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The confirmation of Peste des petit ruminants(PPR) in Kenya and perception of the disease in West Pokot
(Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi, 2014)
Marakwet district is an arid district in Kenya where livestock keeping is a major activity. There have been severe outbreaks of PPR in Kenya since when it was first suspected in 1992 and confirmed in Turkana District in ...
Housing strategies in Kenyan towns and dweller-initiated transformations-Case estates from Nairobi
(2011)
Housing demand in Nairobi city has exceeded her rapid population growth culminating in
shortage, contributory to informal settlements, and now increasingly attributed to dweller-initiated
transformation in formal housing. ...
Health and production measures for smallholder pig production in Kikuyu Division, central Kenya
(2004-05-14)
A longitudinal study was carried out in Kikuyu Division (a peri-urban area in central Kenyan highlands) between January 1999 and December 1999 to estimate the baseline parameters on reproductive performance of the sow, as ...
The Missing Link in the Study of Diplomacy: The Management of the Diplomatic Service and Foreign Policy
(2010)
This paper examines issues in the study of diplomacy and foreign policy. Its beginning point is that although there have been important contributions about the content of the foreign policy and diplomacy; there is a dearth ...
Essays on Earnings and Human Capital in Kenya
(GUPEA, 2003)
Among Sub-Sahara Africa countries, Kenya has had a
rapid educational expansion. This dissertation
provides empirical analyses of the impact of education on labor earnings in Kenya, based on surveys of
manufacturing firms ...
Perspectives of adolescent boys on the risks of unwanted pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections: Kenya
(Elsevier, 2001)
Sexual debut for boys in Kenya occurs mostly by mid-adolescence. This study looks at the perspectives of adolescent boys aged 15–19 attending schools in rural, eastern Kenya on the dual risks of unwanted pregnancy, STDs ...
Spatial clustering of malaria and associated risk factors during an epidemic in a highland area of western Kenya
(University of Nairobi., 2004-07)
The epidemiology of malaria over small areas remains poorly understood, and this is particularly true for malaria during epidemics in highland areas of Africa, where transmission intensity is low and characterized by acute ...
Decomposition Rates of Biomass Obtained from Six Month-Old Tephrosia vogelii, Tithonia diversifolia and Natural Fallow Vegetation at Maseno, Kenya
(2001)
Organic residues incorporated into soil release their nutrients through decomposition. This process may be slow or rapid depending on the biomass quality and environmental conditions. For a period of 8 months, an incubation ...
Occurrence of a severe acute livestock poisoning by borehole water in Marsabit district, Kenya: A case study.
(2005)
This article report on an outbreak of acute livestock
poisoning by bore hole water that occurred at Kargi in
Marsabit District, Kenya in 2000. The borehole had
been out of use for 3 years and after its was rehabi ...
Ethnobotanical survey of biopesticides and other medicinal plants traditionally used in Meru central district of Kenya
(2013)
Ethnopharmacological relevance: The purpose of this study was to carry out a survey and document
plants used in Meru-central district by traditional healers with emphasis on those used as biopesticides.
Materials and ...