31)Globally, service delivery has remained an issue of utmost concern among public organizations as it anchors key government operations. Statistics indicate that delivery of service in terms of health, sanitation, and ... -
Effect of Trade Openness and Agriculture on Tax Revenue Performance in Kenya
(International Journal of Economics, 2023-09-29)Taxes play a critical role for most governments around the world in funding investments in capital, infrastructure and the delivery of essential services. The study therefore sought to examine the effect of trade openness ... -
The soil microbiomes of forest ecosystems in Kenya: their diversity and environmental drivers
(Nature Publishing Group UK, 2023-05-02)Soil microbiomes in forest ecosystems act as both nutrient sources and sinks through a range of processes including organic matter decomposition, nutrient cycling, and humic compound incorporation into the soil. Most forest ... -
Assessment Of Ricinus Communis Ml Crude Extracts Towards Urinary Tract Infection Strains With Their Associated Ailments
(Academia, 2022-09-30)Cases of synergic Urinary Tract Infections with its associated ailments has become a menace. Due to its high costs of treatment, unavailability of relevant antibiotics, misdiagnosis and recurrence, most patients within ... -
Trauma Informed Interventions and Academic Adjustment among Adolescent Students in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya
(Nusantara Journal of Behavioral and Social Science, 2023-11-13)Globally, the problem of escalating incidences of trauma among adolescents has adversely affected their physical, behavioral, emotional and psychological functioning hence impairing their quality and ability to adjust in ... -
Glass photonics meets photovoltaics: general principles and a case study
(Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2023-11-01)In this study, we present a promising combination of glass photonics and photovoltaics to develop more efficient types of solar cells. Following up on earlier suggestions, we demonstrate that fundamental losses due to the ... -
Carcass Characteristic of Indigenous Chicken Fed on Diets Containing German Cockroach (Blattela germanica) Meal in Kenya
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2023-09-11)Edible insects are available for use in insect-based-feed, however there is limited information on carcass characteristics and sensory tests of chicken fed on German cockroaches (Blattela germanica). This study assessed ... -
Enhancing students’ biology learning by using augmented reality as a learning supplement
(SAGE Publications, 2020-07)The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of augmented reality (AR) technology on students’ learning outcomes (measured according to Bloom’s cognitive levels) and attitude toward biology. The print book was ... -
Effects of tangrams on learning engagement and achievement: Case of preschool learners
(Journal of Computer Assisted Learning ,wiley., 2020-08)The purpose of this research was to compare the effectiveness of physical and virtual tangrams on preschool children's learning engagement and achievement. Children listened to an e‐storybook narration and solved puzzles ... -
Framework for Technology-Enriched Active Class Learning of Physics in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(IGI Global, 2021)Active learning transforms the learning process and activities from tutor focused to learner-cantered and is driven by the learner's learning ability. In other words, active learning provides an opportunity for self-directed ... -
Towards a Competency Based Curriculum: A Pedagogic Perspective
(Journal of Technology & Socio-Economic Development, 2022)Education remains the powerful tool to engender competencies in the learners to make them adaptable to the context of work, personal and professional development. The competencies are significant for achieving sustainable ... -
Ubuntu, Peacebuilding, and Development in Africa: Reflections on the Promises and Challenges of a Popular Concept
(Springer International Publishing, 2023-10-18)Faced with the constant criticism that “nothing good can come out of Africa,” many African scholars and peace activists, as well those from other parts of the world, have identified Ubuntu and presented it as one of Africa’s ... -
Campylobacter in Africa – A specific viewpoint
(Akadémiai Kiadó, 2023-12-21)Campylobacter infections and campylobacteriosis-associated post-infectious sequelae are a significant global health burden that needs to be addressed from a specific African perspective. We conducted a comprehensive ... -
Teacher Education Reforms in Kenya: The Past, the Present, and Mapping the Future
(Emerald Publishing Limited, 2023-08-10)Teacher education in Kenya was formally started in mid-nineteenth century by European Christian missionaries. The urge to establish teacher education programs at the time was to address the shortage of teachers due to the ... -
Total quality management approach as a measure of quality in TVET colleges in Kenya
(2024-01-31)The Kenyan government has significantly increased funding for Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) from KSh15.7 billion in 2018/19 to KSh26.9 billion in 2019/20. The number of TVET institutions, ... -
Causes and Consequences of Post-Election Violence in Kenya
(2023-10-05)The election of leaders by the people is the aim of democratic procedures. An electoral system is intended to ensure that the outcomes reflect the preferences of the majority of voters, providing elected officials’ ... -
Association between Human Resource Factors and Utilization of IQCare System for Clinical Decision Support in HIV Care Clinics in Nakuru County, Kenya
(EA Journals, 2023-09-25)Electronic medical records (EMR) are computerized medical information systems that are used to collect, store, and display patient information. EMR systems can strengthen pathways of care and close gaps in patient tracking, ...