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The opinion of clients and providers towards introduction of user fee for clinic-based family planning services in Kenya
(1995)
A descriptive study of client and provider opinions towards the
introduction of family planning user fees was conducted from 27th
April to 27th May 1994, in six MOH hospitals which are indicator
hospitals for the Health ...
Studies on the interaction between root-knot nematodes and the bacterial wilt pathogen in potato production systems in Kenya
(1999)
A survey of bacterial wilt and root knot nematodes associated with potato was carried
out in three potato producing districts of Kenya namely Nyeri, Nyandarua, and Meru.
Sampling was done in 30 randomly selected. farms ...
The genesis, classification and erosion susceptibility of the soils of the semi - arid Sirima and Mukogodo catchments, Laikipia District, Kenya.
(1991-12)
The two study catchments are Mukogodo and Sirima in Laikipia
District. The objectives of this study were: to study the influence
of soil forming factors on the development of the soils of the
study areas; to study the ...
Health and productivity of calves in smallholder dairy farms in Kiambu District Kenya
(1992)
This thesis describes an investigation into the health
and prOductivity of calves on smallholder dairy farms in
Kiambu District, Kenya. The objectives were to determine the
distributions of important health and production ...
Retirement and ageing experience the case of Muranga district, Kenya
(1991-07)
The study explores retirement and aging experience in Murang’a district, Kenya. The study set out to investigate the consequences of retirement on the retiree and the family and also the determinants of such consequences ...
The socio-economic differentials of infant and child mortality in Kenya
(1996-10)
The economic cost of a prematurely terminated life is considerable if looked
from the point of nutritional, health and medical resources spent on the child.
Despite the rapid population growth in Kenya, its mortality ...
Structural adjustment, the state and education in Kenya with some illustrative examples from Kisii district
(1996)
Structural adjustment policies have now been widely embraced in several African
countries in an effort to enhance growth and development. Among other things, they were
meant to improve economic performance as well as the ...
Assessing alternative strategy options in the control of tick-borne disease: a case study of East Coast Fever control in Uasin Gishu District, Kenya.
(1993)
Lack of effective tick and tick-borne disease (TBD) control is among the factors
limiting dairy production in Uasin Gishu District in Kenya. Besides constraining
productivity through morbidity, TBDs are among the most ...
A description of the pastoral Camel production system in Moyale District, Kenya
(1999)
A description of the pastoral camel production system of the camel keeping pastoralists of Moyale
district is presented. The study focuses on herd management, identification of production constraints
and explores ...
Estimation of runoff volumes and peak rates from rural catchments in Kenya
(1994)
The estimation of runoff volumes and peak rates of runoff
was carried out in two rural catchments in Kenya. The
catchments viz., Sambret (7.02 km2) and Lagan (5.44 km2) lie
in the headwaters of the lake victoria drainage ...