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Extent to which community participation in project identification and planning influences sustainability of NMK food security projects in Kisumu West, Kenya
(2015)
Community participation has been ignored in the development of these interventions leading to failures and non-sustainable Projects. To address this shortcoming governments have employed a new strategy of partnership ...
Building legal bridges: fostering eastern Africa integration through commercial arbitration
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
This paper explores the feasibility of commercial arbitration as a means to
foster the process of Eastern Africa integration. Th
e author proffers an argument in
the context of Eastern Africa integration, that commercial ...
Strategies for oral health research in Africa and the Middle Eastern region
(2015)
The highest burden of diseases worldwide is in low- and middle-income countries, but due to lack of capacity and inadequate infrastructure, research output from these countries is unable to address existing and emerging ...
Potential side effects of biocontrol and plant-growth promoting bacillus amyloliquefaciens bacteria on earthworms.
(University of Nairobi, 2015)
Many bacteria strains are now successfully used for plant-growth promotion (PGPR) and as biocontrol agents (BCA) against plant diseases. Mechanisms behind their action involve production of enzymes and antibiotics, which ...
Retrieval of aerosol optical depth over ecologically stressed East African land surfaces from top of atmosphere radiance utilizing the aerosol free vegetation index.
(2015)
Traditional satellite based AOD retrieval techniques with a coarse resolution such as collection 5 hardly provides a high spatial detail suitable for accurate AOD retrieval particularly over the ecologically stressed sites ...
The Critical Technological Factors OF E-Government in Kenya
(2015)
EGovernment and innovation can provide significant opportunities to transform public administration into an instrument of
sustainable development. However, the rate of failure of eGovernment projects in the developing ...
Local Participation in Community Forest Associations: A Case Study of Sururu and Eburu Forests, Kenya
(2015)
Participation of local communities in the management and utilization of state-owned forest resources has
become widely recognized in contrast to centralised forms of forest governance. This paper examined the
extent of ...
Using a Mobile Based Web Service to Search for Missing People – A Case Study Of Kenya
(2015)
Being out of touch with a loved one is concerning and not hearing from someone you care about is terrifying. Several cases
of missing people have been reported for many years, where most of the searches turn out unsuccessful. ...
Farmers’ Requirements in an Artificial Intelligent System for Diagnosis of Maize Diseases in Kenya
(2015)
A study was conducted to determine the following: commonly used sources of agricultural diagnostic
information by maize farmers, content of information which farmers would like to receive for full satisfaction on
diagnostics, ...
A retrospective study on findings of canine hip dysplasia screening in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-11)
Aim:
The current study was undertaken to evaluate the findings of canine hip dysplasia screening in Kenya.
Materials and Methods:
Records for 591 dogs were included in this study. The data was obtained from the national ...