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    • Application of Marks to Computation of Ranks and Subdegrees of the Symmetric Group Acting on Ordered Pairs and on Ordered Triples 

      Kimani, Patrick; Rimberia, Jane; Muthoka, Geoffrey; Lao, Hussein (UoEm, 2014)
      Ranks and subdegrees can be computed using combinatorial arguments, the Cauchy-Frobenius lemma and use of the concept of marks. However the concept of Marks has been given very little attention. In this paper we will apply ...

    • Student abstract: Mwangolo Kombo Shaibu 

      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 ...

    • Staff Profile: Dr. Lynette Mukami Nthiga 

      Lynette, Mukami Nthiga (UoEm, 2024-05-20)
      I am a graduate of Law with knowledge in International Law, strategic advocacy and policy analysis. I am a consultant, a researcher, and an academic in: Policy & Law. I am also experienced in working in diverse and dynamic ...

    • Staff Profile: Christabel M. Eboso 

      Christabel, M. Eboso (UoEm, 2024-05-20)
      ■ Advocate of the High Court of Kenya, with over 5 years of experience in providing overall strategic and administrative leadership by supporting programs, providing technical expertise to consumers of legal services. ■ ...

    • Staff Profile:Dr Felix Makori Asande 

      Felix, Asande Makori (UoEm, 2024-05-20)
      To be a leading re- known professor in Law.

    • 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. Collins Otieno Asweto 

      Asweto, Dr. Collins Otieno (UoEm, 2024-01-12)
      Dr. Collins Otieno Asweto is a Lecturer in School of Nursing, University of Embu, Kenya. He completed his Ph.D. in Medical Science specializing in Toxicology at Capital Medical University, Beijing, China. He did his MPH ...

    • Staff Profile: Rev. Dr. Mary K. Nkari 

      REV. DR. MARY, K. NKARI (UoEm, 2023-01-12)
      I am a born again Christian who truly believes in Jesus Christ as The Saviour of the world and that life without Him is meaningless. Jesus Christ is the source of my strength and the power that guides everything that I ...

    • Staff Profile: Dr. Timothy Kinoti M’ngaruthi 

      DR. TIMOTHY KINOTI, M’NGARUTHI (UoEm, 2024-01-12)
      Research Interests: Kiswahili Literature especially poetry and oral literature.

    • Effects of technological innovations on the financial performance of the banking industry 

      WANAMI, FAITH NAFULA (UoEm, 2024-01-30)
      The purpose of the research is to respond to the question, "How do developing digital technologies influence the efficiency of the banking system in Kenya?" 42 commercial banks participated as of the study's conclusion ...

    • Effects of virtual marketing on consumer behaviour among agricultural small-scale farmers 

      WAFULA, ANITA MACHUMA (UoEm, 2024-01-30)
      Due to the increased access to the internet worldwide, most businesses have decided to move from the usual analog marketing techniques such as face-to-face marketing to the use of virtual/digital marketing. This has led ...

    • Effects of taxation on economic performance a case sof embu county government 

      CHEROTICH, VIOLA (UoEm, 2024-01-30)
      The main objective of this proposal/ study was to identify and analyze the effects of taxation on economic performance in Embu county government. There are different types of taxes i.e. income tax which is mainly imposed ...

    • Internal audit practices and fraud management in selected quoted companies in kenya ( a case study in state entities ) 

      PETER, SHADRACK NYAMASYO (UoEm, 2024-01-30)
      Despite the fact that the majority of internal audit departments in many firms have embraced fraud management strategies, fraud is still common and is still reported. The issue of fraud, in all of its manifestations, ...

    • Impact of internal auditing in risk management in commercial banks in kenya. 

      RANDA, JAMES OKUL (UoEm, 2024-01-30)
      The study is aimed at studying the impacts that internal auditing poses to the commercial banks in curbing various risks in Kenya. The study also focuses on the various problems that have affected commercial banks in Kenya ...