MUT REPOSITORY: Recent submissions
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Constraints and Opportunities for Greenhouse Farming Technology as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Variability by Smallholder Farmers of Nyandarua County of Kenya
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2021)Nyandarua County of Kenya has been for a long time, manifested itself as one of the major food baskets in the country. This is because of its high and sustainable output in crop farming i.e., maize, Irish potatoes, wheat, ... -
Characterization of Small Scale Farmers’ Low Levels of Adoption to Crop Insurance as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Variability in Nyandarua County of Kenya
(Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 2020)Kenya is one of the many countries in Sub Saharan Africa affected by climate variability and its related hazards due to changes in temperature and variations in rainfall in most parts of the country. The present study has ... -
Access to Clean Drinking Water and Diarrhea Occurrence among Children Under Five Years Old in Informal Urban Settlements: A Case Study of Korogocho, in Nairobi County, Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2020)World Health Organisation (WHO) has quantified the occurrence of childhood Diarrhea as a consequence of poor access to clean drinking water. This is because the water in informal urban centers is highly contaminated due ... -
INFLUENCE OF CREDIT RISK ON VALUE OF PRIVATE EQUITY FIRMS: AN EMPIRICAL SURVEY OF SAVINGS AND CREDIT COOPERATIVES IN KENYA
(International Academic Journal of Economics and Finance (IAJEF), 2022)The study sought to examine the influence of credit risk on the value of the firm among SACCOs in Kenya. Positivistic epistemological position was adopted in this study. The study adopted descriptive and causal research ... -
The Marriage Debate Among African Christians in the 21st Century: Tradition, Faith, and Emerging Realities
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2025)Africans life revolves around survival of the self and the race. Nothing guarantees this survival better than marriage. In many African communities, marriage which is primary a union with partners of the opposite sex, ... -
Cultural Revival Among Kikuyu Christians: Impact and Implications in the 21st Century
(Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024)The Kikuyu people were exposed to Christianity in the year 1900 following the arrival of Reverend McGregor. Subsequently, an overwhelming majority of individuals have adopted Christianity, with more than 90% identifying ... -
Circumcision Contestation Among African Christians in the Advent of a Rejuvenation of African Cultural Practices
(2024): Circumcision among many African communities is a vital and common rite of passage. Traditionally the rite was performed on both male and female teenagers but with the coming of the Europeans and the conversion of ... -
Allure of Pentecostalism in Mainstream Churches in the Wake of the Commoditization of the Gospel
(International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, 2022)Commoditization of the Gospel and the rise of prosperity Gospel have altered the Christian dogma. Principles such as humility, poverty and solemnity have been replaced with opulence and charisma. Human suffering including ... -
A Negotiation Process between Postmodern Worship Practices and Traditional Worship Practices in Selected Anglican Churches in Muranga County, Kenya
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 2014)Religious postmodernism is a philosophical method that attempts to analyze the present as it occurs on matters of doctrine, faith and practice particularly the view that no religion or religious view is absolutely right ... -
The Relationship between Knowledge Sharing Capability and Competitiveness of Chartered Public Universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Strategic Management, 2024)The purpose of this study was to establish the relationship between knowledge sharing capability and competitiveness of chartered public universities in Kenya. Universities are knowledge intensive environments, and play ... -
Knowledge Organization Capability and Competitiveness of Chartered Public Universities in Kenya
(European Journal of Business and Strategic Management, 2024)Purpose: Knowledge has increasingly become one of the most critical determining factors for organizational competitiveness. In order to acquire and sustain a competitive advantage, it is vital for an organization ... -
ASSESSMENT OF RAINFALL VARIABILITY AND MAIZE CROP FARMING IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA
(International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 2023)Crop farming is crucial to the livelihoods of communities living in the rural areas of Kenya. The sector largely depends on climatic variables such as rainfall for optimum crop output. This article presents the analysis, ... -
Sports tourism events and socio-economic well-being of the host communities: Motivations and benefits from an emerging destination
(Events and Tourism, 2021)Travel and tourism industry has been considered as a major catalyst for local community development. As an alternative way of involving the host community in tourism activities directly, sports tourism aims to enable the ... -
Histopathological Features in Development of Cancer of the cervix in relation to Sexually Transmitted Infections among Sexually active women attending Machakos Cancer Care and Research Centre
(Journal of Medical science and Clinical Research, 2022)Background: Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) diagnosis, treatment and management programmes have existed for many decades worldwide. Cancer of cervix diagnosis, treatment and management is however a newer phenomenon ... -
Influence of travel motivation aspects on destination loyalty of domestic tourists’ visiting Coast region, Kenya
(International Journal of Novel Research in Marketing Management and Economics, 2022)Despite the marginal growth recorded in the tourism sector in Kenya, the domestic visits and estimates fall far below targets and expectations due to a number of reasons affecting tourism demand at this level. The ... -
Natural Language Processing with Transformer-Based Models: A Meta-Analysis
(Tech Science Press, 2025)The natural language processing (NLP) domain has witnessed significant advancements with the emergence of transformer-based models, which have reshaped the text understanding and generation landscape. While their ... -
Study about TiO2/Nb2O5 Composite Electrode Thin Films for Photovoltaic Applications
(2025)Nanopowders can be defined as powdered materials with individual particles in nanometer scale or materials with crystalline in nanometer scale. Nanoparticles (NPs) are made up of a large amount of atoms or molecules ... -
A Unified U-Net-Vision Mamba Model with Hierarchical Bottleneck Attention for Detection of Tomato Leaf Diseases
(Tech Science Press, 2025)Tomato leaf diseases significantly reduce crop yield; therefore, early and accurate disease detection is required. Traditional detection methods are laborious and error-prone, particularly in large-scale farms, whereas existing ... -
THE INFLUENCE OF EDUCATION REFORMS ON THE EVOLUTION OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION: A CASE OF TVET INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Engineering Technology Research & Management, 2025)Education reforms have historically played a critical role in shaping the trajectory of technology education. This study investigated the extent to which curriculum adjustments, policy frameworks, and pedagogical ... -
Livestock Farmers’ Perception on Generation of Cattle Wastebased Biogas Methane: the Case of Embu West District, Kenya
(Journal of Energy Technologies and Policy, 2014)Perception of livestock farmers on the generation of cattle waste-based biogas methane was evaluated in this study. The study was carried out in Embu West district in Kenya. A random sampling technique was used to gather ...