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Syntactic Aspects Of Ekegusii Subject And Object Markers
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, 2020-07)
The verbal complex in Bantu languages is an important unit in the syntactic structure. The verbal word in Bantu, in particular, EkeGusii, has a structure which accommodates affixation of a variety of morphemes as prefixes ...
Interactional Metadiscourse in Doctoral Thesis Writing: A Study in Kenya
(Applied Linguistics Research Journal, 2020-07-05)
Scientific writing especially doctoral dissertation writing commands a high level of objectivity, room for new knowledge, and involvement of the reader. This is manifested in the way the writers demonstrate commitment and ...
An Optimality Analysis of Hiatus Resolution Strategies in Olusuba
(American Research Institute for Policy Development, 2019-06)
Vowel hiatus is a prohibited configuration of vowels in many languages of the world. This study is established to examine strategies used to resolve vowel hiatus in Olusuba, a Bantu language spoken in parts of Kenya, ...
The Role of Indigenous Languages in Sustainable Development in Kenya
(Science Publishing Group, 2020-04-14)
A developed nation is a knowledgeable nation in educational, social, political, economic and cultural spheres. For individuals to develop educationally, socially, politically, economically and culturally, they need to ...
Fungi and Aflatoxin Levels in Traditionally Processed Cassava(ManihotesculentaCrantz) Products in HomaBay County, Kenya
(HindawiInternational Journal of Microbiology, 2020-08-26)
Cassava (Manihot esculentaCrantz) is a major source of carbohydrates, calcium, vitamins (B and C), and essential minerals and is the third most important source of calories in the tropics. However, it is not clear if the ...
Determinants of Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening Services Among Women of Reproductive Age between18-49 Years of Age in Bondo Sub County, Siaya County, Kenya
(International ResearchJournal of Advanced Engineering and Science, 2020)
Demographic factors significantly influenced the uptake of cervical cancer screening. This study aimed at finding out the determinants of uptake of cervical cancer screening services among women of reproductive. A ...
Technical Efficiency of Cricket (A. domesticus and G.bimaculatus) Production: A Cobb-Douglas Stochastic Frontier Approach
(Journal of Agricultural Economics and Rural Development, 2018-11)
Technical efficiency measures the effectiveness of an enterprise given the available resources at disposal and how well it transforms these resources to get maximum output. This study therefore investigated the technical ...
Assessment of tree species distribution and diversity in the major urban green spaces of Nairobi city, Kenya
(ournal of Horticulture and Forestry, 2016-05-11)
Plant composition of urban green spaces is an important component of urban ecosystem as it influences the provision of many environmental and social services that contribute to the quality life. In Nairobi, a few remnants ...
Isolation, Characterization and Biological Activities of Phytoconstituents from Lonchocarpus Eriocalyx Harms Leaves
(Trends in Phytochemical Research (TPR), 2018-09-27)
The plant species Lonchocarpus eriocalyx Harms (Fabaceae) is a deciduous slender tree or shrub which grows up to 15 m tall. It is an important medicinal plant in Kenya used to treat a wide range of ailments including eye ...
Preparation, characterization, and optimization of primaquine-loaded solid lipid nanoparticles
(International Journal of nanomedicine, 2014-08-11)
Primaquine (PQ) is one of the most widely used antimalarial drugs and is the only available drug that combats the relapsing form of malaria. PQ use in higher doses is limited by severe tissue toxicity including hematological- ...