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VISIONARY LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE DELIVERY IN NATIONAL GOVERNMENT CONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND IN KENYA
(International Journal of Novel Research in Interdisciplinary Studies, 2024-01)The study aimed to explore the impact of visionary leadership on the delivery of services in the Constituency Development Fund (CDF) of Kanduyi, Kenya. It utilized a descriptive research design and focused on 2,977 employees ... -
Visitor Profile: Shaping Experiential Quality, and Post-Consumption Behaviours in Kenyan Theme Parks
(African Journal of Tourism and Hospitality Management, 2024-05)Visitor experiences are individual occurrences characterized by their subjective nature. As a result, each consumer has a unique perspective on the quality of experience depending on their visitor profiles. The literature ... -
Voltage profile improvement using switched capacitors: case of single wire earth return distribution network
(2017)Most rural areas in Africa are characterized by scattered villages with a very low demand in electricity. Due to improper planning and lack of knowledge on low cost technologies, the cost of extending the grid to supply ... -
Voltage Stability Analysis and Improvement of Power System With Increased SCIG-based Wind System Integration
(2020)This paper presents voltage stability analysis and improvement of power system when there is increase in wind power penetration. Loading parameter-Voltage curve was used to calculate the loadability and the megawatt margin ... -
Voltage stability analysis using CP_ANN and optimized capacitor bank placement
(2010)Voltage Stability refers to the ability of power system to maintain steady voltage at all buses in the system after being subjected to a disturbance from a given initial operating condition. In this paper, the IEEE 30-bus ... -
Voltage stability assessment and enhancement of power grid with increasing wind energy penetration
(Elsevier, 2020-03)This paper presents the voltage stability assessment of power system with increasing wind energy penetration. The effects of increasing Doubly-Fed Induction Generator-based Wind Energy Conversion System (DFIG-WECS) penetration ... -
A Voltage Stability Constrained Optimal Power Flow using Multi-objective Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm
(2021-11)As the global demand for energy rises, power system networks are teetering on the verge of collapsing owing to a compromise in system stability. During system disturbances, the network's inability to supply adequate reactive ... -
Voltage Stability Enhancement of the Uganda Power System Network
(IEEE, 2021-08)The unprecedented growth in demand and drive towards deregulation has brought about a complex and constantly changing grid. More so, with the current environmental and economic pressures, there's a reported growing number ... -
Voltage stability improvement on optimal placement of facts devices
(2016)Voltage stability challenge in power systems remains one of the major concerns in system planning and operation. The ability of a power system to maintain acceptable voltage levels at all buses in the system under normal ... -
Volume of Deposits, A determinant of Total Long-term Loans Advanced by Commercial Banks in Kenya: Case of Bungoma County.
(2015-12)Commercial banks have exponentially increased their total loans advanced over the period 2002- 2013. However commercial banks in Kenya have shown varying long term lending behavior. The main objective of this study was to ... -
Wagar and Motley “Archaic” Vestiges: A Postmodernist Reading of Contemporary Somali Fiction
(Literature Association of South Africa and Unisa Press., 2022)The advent of the modernist dream resulted in the universalisation of culture, which entails deliberate effort to abandon traditional ways of life that foster difference and instead embracing national cultures to bring ... -
Warburgia Ugandensis: A Review of Compounds and Bioactivity
(2023-07)Warburgia species (Canellaceae) are traditionally used to treat a wide range of illnesses including stomach ache, diarrhea, abdominal pains, toothache, oral thrush, venereal diseases, cold and cough, fever, muscle pains, ... -
The Water Cycle
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Water Pricing Option for Efficient Irrigated Maize Production in Kenya
(2021-08)Due to water scarcity and unreliable rainfall regimes, irrigation plays an important role in the production of food worldwide. Farmers’ willingness to pay, Scarcity and opportunity cost of water, as well as financing are ... -
What universities should do to survive coronavirus crisis
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Wider range of tuning the proposed VSC-HVDC system for improved controller performance
(2016)Tuning of the Voltage Source Converters, High Voltage Direct Current (VSC-HVDC) controllers is a critical undertaking continuously carried out in power system operation to ensure system stability is kept under control ... -
Widespread reliance on olfactory sex and species identification by lyssomanine and spartaeine jumping spiders
(Oxford, 2012-10)Jumping spiders (Salticidae) are renowned for their exceptional vision, but this does not preclude use of other senses. Here we provide evidence that olfactory pheromones are widespread in the Spartaeinae and Lyssomaninae, ... -
A “win-win” scenario: the use of sustainable land management technologies to improve rural livelihoods and combat desertification in semi-arid lands in Kenya
(2014)Dryland ecosystems support over 2 billion people and are major providers of critical ecosystems goods and services globally. However, desertification continues to pose a serious threat to the sustainability of the drylands ...