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Economic Growth and Public Sector Size: Examples from Kenya's Vision 2030
(2012-10-15)
The Vision 2030 proposes to contain growth of total expenditures with expenditure rationalization that shifts resources from non-priority to priority areas. This is expected to see the development expenditure increase from ...
Effectiveness of chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combination in the treatment of falciparum malaria in a malaria endemic area of Kenya
(1998)
A study on the comparative efficacy of two antimalarial drugs, namely chloroquine and sulfadoxine/pyrimethamine combination in the treatment of falciparum malaria was carried out in Siaya District, Nyanza Province of Kenya. ...
School knowledge and its relevance to everyday life in rural Western Kenya
(2006)
This article examines the relevance of school knowledge in the context of everyday life using ethnographic data collected among primary schoolchildren and adults in rural western Kenya. Using the concept of the educated ...
Assessment of erosion hazard with the USLE and GIS: A case study of the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro North basin of Kenya
(Elsevier, 2000)
The Universal Soil Loss Equation (USLE) was used to predict soil erosion hazard in the Upper Ewaso Ng'iro North basin of Kenya using data from erosion plots and reconnaissance surveys. The R-factor (rainfall erosivity) was ...
Etiology, Effect of Soil pH and Sweetpotato Varietal Reaction to AlternariaLeaf Petoile and Stem Blight in Kenya
(2001-03)
Leaf petiole and stem blight disease is commonly encountered on sweetpotato in Kenya. A study was carried out to confirm the causal agent of the disease in different agro-ecological zones of Kenya and determine the importance ...
Studies on the physiological effects of viruses on sweet potato yield in Kenya
(Association of Applied Biologists, 2004-08)
Experiments to determine the effect of the three viruses most common on Kenyan sweet potato varieties were carried out at the University of Nairobi Kabete farm. The sweet potato varieties were Bungoma, Kemb 10 and Ex-Shimba ...
Role of plasmids in the virulence of enteric bacteria
(1997)
Plasmids have been shown to play an important role in the pathogenecity of most enterobacteria. Their involvement in various enterobacteria was discovered at different times and there is resemblance in the type of toxins ...
Occurence of peri-parturient rise in trichostrongylid nematode egg output in Dorper ewes in a semi-arid area of Kajiado District of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2004)
An investigation on the occurrence of peri-parturient rise in trichostrongylid nematode egg output in breeding ewes was carried out on a Ranch in the semi-arid area of Kajiado District in Kenya during the period May ...
Access, sources and value of new medical information: views of final year medical students at the University of Nairobi
(2009-01)
Summary Objectives
To evaluate final year medical students' access to new medical information. Method
Cross-sectional survey of final year medical students at the University of Nairobi using anonymous, self-administered ...