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Portrayal of the Contemporary African Politician in Swahili Poetry
(2015-09)
This study was, in a broader sense, intended to identify the many political, social and economic changes that the continent of Africa has undergone since independence. Among the significant changes witnessed are those of ...
Food algae for Lesser Flamingos: a stocktaking
(Springer, 2016-07)
Lesser Flamingo, the flagship species of saline wetlands of Africa and India, is a specialised feeder subsisting on microscopic cyanobacteria and algae. To establish the relationship between flamingo occurrence and food ...
Organizational Contingencies Influencing the Adoption of Strategic Management Accounting Practices among Manufacturing Firms in Kenya
(2016-04)
The study sought to contend with the dearth of studies in adoption of Strategic Management Accounting (SMA) practices in manufacturing firms in Kenya with the view of filling this gap. The overall objective of the study ...
Plant parasitic nematode assemblages associated with sweet potato in Kenya and their relationship with environmental variables
(Springer, 2016-11)
Sweet potato is one of the most important staple food crops consumed in Kenya and throughout Africa but yields are greatly reduced by plant parasitic nematodes (PPN). The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence ...
Diversity and Abundance Patterns of Amphibians in Rehabilitated Quarries of Bamburi Near Mombasa (Kenya)
(Research, 2013-11)
Amphibians are sensitive to changes in the environment and are, therefore, excellent
indicators of success in restoring degraded habitats. As such, a clear understanding on how
amphibian populations respond to changes ...
Measuring the role of seagrasses in regulating sediment surface elevation
(Scientific Reports, 2017-09)
Seagrass meadows provide numerous ecosystem services and their rapid global loss may reduce human
welfare as well as ecological integrity. In common with the other ‘blue carbon’ habitats (mangroves
and tidal marshes) ...
Determination of Stem Rust Ug99 Disease Severity in Selected Wheat Backcrosses in Kenya
(2017-05)
Stem rust (Puccinia graminis tritici) is a disease of economic importance in wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) worldwide. The objective of this study was to determine the disease severity of the BC1F1 plants in the nursery at ...
Genotype X Environment Interaction of Inbred Lines of Maize (Zea Mays L.) and Stability of Crosses in Kiambu and Embu Counties, Kenya.
(2016-05)
Despite the fact that virtually all households in Kenya grow maize over 60% of them are net maize buyers because
they do not produce enough for their consumption. Kenya’s current food supply situation and outlook give ...
Segmentation and Alignment of Multi-oriented and Curved Text Lines from Document Images
(2015-06)
In this paper, we present a novel approach to segment and align multi-oriented and curved text-lines from document images. We
assumed that the input document image contains text-lines with arbitrary orientation and ...
An Exploration of Factors that Contribute to Low Performance in Physics: A Case of a Secondary School in Kenya
(2015-08)
The study reported in this paper aimed at exploring the factors that contribute to students’ low performance in
physics. Study participants were 2 physics teachers (a male and a female) and 57 physics students (30 males ...