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KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDE, PRACTICES AND RISK PERCEPTION TOWARDS HIV AND AIDS PREVENTION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN GWASSI SOUTH WARD, HOMA BAY COUNTY, KENYA
(Maseno University, 2022)Approximately 1.5 million people were reported to be living with Human Immune-deficiency Virus (HIV) infection in Kenya by 2020. The prevalence of HIV and AIDS in Homa Bay County (19.6%) is 4.5 times higher than the national ... -
Effect of institutional ownership structure on earnings management of the non-financial companies listed in Nairobi securities exchange, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Earnings management has emerged as an imperative issue in the Nairobi securities exchange. The recent fall of Chase bank which was placed under receivership in 2016, Nakumatt in 2019, Dubai bank in 2015, Imperial bank in ... -
Effect of microfinance practices on credit accessibility by consumer based small scale business in Kisumu city
(Maseno University, 2022)The SME sector is important for the growth of any economy, and responsible for job creation, contribution to GDP, mopping up of productive labour and alleviation of poverty in developing economies. However, consumer-based ... -
Effect of iinternal iaudit ipractices ion ifraud irisk imanagement iin idevolved igovernment isystems iin ikenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Internal audit practices have been documented to be effective in enhancing financial reporting quality and also improving financial performance. Practices such as audit planning, periodic risk assessment, and audit automation ... -
Effect of change management practices on productivity of transport sector in Migori county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Change management is an emerging tool and is increasingly being seen as a working tool that provides solutions to various problems which may be affecting the organization today. It compasses the organizational tools that ... -
Strategy implementation and performance of energy and petroleum sector state corporations in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Strategy implementation is an interactive process of implementing strategies, policies, programs, and action plans that allows a firm to utilize its resources to take advantage of opportunities in the competitive environment. ... -
Influence of relationship marketing practices on customer retention among supermarkets in Kisumu city
(Maseno University, 2022)Relationship marketing has been used by many firms to attain competitive advantage, more so customer retention. Research has shown that it is five times more expensive to acquire a new customer than to retain the existing ... -
Effect of financial literacy on financial independence among retirees of public Universities in Western Kenya region
(Maseno University, 2022)Financial Independence (FI) means an individual’s capacity to control own finances, make decisions regarding money, support oneself financially through a job, savings, investments, or a combination of all three; without ... -
Effect of promotional mix strategies on non-financial performance of supermarkets in Kisumu city, Kenya.
(Maseno University, 2022)Retail sector in Kenya contributes averagely 10% of GDP to the economy according to Cyton survey, 2017. Oxford business group report, Kenya 2016 showed that performance of retail sector in Kenya is still low in terms of ... -
Influence of strategy implementation factors on performance of Kenya rural roads authority
(Maseno University, 2022)Kenya Rural Roads Authority (KeRRA) is a road agency vested with the responsibility of management, development, rehabilitation, and maintenance of rural roads. However, the Authority has not adequately accomplished its ... -
Assessment of public participation in the budget process in Kisumu county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)Globally, governments, researchers, and policy practitioners have advanced public participation as an important tool for democratic governance. In Africa, countries such as Kenya have recently embraced public participation ... -
Effects of psychosocial and work condition on job satisfaction of public secondary school female principals in Siaya county, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2022)The 2010 Constitution enhanced affirmative action to boost women’s participation in educational leadership in Kenya. However, in Siaya county female principals face problems in their leadership roles and work conditions ... -
A reinforcement learning multi-agent systems architecture for guaranteeing advancing conversations in task-oriented dialog systems
(Maseno University, 2022)The conversational capabilities of a dialog system have a direct impact on the tasks it can accomplish. Solving all conversational issues in dialog systems have the potential to make them serve in complex domains. While ... -
Dental caries experience and associated risk factors among pre-school going children in Bureti sub county Kericho County, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2019)Globally, dental caries is one of the most prevalent dental health problem that affects children. It is number four main cause of morbidity among under five year old children in Bureti Sub County and accounts for up to ... -
Nurses’ knowledge related to pain assessment for critically ill patients at a public sector Hospital in Johannesburg
(University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, 2014)Discrepancies exist between how pain is assessed in ICU patients able and unable to self report. There are pain assessment scales and guidelines that have been developed over the years for pain assessment. However, ... -
Le Kenya National Drama Festival : Identité culturelle dans un corpus dramatique anglophone et francophone.
(UNIVERSITÉ BLAISE PASCAL (CLERMONT II) École Doctorale Lettres, Sciences Humaines et Sociales, ED 370, 2019)This study analyszes the representation of cultural identity in sixteen drama texts written by Kenyans in English and in French for the Kenya National Drama Festival (KNDF). Considering the colonial history and the ... -
Script Acquisition: A Crowdsourcing and Text mining approach
(Saarland University, 2019)According to Grice’s (1975) theory of pragmatics, people tend to omit basic information when participating in a conversation (or writing a narrative) under the assumption that left out details are already known or can ... -
Characterization of the Genetic Diversity of Cercospora Zeina in Kenya and Mapping the QTL for resistance to Gray Leaf Spot and Turcicum Leaf Blight in Maize
(Maseno university, 2022)Gray leaf spot (GLS) caused by Cercospora zeina in Africa and Turcicum leaf blight (TLB) caused by Exserohilum turcicum are a major threat to maize production due to the associated grain yield losses. Resistance in the ... -
Mathematical modeling of flood wave: a case study of Budalang’i flood plain basin in Busia county, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2022)Flooding is a worldwide problem with more adverse effects in developing countries. In Kenya, severe flooding is experienced on the lower tributaries of Lake Victoria, mainly Budalang’i area. This is indicated in the ... -
Factors influencing implementation of orientation and mobility programme for learners who are blind in selected special primary schools for visual impairment in Kenya
(Maseno university, 2021)Independent movement offers learners who are blind connection to the world, hence the need for training in Orientation and Mobility (O & M) skills before achieving purposeful mobility. In Kenya, training in O & M skills ...