Journal Articles: Recent submissions
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Employing the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework with a case study of climate change vulnerability in Mombasa, Kenya
(Sage, 2018)This paper attempts to provide an empirical application of the enhanced Regional Tourism Sustainable Adaptation Framework using a case study of Mombasa Kenya. Climate variability is a challenge to tourism destinations, ... -
Quadratic Approach for Fast Topic Selection in Modelling Big Text Analytics
(International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology, 2018)One challenging issue in application of Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) is to select the optimal number of topics which must depend on both the corpus itself and user modeling goals. This paper presents a topic selection ... -
A Survey of Topic Model Inference Techniques
(International Journal of Computer and Information Technology, 2018)— Latent Dirichlet Allocation (LDA) is a probabilistic topic model that aims at organizing, visualizing, summarizing, searching, predicting and understanding the content of any given text data. The model enables users ... -
Effects of Stakeholders‟ Participation in the InterEthnic Conflicts and Economic Growth in Nyando, Muhoroni and Tinderet Sub-Counties
(International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR), 2018)The impact of ethnic conflicts to economic growth has been of great concerns by many Nations globally. Africa is the most affected continent in regard to conflict due to many nations within the continent experiencing ... -
FACTORS INFLUENCING TRAINING COSTS IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGES IN KENYA: A CASE OF MURANG’A UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
(2018-06)The study sought to find out the factors influencing training costs in university colleges in Kenya a case of Murang’a University College. This was occasioned by the fact that the university colleges charge different amounts ... -
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN FARM PRODUCTION CAPACITY AND AGRICULTURAL CREDIT ACCESS FROM COMMERCIAL BANKS
(International Academic Journal of Economics and Finance, 2018)In Kenya and across the globe, the proportion of commercial bank’s loans the agricultural sector relative to other sectors is generally low. This is despite the considerable financial intermediation opportunities resulting ... -
Influence of Technology Adoption on Credit Access among Small Holder Farmers: A Double-Hurdle Analysis
(Africa International Journal of Management Education and Governance, 2017)The proportion of bank lending to the agricultural sector is generally low across the globe, and the situation is no different in Kenya. This is despite the fact that commercial banks have continued to launch tailor-made ... -
Assessment of Perceived Ease of Use and Instructional Use of ICT by Lecturers in Technical Training Institutions in Kenya
(2018-04)In the past ten years, Information Communication Technology (ICT) has become an essential part of our learning and development in education. The rapid development of these new technologies coupled with the worldwide challenge ... -
Left to their own Devices: Understanding the Induction Needs of Beginning P1 Teachers in Public Primary Schools in Kenya
(2014-02)This article reports on the findings from quantitative research on the views and experiences of beginning P1 teachers in public primary schools in Kenya regarding induction, mentoring and other supportive programmes. Aim: ... -
An Evaluation of Pharmacy Pre-Registration Trainees‟ Perception of Their Placement Tutors in the United Kingdom (UK)
(2015-09)This article reports on the findings of the study that set out to investigate the views of pharmacy preregistration trainees regarding their placement tutors. The study adopted a quantitative survey approach and questionnaires ... -
Admission into Public Secondary Schools in Kenya: Understanding Parental Preferential Limitations
(MCSER Publishing, 2015)This article reports on the findings of a study that set out to investigate parents’ preference of secondary schools that their children joined for form one in 2015. The study adopted a quantitative survey approach involving ... -
Form one selection process, an encouragement or a discouragement: Examining parents’ perceptions in Baringo County, Kenya
(Merit Research Journals, 2015)This article reports on the findings of a study that set out to investigate the views of parents in Baringo County in Kenya regarding the form one selection process. The study adopted a quantitative survey design and ... -
Spatial modeling of HIV and HSV-2 among women in Kenya with spatially varying coefficients
(2016)Background: Disease mapping has become popular in the field of statistics as a method to explain the spatial distribution of disease outcomes and as a tool to help design targeted intervention strategies. Most of these ... -
Semi-Parametric Spatial Joint Modeling of HIV and HSV-2 among Women in Kenya
(2015-08)Several diseases have common risk factors. The joint modeling of disease outcomes within a spatial statistical context may provide more insight on the interaction of diseases both at individual and at regional level. Spatial ... -
EFFECTS OF INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICTS AND ECONOMIC GROWTH IN NYANDO, MUHORONI AND TINDERET SUB-COUNTIES
(2018-03)Inter-ethnic conflicts impact negatively on the economic growth. In Africa, it has cost the Continent a tune of $ 120 billion, specifically affecting the agricultural sector subjecting over 198,000,000 people to starvation ... -
Factors Affecting The Choice Of Promotional Mix By Commercial Banks In Kenya: A Case Study Of Kenya Commercial Bank Limited
(2018-03)Faced with intense competition in the market, commercial banks have engaged in aggressive marketing. This entails increased annual allocation for marketing promotion and competitive pricing of services. However, with reports ... -
Knowledge Management As A Tool For Employee Retention In Saccos
(2018-03)The environment in which organizations operate has clearly changed from predictability to uncertainty. Organizations want more from the best workers than their presence and their retention. In the co-operative sector, ... -
The Double Edged Role of Indigenous Languages in National Development: A Case of the Lower Primary Classroom in Kenyan Schools.
(2017)Language plays a fundamental role in the education outcomes of a country. The study has addressed the issue of language choice and development in a multilingual state to enable learners be advantaged both locally and ... -
Code switching between Agglutinative and Non-agglutinative Languages: A case of Kiswahili and English Verb during English Language Lesson.
(Scholars Academic and Scientific Publishers, 2017-11)Research shows that code switching plays a critical role in not only language development but also content delivery. The current study has addressed the issue of code switching in an agglutinative and non –agglutinative ... -
Understanding Realities, Inequalities and Implications Associated With Policy and Practice in Form One Selection in Secondary Schools in Kenya
(BritishJournal Publishing, Inc., 2014)This article reports on the findings from a research study on form one selection in secondary schools in Kenya. The aim of the study was to identify issues and challenges associated with form one selection using quantitative ...
