Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Governing Emerging Technologies: A Systematic Exploration of Kenya’s Biotechnology and LMO-Specific Policy Documents for Adoption and Implementation of Synthetic Biology
(International Journal of Innovative Science and Research Technology, 2021)As an emerging yet disruptive technology, the most challenging questions surrounding synthetic biology (SynBio) are, arguably, those of regulatory nature. At the global scale, such questions have been framed within ... -
Elided Populations: A Baseline Survey on Human Trafficking in Kenya
(International Rescue Committee, 2017)Trafficking in persons is a crime. It is gaining momentum in the continent and particularly in Kenya and also attracting the attention of actors who are working to combat it. This focus shows the multiplicity of actors ... -
Incoherent policies and contradictory priorities in Kenya
(Refugee Studies Centre, Oxford Department of International Developmen, 2022-09-01)Policies should aim to realise a people or a group’s aspirations. However, in politically complex institutional environments, the design and adoption of policies may lose sight of common goals. Since the 1990s, Kenya ... -
One Step Forward, Two Backward—Every Five Years: Electoral Violence and Peacebuilding in Kenya
(Springer International Publishing, 2022-10-27)Over the past twenty years or so, the peacebuilding enterprise has witnessed the development of many frameworks, models, strategies, fundamental assumptions and principles designed to achieve sustainable peace. Peacebuilding ... -
Habitat Diversity, Stability, and Productivity of Malaria Vectors in Irrigated and Nonirrigated Ecosystems in Western Kenya
(Oxford University Press, 2022-11-05)Several sub-Saharan African countries rely on irrigation for food production. This study examined the impact of environmental modifications resulting from irrigation on the ecology of aquatic stages of malaria vectors in ... -
Maternal Factors Influencing Under-five Mortality in Karemo Sub-county in Siaya County, Kenya
(Research Square, 2023-03)Background Despite the substantial reduction of under-five mortality (U5M) across the world, about 15,000 under-fives (U5s) die daily. Majority occurs in developing countries with Sub-Saharan African countries like Kenya ... -
Predicting Adolescent Mental Health Outcomes Across Cultures: A Machine Learning Approach
(Springer US, 2023-04-19)Adolescent mental health problems are rising rapidly around the world. To combat this rise, clinicians and policymakers need to know which risk factors matter most in predicting poor adolescent mental health. Theory-driven ... -
Enviromental Risk Factors Associated with Primary Liver Cancer in Western Kenya: A Mini-review
(ScienceOpenLibrary, 2021)Primary Liver Cancer (PLC) is a global health burden, which is poorly addressed in developing countries. It is ranked the third leading cause of cancer-related mortality worldwide, with high incidence rates reported in ... -
Maize from Push-Pull Technology (PPT): Can the produce be differentiated?
(Maseno University, 2023)Low soil fertility, weeds, pests, and climatic change severely threaten crop productivity and agricultural sustainability, especially in SSA. Despite decades of research finding adequate technical solutions for most ... -
Might legalized gambling expose Kenyan microenterprises to survival risks during COVID-19 Pandemic?
(Maseno University, 2023)Microenterprises are very small in size but growth-oriented enterprises largely dependent on founder’s cultural orientation for survival. Kenya enacted a legal framework on micro and small enterprise development in 2012. ... -
Promoting Conservation Agriculture through Push-Pull Technology as an Agroecological Transition
(Maseno University, 2023)Low soil fertility, weeds, pests, and climatic change severely threaten crop productivity and agricultural sustainability, especially in SSA. Despite decades of research finding adequate technical solutions for most ... -
Relationship between Worklife Balance and Employee Turnover in Private Security Companies, Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Private security services play a significant role in protection of property all over the world hence there is need to improve on their job satisfaction. Rigidity of working time accompanied by unclear work schedule has ... -
Isomorphism in Management of County Governments, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2023)Institutional theory argues that the primary objective of organizational change is formal legitimacy. In other words, organizations adapt their internal characteristics in order to conform with the expectations of the key ... -
COVID-19 disruptions and pivoting in SMEs in the hidden middle of Kenya’s potato and fish value chains
(Wageningen academic, 2023)Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya were severely affected by the COVID-19 pandemic and restrictions put in place to contain it. This study assesses the impact of these restrictions on the midstream of the potato ... -
Evaluation of changes in coagulation factors in fresh frozen plasma during storage at -18°C for 5 weeks at Kisii Teaching and Referral Hospital.
(Medrxiv, 2023)Background: Fresh frozen plasma is a critical substitute therapy in management of bleeding. Increased risk of venous thrombosis has been described to be associated with high plasma levels of several coagulation ... -
Expectations, Culture, and Adaptation to Higher Education Institutions by First-Year Students
(IGI Global, 2023)This chapter analyzed expectations, culture, and adaptation to higher education institutions by first-year students. By adopting a conceptual review as framework, data were obtained from published literature. The results ... -
Thermal properties and pressure-dependent elastic constants of cadmium stannate as a substrate for MEMS: An ab initio study
(North-Holland, 2023-02-15)Silicon carbide (SiC) has become a suitable replacement to silicon as a substrate for manufacture of microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) that operate in harsh environmental conditions, owing to its better mechanical ... -
A Review of Smartphone as an Office: Security Risks and Mitigation Measures
(setjournal.com, 2023-04-24)Smartphones have become the most popular mode of communication as well as a novel mode of work, allowing users to work from anywhere and increasing their efficiency and responsiveness. However, the flexibility and convenience ... -
Community case management of malaria in Western Kenya: performance of community health volunteers in active malaria case surveillance
(BioMed Central, 2023-03-08)In western Kenya, not all malaria cases are reported as stipulated in the community case management of malaria (CCMm) strategy. This underreporting affects the equity distribution of malaria commodities and the evaluation ... -
A Mini-Review of the Economic Aspects of Fish Cage Farming In Lake Victoria
(Research Gate, 2023)In recent years, governments, researchers and policy makers have encouraged the use of net cages for fish production in an effort to increase aquaculture production by utilizing the enormous natu- ral waters on the ...