Masters Theses: Recent submissions
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Genetic Diversity of Clinical Isolates of Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Circulating Within Western Kenya Between 2013 And 2014
(Maseno University, 2021)Tuberculosis (TB) is a pulmonary disease caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex. It is a major global public health problem with an estimated 8 million incidences and 3 million mortalities annually. In Kenya, the ... -
Effects of Gender on Employee Pay And Retention In Five Star Hotels In Nairobi County
(Maseno University, 2021)Labor turnover have proven to be a global crises, especially in the hospitality industry. Generally, majority of hotels are grappling with employee retention that is a resultant of employee turnover. While many studies ... -
A Surveillance Study on The Spleen Microbiome Of Wild Rodents And Shrews Caught In Marigat, Baringo County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)There is an observed global increase in emerging infectious diseases, with 13% of over 1400 known human pathogens being classified as emerging or re-emerging. Majority of the emerging pathogens are zoonoses, majority of ... -
Influence of Selected Job Satisfaction Factors on Work Performance of Public Primary School Teachers In Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Enhancement of job satisfaction is a critical strategy for improving performance of employees including teachers. Scholars have revealed that factors such as remuneration, supervision, working conditions and job security ... -
Phytochemical Composition, Larvicidal Activity of Cocos Nucifera Extracts on Busseola Fusca Fuller and Its Effects on Growth And Yield of Maize
(Maseno University, 2021)Maize forms the staple food for most Kenyans. Although, current trends show Busseola fusca as the major pest causing a decline of about 400,000 tonnes of maize in Kenya. Most farmers use synthetic insecticides to control ... -
Effects of rainfall variability on sugarcane production in Mumias sub county, Kakamega county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Temporal rainfall variability phenomenon is the degree to which rainfall amounts change at a given area through time either from month to month, season to season or year to year in relation to long-term average. The ... -
Assessment of Selected Determinants on Implementation of Inclusive Education In Public Early Childhood Centers in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Inclusive education has been established as the key mechanism to delivering education to all learners where they have an opportunity to learn and grow together in a regular environment where their needs are identified and ... -
Characterisation of Phaeoisariopsis Griseola, Phytochemical Screening and Fungicidal Activity of Selected Plant Extracts Against Phaeoisariopsis Griseola of Common Bean Var. Glp 1127 (Mwezi Moja) Maseno, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)v ABSTRACT Angular leaf spot disease (ALS) caused by Phaeoisariopsis griseola is a major constrain of common bean leading to production of less than 25% of the potential yield thus posing a chronic threat to food security ... -
Effect of Monitoring Frequency Regimes on Program Outcomes: A Case Study of the ‘Dispensers for Safe Water’ Program In Kakamega County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Monitoring and evaluation are important management functions in ensuring that program/project objectives remain on course and the expected outcomes are realized. However, there is limited information on how different ... -
The Influence of Cash Transfer Programmes on Socio-Economic Wellbeing of Recipient Households In Migori County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Conditional cash transfers are increasingly becoming best practice in the social sector for developing countries. In 2004, Orphans and Vulnerable Children Cash Transfer was introduced on pilot basis in Kenya. This was in ... -
Effect of Green Marketing Practices on Environmental Performance of Kisumu Water and Sewerege Company Ltd, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Environmental conservation is a key activity that any organization would put into consideration for sustainable development of the organization, its customers, suppliers, stakeholders and the public. Kisumu Water and ... -
Enumeration of Trees With Local Orientation by Degree Sequences and Reachability of Vertices
(Maseno University, 2020)Trees in which edges are oriented from a vertex of lower label towards a vertex of higher label, commonly referred to as locally oriented trees, were introduced by Du and Yin in an attempt to solve a problem conjectured ... -
Effect of Government Expenditures, Mortgage Credit and Per Capita Income On Residential House Prices In Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Residential house prices in majority of global markets have been rising over the last decades in both nominal and real terms. Kenya’s housing prices have increased over a short period of time. The period 2004 to 2017 marked ... -
Influence of Monitoring and Evaluation on the Poverty Graduation Program of Boma In Ngurunit, Namarei and Illautlocations, Marsabit County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Since 1990, more than 1.1 billion people have moved out of extreme poverty globally. Africa is the poorest, with 28 of the world‟s poorest countries, and more than half of the world‟s poor, living in Sub-Sahara. Kenya is ... -
Analysis of Reactivity and Functionality of Serum Antibodies From Monovalent and Multivalent Shigella Bioconjugate Vaccinated Rabbits Against Shigella Isolates From Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Shigella species is a major cause of bacterial diarrheal mortalities and morbidities worldwide and second in Kenya, especially in children under five years. Antibiotics are needed in treatment of shigellosis however, ... -
Assessment of Extent of Implementation of Inclusive Education Practices for Retention of Learners With Special Needs In Regular Primary Schools In Dadaab Sub-County, Garissa County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Inclusive education is a process in which learners with special needs participate affectively in age-appropriate classes in their neighborhood schools with appropriate supplementary aids and support services. Records from ... -
Influence of Parental Violence and Coping Strategies on Academic Achievement Among Public Secondary School Students In Kisumu Central Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)An estimated 275 million children worldwide are exposed to domestic violence annually. In Kisumu County, out of the 1044 cases of parental violence recorded by Kisumu Central Police Division (Family Section Records) in ... -
Perceived Influence of Methods on Effectiveness of Teaching History and Government In Secondary Schools In Rachuonyo North Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2021)Teaching methods helps the teachers to deliver contents required of any subject to achieve stated objectives and the desired learning outcomes. There has been continuous drop in performance in History and Government despite ... -
Reproducing Kernel for The Dirichlet Space of The Upper Half - Plane and Ces_Aro Type Operator
(Maseno University, 2020)Reproducing kernels for spaces of analytic functions continues to be of interest to many mathematicians. Most studies have concentrated on the analytic spaces of the unit disk. Reproducing kernels for the Bergman, Hardy ... -
Implementation of The Ban of Physical Punishment and Mental Harassment and Its Influence on Pupil Discipline In Public Primary Schools In Emuhaya Sub-County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2020)Physical punishment and mental harassment as methods of managing pupil discipline in primary schools are currently unlawful in line with the Basic Education Act, 2013. However, despite the ban, by the year 2015, Emuhaya ...