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Adaptation to Rainfall Variability by Smallholder Farmers in Kwale County: A Case Study of Samburu and Tsimba Locations
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2013-10)Rainfall received in Kwale County is highly variable negatively affecting agricultural production. Due to these variations, smallholder farmers in Kwale County have attempted to implement various adaptation mechanisms ... -
Analysis of Drought Trends and Severity Using Standard Anomalies: Case of Baringo County, Kenya
(AER Journal, 2019)Increased frequency, severity and duration of drought events in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya increase scarcity in water and pastures that support livestock assets. This destabilizes the livelihood base ... -
Availability of School-based Psychosocial Support Programs on Fire Disaster Preparedness in Secondary Schools in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2022-07)Fire is a common disaster affecting Education in Secondary Schools in Kenya. This research was motivated by the frequent reports of occurrence of fire disasters in secondary schools. The purpose of the study was to investigate ... -
Awareness of Cervical Cancer among Women in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2018)Globally, cancer is a public health problem and is ranks as the fourth most frequent cancer among women.About half a million women develop invasive cancer of the uterine cervix each year, with ... -
Being a Kenyan-Somali: A Security Threat or Neglected Citizen?
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2019-05)A Somalia government-backed militia, the Shifta, which called for the secession of Northern Frontier District in Kenya, was defeated by Kenyan forces and the Arusha Agreement on Ending Kenya-Somalia border hostilities was ... -
Challenges Facing the Entry of Graduates of Technical Training Institutions into Self - employment: The Case of North Rift Region
(Africa Journal of Technical & Vocational Education & Training, 2019)Technical Vocational Education and Training programmes provide significant inputs for young people to become self-reliant, opens the opportunities for innovativeness and discover jobs which fits their choices ... -
The Communicative Factors Revealed in the Mother-In-Law Family Drama in Citizen TV: Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Educational Studies, 2016-03)Previous studies of Television programming have shown familial relationships portrayed in stereotypical ways, but none of them has narrowed down on determinants of the kind of relationship mothers-in-law have with their ... -
Deployment of service-learning as a pedagogy for social transformation
(Revista Iberoamericana de Aprendizaje Servicio (RIDAS), 2021-06)Teaching is not only a traditional role of universities, but it remains one of the most critical missions of them. The pedagogy used in teaching determines if learning will be transformational or just transactional. ... -
Education for Kenyan Girls in the Post Covid-19 ERA: Mitigating Strategies for Future Pandemics
(East African Journal of Education Studies, 2023-12)The study examined the effects of school closure during the COVID-19 pandemic on the education of secondary school girls in Moiben Sub-County, Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. It used a mixed-method research design that targeted ... -
EFFECT OF 7E LEARNING CYCLE MODEL ON STUDENTS’ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT IN BIOLOGY IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KENYA: A CASE STUDY OF CHESUMEI SUB-COUNTY.
(University of Eldoret, 2021)This study examined the effect of 7E Learning Cycle Model on students’ academic achievement in Biology in secondary schools in Kenya. The first objective was to compare the effect of 7E Learning Cycle Model and Conventional ... -
The effect of Style and Structure of Functional Writing on Students’ Performance in Kiswahili in Kenya. A Case of Elgeyo-Marakwet County.
(American Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences Research (AJHSSR), 2022-06)Functional writing has been given prominence in the Secondary school Kiswahili syllabus in Kenya. This paper reports on study that was undertaken in 2020 that investigated the influence of functional writing skills on ... -
Effects of Availability and Access to Safe Drinking Water on Students’ Academic Performance in Secondary Schools in Muhoroni Sub-County, Kenya
(Journal of Research Innovation and Implications in Education, 2023-06)Access to improved sanitation is an important component of human health and wellbeing. Minimum requirements for safe WASH in schools are not provided in most rural schools in Kenya. The current paper investigated the effects ... -
The Emergence of Bukusu-Christian Rite of Initiation and its implications on Societal Value system among the Youth in Bungoma County, Kenya
(2019)Christian churches have been in existence in Bukusu land for over a hundred years and their influence on African cultural practices cannot be overemphasized. The role of traditional circumcision initiation of boys into ... -
Enabling Conditions for Improved Use of Seasonal Climate Forecast in Arid and Semi-Arid Baringo County—Kenya
(Open Access Library Journal, 2017-08)The use of seasonal climate forecasts can inform implementation of planned adaptation strategies to stabilize pastoral livestock assets in drought prone agro ecological zones. The main objective of this study was to ... -
Ethnic Conflicts and Students Participation in Secondary Education in Lowland Areas of Baringo County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2019)This paper looks at how ethnic conflicts in lowland areas of Baringo County have influenced students’ participation in secondary education in schools. The study was conducted to establish how the students’ participation ... -
Existing Crime Prevention Practices on Student Safety in Public Boarding Secondary Schools in Trans-Nzoia County
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2019)The study examined security preparedness of the schools since there were recurrent safety problems in public boarding secondary schools even after release of the safety standards manual by the Kenyan Ministry of ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE IN BIOLOGY AT TACHASIS GIRLS SECONDARY SCHOOL, UASIN-GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(University of Eldoret, 2023-09)The purpose of this study was to establish factors associated with poor academic performance amongst learners in biology subject in Tachasis girl’s secondary school in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya. This research was guided ... -
FACTORS AFFECTING STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE IN TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN BARINGO CENTRAL CONSTITUENCY, BARINGO COUNTY
(University of Eldoret, 2023-09)According to Kenya's 2030 Vision plan, the nation would have a middle-income status supported by five important economic sectors: agriculture, information and communications technology (ICT), manufacturing and industry, ... -
Household Level on Retention: Focus on Opportunities in Kenya Public University Education.
(International Journal of Recent Innovations in Academic Research. 2019, 2019)"The major dynamic of university education is to develop the people, society and the economy which are central to most National mission and visions. This study sought to investigate the effects of household levels on ... -
Influence of Environmental Supports on Learning outcomes among learners with Autism Spectrum disorder in special school setting in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of research & method in education, 2018)The study investigated the Influence of Environmental Supports on Learning Outcomes among Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Special School Setting in Kenya.The study population comprised 420 ...
