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Private sector engagement in humanitarian aid projects in Kenya
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2020-09-09)
Private sector engagement in humanitarian aid projects during disasters is critical to
response and saving lives. Consequently, they are key players in the humanitarian field as
many organizations in disaster relief ...
Mama jua kali: female resistance and resilience to the coloniality of modernism and neoliberalism in Nairobi, Kenya
(Journal of Language, Technology & Entrepreneurship in Africa, 2020-09-08)
The coloniality of modernism and neoliberalism peripheralises the informal sector. Individuals in the informal economy (also known as ‘Jua Kali’ or literally ‘hot sun,’ a term that is used to describe businesses in the ...
Biochemical Methane Potential (BMP) of Market Wastes from Nairobi Inoculated With Dagoretti Slaughterhouse Waste
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Background: Anaerobic degradation entails the conversion of substrate organic
matter to biogas. A wide variety of substrate has been employed. The
biochemical methane potential of twenty market wastes was investigated ...
Normative action influence on performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya
(EJBMR, 2020-10-30)
This study sought to establish Normative action influence on performance of biosocial projects in informal settlements in Nairobi County, Kenya. The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which normative ...
Promoting Performance of the Building Construction Industry through Risk Identification: A Case of Exchequer Funded Building Construction Projects in Machakos County, Kenya
(EJBMR, 2020-12-30)
Project failure is an increasingly worrying challenge in Kenya. In implementation of exchequer funded building construction projects, the challenge is real. The study examined the influence of risk management practices on ...
Construction time overrun related risks as a determinant of completion of public private partnership projects in Kenya. Case study ofSondu Miriu Hydropower Project
(EJBMR, 2020-10-13)
In development projects especially those of construction in nature, working within the time schedules is paramount and normally an issue of conflict. Emergence of Public Private Partnership to ...
Expansions of chemosensory gene orthologs among selected tsetse fly species and their expressions in Glossina morsitans morsitans tsetse fly
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Tsetse fly exhibit species-specific olfactory uniqueness potentially underpinned by differences in their chemosensory protein repertoire. We assessed 1) expansions of chemosensory protein orthologs in Glossina morsitans ...
Acute Oral Toxicity and Anti-inflammatory and Analgesic Effects of Aqueous and Methanolic Stem Bark Extracts of Piliostigma thonningii (Schumach.)
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
Inflammation and pain are devastating conditions characterizing many diseases. Their manifestation ranges from mild body discomfort, to a debilitating experience, which may culminate in organ failure or death. In conventional ...
A microsporidian impairs Plasmodium falciparum transmission in Anopheles arabiensis mosquitoes
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
A possible malaria control approach involves the dissemination in mosquitoes of inherited symbiotic microbes to block Plasmodium transmission. However, in the Anopheles gambiae complex, the primary African vectors of ...
An Optimality Theory Account of the Phonological Processes Involved in Hiatus Resolution in the Olutura Dialect of Luyia
(University of Nairobi, 2020)
The aim of the present study was to determine if Optimality Theory (OT) constraint interaction was capable of explaining the phonological processes that are used in Hiatus resolution (HR) in Olutura, a dialect of Luyia, a ...