Theses & Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Effect of macroeconomic variables on financial performance of real estate sector in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Real estate has become a major investment globally. Growth in Real estate industry in terms of sales and prices have been used to predict the real estate demand and general economic performance. In Kenya, the real estate ... -
Assessment of factors influencing performance of community health volunteers in detection and reporting of priority diseases in Kwanza sub-county, Trans-nzoia county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)The report released by the World Health Organization in the year 2006 acknowledged that there was a critical shortage of professional health workers which was posing a challenge to provision of healthcare services, ... -
Effect of human capital investment on employee performance in Jaramogi Oginga Odinga teaching and referral hospital in Kisumu county Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Human capital is getting wider attention with increasing globalization and also the saturation of the job market due to the recent downturn in the various economies of the world. In knowledge based industries, continuous ... -
Effect of service quality on customer satisfaction in supermarkets in Kisumu, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Supermarkets are essentially entities in the economies global due to their crucial function of providing and distributing basic human needs such as food items, customer goods and lifestyle products. Intense competition ... -
Determinants of contraceptives use among women of Reproductive age in Nambale sub-county, Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Use of contraceptives allow people to attain their desired number of children and determine the spacing of children. Contraceptives use and unmet need for contraceptives are key to understanding profound changes in fertility ... -
The dynamic relationship between renewable energy investment, renewable energy consumption and economic growth in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Despite Kenya having a massive generating capacity of renewable energy, its supply and consumption levels remain significantly low. The low supply levels have driven the costs of production upwards leading to high energy ... -
Influence of financial linkages on growth of informal financial institutions in Homa Bay county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Major trends highlighted by Financial Access surveys in Kenya have shown strong expansion of both formal and informal finance use. This shows that formal and informal financial institutions are not simply substitutes for ... -
An assessment of planning institutional frameworks influencing urban agriculture in three towns of western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Globally, urbanization and population increases have resulted into a reduction in arable land and increased food demand simultaneously. It is estimated that Africa will be 60% urbanized, while Kenya will be 46% urbanized ... -
Assessment of trends and determinants of household food insecurity in Marsabit county-Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Food insecurity is a growing concern worldwide despite the government strategies to implement measures. However, a lot of studies conducted so far in the field gave more emphasis to the high potential counties of Kenya. ... -
Arima and vector autoregressive model evaluation in forecasting rainfall: a case of Kisumu
(Maseno University, 2022)Time Series Analysis has been used over the decades in data analysis and forecast ing. Auto Regressive Integrated Moving Average (ARIMA) models have been fit on economic data and engineering data. The models have also ... -
Effectiveness of a milk safety intervention by smallholder dairy farmers on bacterial and aflatoxin M1 contamination in milk in Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Milk, important in the human diet especially that of children, is prone to contamination by bacteria and aflatoxins. The leading public health hazard from poor milk safety are microbial (bacterial) followed by chemical ... -
Gender difference in the influence of selected factors on science performance among secondary school students in Migori county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Generally, the negative stereotyping of science as a ‘male’ field has seen, girls losing self-efficacy and interest in this field and hence they continue to lag behind boys in science performance. Statistics indicate that ... -
Moderating influence of job satisfaction on the relationship between employee resourcing practices and performance of academic staff in Kenyan public universities
(Maseno University, 2022)Public universities spur Kenya Vision 2030’s pursuit for globally acclaimed education, training and research. However, higher education stakeholders including World Bank, employers, Kenya’s Commission for University Education ... -
Synthesis and characterization of fish scales (Oreochromis niloticus) derived biochar and magnetic composites and their application in removal of anionic indigo carmine and cationic crystal violet dyes from synthetic and industrial wastewater
(Maseno University, 2022)The global and regional increase in demand for textile products have led to increased quantities of dye wastewater in the environment, which is a potential source of carcinogenic compounds. This situation not only hampers ... -
Evaluation of morphophysiological, biochemical and yield responses of Bambara groundnut landraces to sodium chloride salinity
(Maseno University, 2022)Soil salinity limits crop growth, development and productivity in agricultural soils worldwide and contributes to food insecurity. It is induced by accumulation of high levels of particularly sodium and chloride ions within ... -
Physiological, biochemical and yield responses of maize and banana plants under Calliandra calothyrsus, Sesbania sesban and Leucaena diversifolia intercropping in Vihiga county, Kenya
(2022)Increasing population leads to demand for more food. Consequently, there is need to expand agricultural land, necessitating cutting down of trees. This however, leads to soil degradation. Nutrient depleted soils and poor ... -
Influence of landscape heterogeneity on plasmodium infection in Nyakach sub-county, western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Despite scaled up intervention strategies in Kenya, existing control and treatment tools have not suppressed Plasmodium infection. Persistence of malaria has been attributed to submicroscopic infection with densities too ... -
Assessment of vulnerabilities to drought, impact and adaptation options in pastoral production systems in Laisamis, Marsabit county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Dry lands are home to about 25–30% of the global population, or around two billion people, 90% of those who live in developing countries. The same report indicates that 40% of the human population of both Africa and Asia ... -
Determinants of revenue management practices and their Effects on the financial performance of star-rated Hotels in Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Revenue management (RM) has garnered huge attention in management science research. Past RM researches have hypothetical and methodological inadequacies, such as few variables of the study, errors in measurements, and the ... -
Assessing the correlation between interannual climate Variability and land cover change, and flow regime of sub-catchments, and their impact on communities of the Mara river basin, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Climate variability and Land Cover Changes (LC) have negative consequences on watershed management. Whereas, the role of climate variability on land cover changes and stream flow regimes have affected people’s livelohoods ...