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‘Identity, Politics and Gender Dimensions in Ngugi Wa Thiongos’s, Wizard of the Crow
(2013-07)
This paper provides a critical overview of the treatment of the questions of identity, politics and gender in Kenyan novelist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s work, The Wizard of the Crow. The issue of identity is explored against the ...
Representations of Kenyan history in oral literature: 1948-2002
(2013-07)
This paper discusses the representation of Kenyan history in oral literature between 1948 and 2002. The
paper relied on library and ethnographic data. The ethnographic data included audio recordings of
renditions of well ...
Influence of School Factors on Development of Academic and Moral Competence of Secondary School Students’ in Embu West District, Kenya
(Center for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2013-11)
Schools are expected to holistically develop learner’s competence. However, the academic and moral
competencies of students have not been achieved. Therefore this study aimed at investigating the influence of
school ...
School ICT Policy, a Factor Influencing Implementation of Computer Studies Curriculum in Secondary Schools.
(2013)
The introduction of ICT curriculum in education among schools in many countries was as a result of National ICT policy initiatives by the government. The National ICT curriculum differs from regions depending on the education ...
Automation of pressure and temperature measurements in vacuum deposition systems
(2013-08)
This paper describes a simple automated instrumentation and measurement system that is designed to offer a more reliable and fast method of measuring temperature and pressure, in thin film deposition systems. ...
Conjecture of banach space operator ideals in nuclear spaces
(2013-06)
We apply the notion of Banach space operator ideals in nuclear spaces through topological vector spaces. The motivation for this study came from attempts to generalize the structure of nuclear spaces as a result of nuclear ...
Dropout among Male Pupils in Primary Schools of Igembe District, Kenya
(2013)
Education plays a key role in human development through the process of empowering people to improve
their well being and participation in national building. Dropout however poses a serious threat to gains in
education ...
Responses of tropical maize landraces to Spotted stem borer damage in Kenya
(2013-03)
The potential to manage insect pests using host-plant resistance exists, but has not been exploited adequately. The objective of this study was to determine the resistance of 75 tropical maize landraces ...
Mechanisms and Sources of Resistance in Tropical Maize Inbred Lines to Chilo partellus Stem Borers
(2013)
Developing maize with durable resistance to maize stem borers could be enhanced by identifying genotypes with different mechanisms of resistance and pyramiding the resistances into high yielding genotypes. This study was ...
Evaluation of micronutrients in seeds of Pumpkin varieties grown by smallholder farmers in the Lake Victoria Basin
(2013-12)
This study shows micronutrients malnutrition and its devastating effects taking toll of the world,
affecting over two billion of its population. Measures have been put in place that includes
supplementation, fortification ...