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Compliance with Physical Planning Standards by Residential Developments in Kisii Town, Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2018)
The objective of this study was to determine the extent to which residential developments in Kisii Town complied with Building Coverage Ratio (BCR) and Floor Area Ratio (FAR) physical planning standards. To attain this, ...
Spatio-Temporal Implications of Land Use Change in Kisii Town, Kenya
(American Journal of Geographic Information System, 2018)
Policy design for spatial planning interventions should be informed by a clear understanding of the spatio-temporal dynamics of urban land use change. As such, effective monitoring of urban land use change is imperative ...
The Mitochondrial Genome of an Endangered Native Singidia Tilapia, Oreochromis Esculentus: Genome Organization and Control Region Polymorphism
(Informa Health Care., 2015-10-13)
Singidia tilapia (Oreochromis esculentus) is a native Cichlid fish of important commercial value, distributed in Lake Victoria, East Africa. Due to its declining population levels in its natural habitat, this species has ...
Complete Mitochondrial DNA Sequences of Saccostrea Mordax and Saccostrea Cucullata: Genome Organization and Phylogeny Analysis
(Informa Health Care, 2015-07-30)
Classified in the phylum mollusks, oysters are bivalves which are found in estuaries and coastalzones. Because of their plastic shell, mitochondrial DNA analysis of this species becomes an interesting field, necessary to ...
Examining the Effect of Community Participation on Beneficiary Satisfaction with the Work of Water Management Committee in Urban Community-Based Operated Water Schemes
(Springer, 2020-05-28)
Community participation (CP) has become popular in development discourse and practice, particularly in relation to water resource management. Greater involvement of beneficiaries in decision-making and implementation of ...
Spatial Equity In Devolved Healthcare: Is It Quality Or Quantity Causing Spatial Clustering In Maternal Health Utilization When Affordability Has Been Addressed?
(American Journal of Geographic Information System, 2018)
Devolved healthcare in Kenya, from onset, apparently concentrated on increasing, expanding, upgrading and refurbishment of health facilities as well as improving staff base among other interventions in a bid to decentralize ...
Are There Significant Variations on Rainfall and Temperature Overtime (1986-2015) in Siaya County, Kenya?
(Book Publisher International, 2020)
This study was carried out in Siaya County. The purpose of the study was to find out if there are significant variations on temperature and rainfall overtime (1986-2015) in Siaya County. The secondary data used for the ...
Actors’ perceptions of government performance in support of value chain development in marine small-scale fisheries in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2020-09-25)
Small-scale fisheries actor’s perceptions of government performance in implementing value chain development functions outlined in policies and laws, are inadequately studied. The present study conducted in Malindi, Mayungu, ...
Factors influencing financial performance in marine small-scale fisheries value chain in Kenya
(Elsevier, 2020-12)
Factors influencing financial performance in marine small-scale fisheries are numerous but are scantily documented and tested, more so from the Structure-Conduct-Performance perspective. The present study empirically tested ...
Impacts of Military Training on The Distribution and Abundance of Small Versus Large Wildlife Herbivores on Mpala Ranch, Laikipia, Kenya
(African Journal of Ecology, 2015)
Since the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq began, Kenya’s training grounds have become increasingly relevant to the British Army Training Unit in Kenya (BATUK). This has seen ranches hosting the army in Laikipia increase to ...