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Mwangolo, Kombo Shaibu (UoEm, 2024-05-20)

Mwangolo Kombo Shaibu, a fourth-year law student of the University of Embu wins the first position with a cash prize award of CHF 450, in the essay writing competition of the 21st Century, organized by the International ...

RULE OF LAW IN EAST AFRICA-CHALLENGES

Margaret, Manyange Kerubo (UoEm, 2024-05-20)

The East African Community (EAC) comprises of the following Countries Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Somalia, Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi. For a country to be admitted to the EAC, it must subscribe ...

Determinants for rainwater harvesting adoption: a case study of smallholder farmers in Murang’a County, Kenya

Itemo Irungu, Francis; Yegon, Rebecca; Milkah Muniale, Faith (UoEm, 2024-05-17)

Rainwater harvesting has been practiced among smallholder farmers for centuries in many parts of the world. Recently, it has gained more attention due to the reported increasing water demand and the need for sustainable ...

Environmental Justice and Alternative Dispute Resolution

George, Nyamboga Nyanaro; Victor, Kiptoo Chumba; Gloria, Koskei Cherotich; Joshua, Kimani; Hamisi, A. Silaha; Solomon, Gathere Njuguna; Vincent, Gachumi Mwangi; Deborah, Nzomo; Samuel, Maroro; Joy, Maina; Samuel, Karanja; Prisco, Ng’ang’a; Oscar, Mukabwa; Ontweka, Yvonne Kwamboka; Kelsey, Roda Kiplagat; Allex, O. Mokua; Brian, Kipkurui; Christopher, Kinyua Mwai; Elder, Jepleting; Celestine, Makori; Grace, Ingabire; Aromo, Marion; Margaret, Akinyi; Edwin, Kola Muwanga; Alamyn, Omondi; James, Njuguna (UoEm, 2024)

Trust the Process — a mantra that has not only guided but also illuminated our path from the spark of an idea to the full bloom of realization. Engraved within these pages, whether held in hand or displayed on screen, lies ...

Shifting focus from external to in situ organic resources The redesign of four tropical long-term experiments

Laub, Moritz; Corbeels, Marc; Ndungu, Samuel Mathu; Mucher-uMuna, Monicah Wanjiku; Mugendi, Daniel; Yegon, Rebecca; Waswa, Wycliffe; Vanlauwe, Bernard; Six, Johan (UoEM, 2024-07)

Long-term experiments (LTEs) are critical for evaluating strategies that can maintain or increase crop yields, soil fertility and soil organic carbon (SOC), and help adapt to climate change. Yet, scientific knowledge is ...

Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study

Budambula, Valentine ; Ngari, Moses ; Budambula, Nancy L.M. ; Ahmed, Abid A. ; Were, Tom (UoeM, 2024)

Introduction Despite documentation on injection drug use (IDU) in Kenya, the nutritional status of people who inject drugs (PWIDs) is under-explored. Elsewhere studies report under-nutrition among PWIDs which is attributed to ...

Garden Project Bears Fruit in School Display

Special to the Commercial; Yegon, Dr. Rebecca; Harris, Professor Karleah (UoEm, 2023-11-11)

Pine Bluff Junior High School recently displayed its garden during a visit by Karleah Harris, assistant professor for the Department of Human Sciences at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff, along with UAPB alumni and ...

Do combined sustainable agricultural intensification practices improve smallholder farmers welfare? Evidence from eastern and western Kenya

Nyarindo, Wilckyster Nyateko; Mugera, Amin; Hailu, Atakelty; Obare, Gideon Aiko (UoEm, 2024-02-21)

Smallholder farmers often bundle different sustainable agricultural intensification (SAI) practices to boost crop yield and address soil fertility challenges. However, there is a dearth of empirical studies that investigate ...

Staff Profile: Dr. Wanja Kangangi

WANJA, KANGANGI (UoEm, 2023-12-19)

Research Interests: FOLKLORE/ORATURE/ PERFORMING ARTS/FILM

Mapping brucellosis risk in Kenya and its implications for control strategies in sub‑Saharan Africa

Akoko, James M.; Mwatondo, Athman; Muturi, Mathew; Wambua, Lillian; Abkallo, Hussein M.; Nyamota, Richard; Bosire, Caroline; Oloo, Stephen; Limbaso, Konongoi S.; Gakuya, Francis; Nthiwa, Daniel; Bartlow, Andrew; Middlebrook, Earl; Fair, Jeanne; Ogutu, Joseph O.; Gachohi, John; Njenga, Kariuki; Bett, Bernard (UoEm, 2023-11-30)

In Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), effective brucellosis control is limited, in part, by the lack of long-term commitments by governments to control the disease and the absence of reliable national human and livestock population-based ...

Discursive metaphorical representation of COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya’s newspaper headlines.

Mulonzi, Brian Munyao; Ngumo, Mugambi Cyrus; Omoke, Lilian Kemunto (UoEm, 2023-10-16)

This study aimed to address the dearth of knowledge regarding the portrayal of the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenyan print media, focusing specifically on newspaper headlines. Employing Van Dijk’s Critical Discourse Analysis ...

Seroprevalence and related risk factors of Brucella spp. in livestock and humans in Garbatula subcounty, Isiolo county, Kenya

Mwatondo, Athman; Nthiwa, Daniel; Muturi, Mathew; Akoko, James; Nyamota, Richard; Bett, Bernard; Omolo, Jack; Gichuhi, Stephen; Mureit, Marianne W. (Uoem, 2023-10-16)

Seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and Rift Valley fever virus among slaughterhouse workers in Isiolo County, northern Kenya

Nyamota, Richard; Maina, Josphat; Mwatondo, Athman; Akoko, James; Nthiwa, Daniel; Bartlow, Andrew W.; Muturi, Mathew; Wambua, Lillian; Middlebrook, Earl A.; Bett, Bernard (UoEm, 2023-10-05)

Brucella spp. and Rift Valley fever virus (RVFV) are classified as priority zoonotic agents in Kenya, based on their public health and socioeconomic impact on the country. Data on the pathogen-specific and co-exposure ...

Restoring soil nutrient stocks using local inputs, tillage and sorghum-green gram intercropping strategies for drylands in Eastern Kenya

Njiru, L.G.; Yegon, J.R.; Mwithiga, G.; Micheni, A.; Gitari, N.J.; Mairura, F.S. (UoEm, 2023)

Soil macronutrient and micronutrient availability is particularly critical in semi-arid agro- ecological zones that are characterized by poor soil fertility and low rainfall regimes. An experiment was initiated in S ...

Ecological and Subject‐Level Drivers of Interepidemic Rift Valley Fever Virus Exposure in Humans and Livestock in Northern Kenya

Mathew, Muturi; Athman, Mwatondo; Nijhof, Ard M; Akoko, James; Nyamota, Richard; Makori, Anita; Mutono, Nyamai; Nthiwa, Daniel; Wambua, Lilian; Roesel, Kristina; Thumbi, S. M.; Bett, Bernard (UoEm, 2023)

Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Mechnikov) Sorokin ICIPE 69 against the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) infesting courgette (Cucurbita pepo L.) in field cages

Dubois, Thomas; Onsongo, Susan K.; Omuse, Evanson R.; Akutse, Komivi S.; Mohamed, Samira A. (UoEm, 2023-07-21)

Effective integrated pest management (IPM) of the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett), a devastating pest threatening horticultural production in Africa, is urgently needed. In this study, a c ...

Do afroalpine plants differ from other alpine plants by their leaf functional traits?

Onipchenko, Vladimir G.; Kipkeev, Aliy M.; Kopylova, Natalia A.; Nyaga, Justine M.; Elumeeva, Tatiana G.; Dudova, Ksenia V.; Akhmetzhanova, Asem A.; Tiunov, Alexei V.; Karpukhin, Mikhail M.; Makarov, Mikhail I. (UoEm, 2023-06-16)

Afroalpine plants develop under specific climate with great daily fluctuations and weak seasonal dynamics of temperature. Do leaf functional traits of the plants in Mt. Kenya differ from those of temperate plants in ...

Determinants of adoption and adoption intensity of integrated soil fertility management technologies among sorghum farmers in Upper Eastern Kenya

Kiprotich, Shadrack; Mogaka, Hezron; Ndirangu, Samuel Njiri; Nyambane Onyari, Charles (UoEm, 2023-08-03)

Climate change manifestations and population pressure are some of the most critical challenges that affect agricultural productivity. Integrated soil fertility management (ISFM) technologies are among the agricultural ...

Integrated Soil Fertility and Water Management Practices for Enhanced Agricultural Productivity

Ndegwa, Jackline K.; Gichimu, Bernard M.; Mugwe, Jayne N.; Mucheru-Muna, Monicah; Njiru, Daniel M. (UoeM, 2023-06-23)

Declining agricultural productivity has been a challenge worldwide and especially in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Low agricultural productivity has been attributed to factors such as poor farm management practices, soil ...

Nutritional and Phytochemical Composition of Bambara Groundnut (Vigna subterranea [L.] Verdc) Landraces in Kenya

Chelangat, Mercy; Muturi, Phyllis; Gichimu, Bernard; Gitari, Josiah; Mukono, Simon (UoEM, 2023-06-02)

Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea) is a highly nutritious legume with good drought tolerance attributes and is therefore a suitable candidate for food and nutritional security especially in drought prone areas. This ...

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