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Health Information System for Real-time Tracking and Surveillance of Tb Disease Control Efforts
(university of nairobi, 2018)
Kenya has struggled to build a health information system that can efficiently improve the delivery of quality health services to its population. The Demographic and Health Surveys have shown persistently high morbidity and ...
Statistical downscaling of future rainfall and temperature under different canesm2-RCP model scenarios
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The current study downscaled daily rainfall and temperature from Canadian Second Generation Earth Systems Model (CanESM2) in Uasin-Gishu County.
The main objective of the study was to determine the future daily rainfall ...
Assessing the trend in the skill of seasonal rainfall forecast in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Many socio-economic activities in Kenya are weather and climate dependent. Therefore information on the expected weather is of paramount importance. This information is acquired through use of weather forecasts. The forecasts ...
Assessment of the availability of water for livestock use in the Mara river basin
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
2018the study was set out to assess the availability of water mainly for livestock use over mara river basin. The basin rainfall pattern was compared to the mara river (main ecological river in the basin) flow. The study ...
The assessment of the temporal characteristics of surface air temperatures over Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
The research assessed the temporal characteristic of surface air temperature over Kenya using graphical and statistical technique. The temporal characteristics investigated in the study included inter-annual trends in the ...
Impacts of Climate Variability and Weather Forecasts on Livestock Production and Marketing in Baringo County, Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2018)
The study focused on the impacts of climate variability and weather forecasts on livestock production and marketing in Mogotio and Marigat sub-counties in Baringo County, Kenya. The pastoralists have continued practicing ...
Phytochemical investigation of Zanthoxylum Paracanthum and Zanthoxylum Chalybeum for cytotoxic principles against drug sensitive and multidrug resistant Leukemia cancer cell lines
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Cancer statistics show that 13% of all death globally results from cancer. In Kenya, about 80,000 new cases of cancer are reported each year. From these new cases, about 50 people die every day as a result of cancer.
To ...
Critical factors for successful implementation of e-procurement in the Kenyan public sector
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
E-procurement is the usage of information and communication technology in performing all procurement process stages through the internet. It is aimed at ensuring that procurement transactions are transparent and efficient ...
Determination of premiums payable by Mpesa agents to cover against fraud
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
Mobile Money Transfer (MMT) services provided by Mobile Network Operators (MNO) enable funds transfers made on mobile phones of end-users using digital equivalent of cash (float) without involving the bank(Jürgen Repp∗, ...
Conversion of aluminium anodizing sludge into aluminium potassium sulphate for use as a coagulant in wastewater treatment
(University of Nairobi, 2018)
During the process of aluminium surface treatment, a large quantity of aluminium-rich sludge is generated but its disposal is a great challenge. The main objective of this study was to investigate the potential to recover ...