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Plant residue-derived organic carbon input into soil in African indigenous vegetable production systems
(2016-09)
Food production in sub Saharan Africa is constrained by low soil fertility, whereby soil organic matter (SOM) is key factor regulating many soil functions that determine the yielding ability of soils. SOM content is ...
Factors contributing to delay in seeking treatment among pulmonary tuberculosis patients in Suneka Sub-County, Kenya
(Health Education Research & Development, 2016-03-31)
Tuberculosis is a major global public health problem and a leading cause of morbidity and mortality in Kenya. TB
control has remained a major challenge for the TB control programme especially in this HIV/AIDS era and ...
Mukhebi theory of economic development: lionizing the Kenyan economy
(American International Journal of Contemporary Research, 2016-04)
The author argues that since independence in 1963, Kenya’s national mission has been to eradicate three evils of poverty, ignorance and disease. However, these afflictions are to-day endemic in the country and have grown ...
Translating policies into informal settlements' critical services: Reframing, anchoring and muddling through
(Wiley Online Library, 2016-12-22)
This paper examines how policies and plans are translated into informal settlements' practice. It builds on literature on policy implementation practice and organization studies, and more particularly, it applies the ...
An assessment of effectiveness of drug rehabilitation programs in Kisii County- Kenya
(Health Education Research & Development, 2016-02)
According to the World Drug Report, approximately 200 million people, about 5% of the World’s population aged
between 15 and 64 years have either been forced or voluntarily sought the help of rehabilitation centers ...
Land access and outmigration in densely populated areas of rural Kenya
(2016)
One of the key drivers of youth migration of inequitable distribution of land which denies them access to work environment. Youths hold limited small land sizes even when they migrate and this limits there involvement in ...
Factors associated with default from TB treatment among tuberculosis patients in Busia County
(IJASSH, 2016-08)
Tuberculosis remains a major health problem in many tropical countries, including Kenya. Defaulting from treatment has been an obstacle to treatment management control. Inability to complete the prescribed regimen is quite ...
Norm inequalities of norm-attainable operators and their orthogonal extensions
(2016)
We present new norm inequalities of matrices of norm-attainable operators and characterize the maps that act on matrices of these operators. Moreover, we characterize completely bounded norms, give their orthogonal extensions ...
Morphological, biochemical and molecular characterization of Xanthomonas campestris pv. vesicatoria of African nightshades ( Solanum scabrum Mill.)
(INNSPUB, 2016-07)
African nightshade (Solanum scabrum Mill.) is one important vegetable in terms of food security and nutritional balance. The vegetable is usually medicinal and also a source of income to many small scale farmers in Kenya. ...