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Lack of Association between Interleukin-6 (-174g/C),Interleukin-Io (-1082a/G, -819c/T, And -592c/A) Polymorphisms and Susceptibility to Endemic Burkitt Lymphoma in Children Aged between 5-8 Years from Western Kenya

ODUOR, Cliff Isaya (Maseno University, 2013)

Endemic Burkitt lymphoma (eBL) is the most common paediatric cancer in sub-Saharan Africa and occurs at a high incidence in western Kenya. The tumour has the highest proliferative rate of any other human cancer. Although ...

Lake Turkana: Status, challenges, and opportunities for collaborative research

Obiero Kevin, Mulugeta Wakjira, Natasha Gownaris, John Malala, James Last Keyombe, Migeni Z Ajode, Stephanie Smith, Theodore Lawrence, Erick Ogello, Abebe Getahun, Jeppe Kolding (Elsevier, 2022)

Lake Turkana, located in northwestern Kenya and south-western Ethiopia, is Africa’s fourth largest lake and the world’s largest permanent desert lake. The lake lies in a closed basin and its limnology, ecology, and fisheries ...

Lake Victoria and the common property debate: Is the tragedy of the commons a threat to its future?

OGELLO Erick Ochieng, OBIERO Kevin, MUNGUTI Jonathan Mbonge (Romanian Limnogeographical Association, 2013-12-15)

Lake Victoria is the largest among the African Great Lakes in East African region that are believed to have both dynamic and fragile aquatic ecosystems. Within two decades, the lake has experienced extensive resource ...

Lake Victoria: The water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes [MART.] SOLMS), its socio-economic effects, control measures and resurgence in the Winam gulf

George Ogueno Opande, John Charles Onyango, Samuel Otieno Wagai (Urban & Fischer, 2004-05-01)

The aquatic weed Eichhornia crassipes [Mart.]Solms was introduced in Lake Victoria from Rwanda via the Kagera River by the activities of man. After originally infesting Lake Victoria (Uganda), it eventually spread into the ...

Land commons for inclusive cities:Producing and securing popular habitat around shared land ownership: a diversity of models, their interests and limitations

Claire Simonneau, Éric Denis, Salomon Benjamin, Ignacio de Souza Lopez, Emmanuel Midheme, Bhuvaneswari Raman, Rafael Soares Gonçalves, Irène Salenson, Issa Sory, Jean-François Valette, Irene Valitutto, Jeanne Clémen (French Development Agency, 2021)

Land Cover change and its socio-economic impact on the residents of the Mara River, Kenya

Fredrick M Mngube, Douglas N Anyona, Paul O Abuom, Ally-Said Matano, Raphael A Kapiyo (Scientific Research Publishing, 2019-09-25)

Anthropogenic activities are increasingly catalyzing natural climatic factors that drive land cover change at different spatial scales. Available land cover data of the Mara River basin however give a broader picture of ...

Land Cover Change and Its Socio-Economic Impact on the Residents of the Mara River, Kenya

Fredrick M Mngube, Douglas N Anyona, Paul O Abuom, Ally-Said Matano, Raphael A Kapiyo (Scientific Research Publishing, 2019)

Anthropogenic activities are increasingly catalyzing natural climatic factors that drive land cover change at different spatial scales. Available land cover data of the Mara River basin however give a broader picture of ...

Land tenure challenges in Kisumu City, Kenya

Nelson Obange1 and George G. Wagah2 * (Net Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)

Rapid urbanization often results in land tenure conflicts commonly in urban fringe areas. Overly, this is attributed to lack or in some instance unclear urban planning schemes. Kisumu city, the third largest city in Kenya ...

Land tenure challenges in Kisumu City, Kenya

Nelson Obange, George G Wagah (Net Journal of Social Sciences, 2019)

Rapid urbanization often results in land tenure conflicts commonly in urban fringe areas. Overly, this is attributed to lack or in some instance unclear urban planning schemes. Kisumu city, the third largest city in Kenya ...

Land Tenure Systems in Kisumu City; The Formal-Informal Dichotomy

George G. Wagah, Mathenge Mwehe, Nelson Obange, Peris Teyie, Maria Nystrom (ijsciences, 2017)

: In the process of urbanization, the peri-urban areas are often the front line of urban transformation and transition and therefore potential zones of conflicts over land tenure arrangements. This study sought to explore ...

Land Tenure Systems in Kisumu City;The formal- Informal Dichtomy

Maria Nyström, George G Wagah, Mathenge Mwehe, N Obange, P Teyie (International Journal of Sciences, 2017)

In the process of urbanization, the peri-urban areas are often the front line of urban transformation and transition and therefore potential zones of conflicts over land tenure arrangements. This study sought to explore ...

Language in conflict: Kiswahili metaphors in the international criminal court indictment discourse in Kenya

LUMWAMU, Philip Visendi (Maseno University, 2019)

ABSTRACT Metaphor is one of the most powerful linguistic devices that convey messages through expanding understanding by relating the unknown to the familiar. Through metaphors, complex issues and ideas can be simplified ...

Language use and choice: A case study of Kinubi in Kibera, Kenya

Yakub Adams, Peter M Matu, David O Ongarora (International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)

This article analyzes the domains of language use and choice of the Kinubi speaking community in Kibera, Kenya in relation to Kinubi maintenance in a multilingual location. Language use and choice has been a debated ...

Large-scale implementation of disease control programmes: a cost-effectiveness analysis of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed net distribution channels in a malaria-endemic …

Elvis Gama, Vincent Were, Peter Ouma, Meghna Desai, Louis Niessen, Ann M Buff, Simon Kariuki (British Medical Journal Publishing Group, 2016)

Introduction: Historically, Kenya has used various distribution models for long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) with variable results in population coverage. The models presently vary widely in scale, target ...