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Impact of agronomic inputs in sugarcane farming on total heavy metal levels in aquatic ecosystems and soils within Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(Kabarak University, 2014)Sugarcane farming has been identified as the single most cultivated cash crop in Lake Victoria basin. Use of high agronomic inputs is employed in these regions for better yields. Most rivers feeding Lake Victoria from ... -
The effects of performance appraisal system on civil servants job performance and motivation in Kenya: case study of Ministry of State for Public Service
(Kabarak University, 2014)Performance Appraisal System (PAS) which can be defined as the process of determining and communicating to an employee how he or she is performing on the job. In Kenya, PAS within the Civil Service was introduced around ... -
Entrepreneurial intensity and Performance Outcomes among Kenyan Firms
(Kabarak University, 2014)Given shrinking markets price pressures and the need to survive and excel in a highly competitive business environment firms have to continually renew themselves in order to remain relevant in their chosen markets. ... -
Effects of organizational support for career development on employee performance: A case of Kenyan Public Universities
(Kabarak University, 2014)Unprecedented changes have pushed organizations to undertake various initiatives to stay afloat. This has put pressure on organizations to maximally utilize the resources at their disposal for their benefit. As a result, ... -
Effects of level of education on perceptions of alternative rite of passage of the Marakwet of Kenya
(Kabarak University, 2014)The Alternative Rite of Passage (ARP) is an intervention programme sponsored by NGOs as an alternative to female circumcision (FGM).ARP mimics the traditional rites aspect by putting the initiates in seclusion and ... -
Conceptualizing research and innovation: Issues and implications for Higher Education Research and Publications in Africa
(Kabarak University, 2014)The quest for change, improvement and competitiveness characterize individual, institutional and state endeavours in today's world. This is largely because globalization and liberalization of the world economy has presented ... -
Assessing students' attitude towards computer technology
(Kabarak University, 2014)Recent advances, especially in computer technology, have heralded the development and implementation of new and innovative teaching strategies. Exposing learners to computer technology may influence their behavior and ... -
ASSESSING WHETHER DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS INFUENCE PEER PRESSURE AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL ADOLESENCE IN MYAHURURU
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WESTERN EDUCATION ON THE CHANGING ROLE OF WOMEN: THE CASE OF IDAKHO COMMUNITY, KENYA
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Factors that Influence Adoption of ISO 9001; 2008 Quality Management Standardsin Legal Practices
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Many Organizations invest considerable amount of time and resources in obtaining certification to the ISO 9001; 2008 standard. Although ISO 9001 has many benefits legal practices in Kenya have yet to adopt it. This ... -
Governance and Ethics: A Philosophical Perspective
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Broadly speaking, governance can be perceived to refer to the competent management of public affairs in a government. Governance therefore is the act of governing. It relates to decisions that define expectations, grant ... -
Judicial Radical Surgery in Kenya: Beyond Independence and Accountability
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)A 1989 World Bank Development Report recognized anticorruption and good governance as prerequisites for Sub-Saharan economic development. Kenya’s democratic transition entailed inter alia economic liberalization and the ... -
Kenya Prisons: Towards Privatization and Reform of a Rotting Penal System
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)This research paper is written to attempt and instigate a reform agenda for the Kenya Prison Service. Kenya Prison has been a department of inertia that has been besieged by many problems that have ranged from poor ... -
Tugen Men and Women’s Perception on FGM in Relation to their Participation in Household and Community Socioeconomic Development Activities in Baringo County.
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Female Genital Mutilation, which is the partial or total cutting away of the female genitalia, has been practiced for centuries in parts of Africa and other regions of the world as one element of a rite of passage. An ... -
Improvement of Internal Efficiency of Primary School Education: A Case of Kandara District, Murang’a County, Kenya
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)The reforms undertaken in education sector by the government aim at addressing both the overall goals of national economy recovery strategy and international commitment. The rationale for those reforms has been to improve ... -
Performance Contracting as a Paradigm Shift in the Utilization of Teaching & Learning Resources: Perceptions of Tutors in Technical Institutes in Rift Valley, Kenya.
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)Every year thousands of students leave the regular formal educational institutions in Kenya, but they cannot progress to higher levels of formal education. Despite past investments in Kenya’s Technical, Industrial, ... -
The Challenges of Teaching the Revised English Syllabus
(KABARAK UNIVERSITY, 2012)The research is an assessment of the multifaceted role that English plays as a medium of interaction/ instruction or service subject, a compulsory discipline at all levels of education and as the official language of the ... -
Cross-Border Cooperation in East Africa: Building Capacity among University Academic Staff
(NA, 2012)Cross-border cooperation in East Africa dates back during colonial time and soon after member countries attain its independence in 1960’s, new Permanent Tripartite Commission formed in 1967 but collapsed in 1977, due ... -
E2012-03: Participatory Approach to Community Development through Education for Sustainable Development
(NA, 2012)The United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) held in Rio de Janeiro in 1992 recognized education as an important tool for enhancing the attainment of sustainable development. Chapter 36 of Agenda ... -
The Future Of Print Journalism: Internet Technology And The 21st Century Newspaper In Kenya
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COMMUNICATION IMPAIRMENTS AND KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITIONS
(Kabarak university, 2019-03-19)Knowledge acquisition occurs when the individual interacts with the world (physical and social) Performance on this determines the extend of knowledge acquisition Interaction is through communication Communication is ... -
SPORTS AND ATHLETICS AS AN EMERGING FRONTIER IN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT IN KENYA
(Kabarak University, 2013-10-18)Sports are important both to individual health and economic development in Kenya. Kenya is known for its prowess in the mid and long distance athletics. The paper is a descriptive-survey based on empirical ... -
Politics and Sensational newspaper Headlines: Debate around Jubilee government’s Laptops and the Teacher’s Strike?
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Factors influencing participation of women in Distance Education: A case of Kenya Methodist University
(Kabarak University, 2013-08-10)The concepts of girls and women in relation to issues of education have been met with a lot of resistance for a long time in history. Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712-1779), believed that women were created to entertain ... -
COMMUNICATION AND MATERNAL COMMUNICATION AND MATERNALCHILD HEALTH PROMOTION: A CHILD HEALTH PROMOTION: A STUDY OF RURAL BUSIA COUNTY
(2015-03-19)Maternal health refers to the health of the mother during pregnancy, childbirth and the postpartum period( WHO, 2008). Access and utilization of basic health care in rural Kenya is a worrying issue. Kenya is one of the ... -
TOPIC: CHRISTIAN IMPACT ON SOCIETY: AN ANALYSIS OF HISTORIC INTERNATIONAL AND LOCAL INITIATIVES
(2013-10)(Mathew 25.35), "I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, was thirsty and you gave me something to drink. was ....needed clothes and you clothed me, was in prison and you came to visit me". • Evangelizing without ... -
DEMYSTIFYING DEVOLUTION UNDER KENYA’S NEW CONSTITUTION: THE NEED TO AVOID PITFALLS
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CONTRACEPTIVES-A HEX OR A VEX? A CASE STUDY OF NAIVASHA DISTRICT
(Kabarak university, 2015-08)According to Genesis chapter one verses 27-28 it reads “so God created man in His own image, in the image of God created he him; male and female created he them. And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful, ...