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Fundraising as a source of funding for public university libraries in Kenya
(Mousaion, 2016)
The aim of this study was to examine fundraising as a viable supplementary source of funding for
public university libraries in Kenya. Ideally, university libraries require sufficient funding in order
to play their role ...
A Catalogue and Inventory of Cultural Heritage Sites, Artifacts and Features in Kisumu City and its Environs in Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya
(ResearchGate, 2020-11)
Most of the cultural heritage sites, artifact and features are under constant threat from human activities and natural processes. Oral traditions of these sites are under threat. This threat is occasioned by the lack of ...
Quarrying and Land Degradation in Nyakach Sub County, Kenya
(International Journal of Earth Sciences Knowledge and Applications, 9/15/2021)
Land degradation is a problem facing humanity on earth today as it threatens food security as well as viable land use activities. This study considered quarrying as a form of land degradation using human beings as geomorphic ...
Challenges Facing Integrated Household Garbage Disposal For Garbage Management In Kisii Town, Kenya
(International Journal of Geography, Geology and Environment, 2019-06)
Factors that mostly affected household garbage management were; inadequate garbage disposal
facilities in town and residential areas whereby 87% agreed and 13% disagreed (M=3.41, SD, 0.965), lack of enough damp sites ...
Livelihood Coping Strategies among Artisanal Fishing Households on the Shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2021-05)
Developing countries are endowed with abundant natural resources. They are also more reliant on natural resources given their limited technology and inadequate infrastructural development. Despite the abundance of such ...
Artisanal Fisheries Socio-Economic Characteristics in Development Planning Strategies
(Journal of Humanities And Social Science, 2021-04)
In developing countries, artisanal fisheries occupy a critical position in rural livelihoods. This is because fishing as an activity offers great opportunities for rural communities who have minimal resource endowment. In ...
Challenges Faced by Principals in Managing Teachers Employed by Board of Management in Public Secondary Schools in Bondo Sub-County, Kenya
(Journal of Education and Practices, 2021-12)
Principals are professionally trained as teachers yet they carry out management roles of teachers employed by Board of Management (BoM) thus assume the role of human resource managers. Multiplicity of principals’ roles ...
Assessment of Coping and Adaptation Strategies Employed by Dairy Cattle Farmers to Counter the Effects of Rainfall Variability in Keumbu Division, Kisii County, Kenya
(International Journal of Geography, Geology and Environment, 2019-05-12)
Rainfall variability characterized by intense rainfall, more frequent droughts and unpredictable rainfall has devastating effects on rain-fed agriculture and dairy production in particular. Over the years, dairy cattle ...
Coping strategy for curbing wood fuel scarcity in Nyamache sub-county, Kisii County, Kenya
(International Journal of Geography, Geology and Environment, 2022-12-02)
Wood fuel shortage has existed worldwide since the 1970s during oil energy crisis; accelerating wood fuels scarcity hence coping strategies. This study on local community based strategy for curbing wood fuel shortages was ...
Population Movements and the Consolidation of Authority in the Inter-Lacustrine Region of Western Kenya: A Political Transformation of Gem Community in Pre-Colonial Times
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2023-01)
During the time before European colonisation, the gem people of Kenya did not have any kind of state organisation or formal chiefdoms. The breadth of this paper is limited by the primary focus of this investigation. Beginning ...