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Influence of Pedagogical Content Knowledge on Teacher Trainee Professional Competency at University of Nairobi, Kenya
(American Journal of Education and Learning, 2019-11)Teaching as a knowledge-based profession requires pedagogical content knowledge for problemsolving, decision making, class management and sensitivity for adapting to diverse needs of learners. Whereas teacher knowledge ... -
Pro-Environmental Consumer Behavior: A Critical Review of Literature
(Canadian Center of Science and Education, 2019-12)The damage to the environment caused by commercial activities and consumption behaviours has become a reason for concern in recent times. Sustainable consumption and drivers behind it was the main objective of the study. ... -
Farmer demand for clean planting material of biofortified and non-biofortified vegetatively propagated crop varieties: The case of sweetpotato
(Elsevie, 2020-04)Biofortified orange-fleshed sweetpotato (OFSP), rich in beta carotene, is currently being promoted due to its role in fighting vitamin A deficiency. To promote farmer access to OFSP planting material (i.e., vines) projects ... -
The colonial aftermath in digitalizing tax
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019-08)The impact of colonialism is often discussed from a historical perspective. The influence of colonialism however remains evident in the current global developmental discourses, particularly in the use of ... -
The interactions of National andInternational tax law and the Kenya-Mauritius tax treaty
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019-08)International tax rules and norms interact in complex ways with national law, mediated by the professional practices and techniques of lawyers and other tax advisers and practitioners. The current controversy ... -
Catholic social teaching and taxation: guidelines towards a socially more just and ecologically more sustainable world
(FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019-08)Catholic Social Teaching (CST) originates in the Mid-19th century during times of heightened tensions between the labour movement and capital intensive industries. Building on the methodological three steps of “See-Judge-Act”, ... -
An overview of the taxation of Savings and Credit Co-Operatives Societies (saccos) in Kenya.
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019-08)International tax rules and norms interact in complex ways with national law, mediated by the professional practices and techniques of lawyers and other tax advisers and practitioners. The current controversy over the ... -
Towards an African and Kenyan philosophy of fiscal legitimacy
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019-08)The water pot presses upon the small circular pad. - African proverb -
Using public procurement as a tool of economic and social development policy in Kenya
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019)Regulators face many challenges relating to public procurement, arising from its nature, the multiple goals which it lends itself to as a policy tool and its impact on national development goals. The challenges, which ... -
Implications of a Late-Time Interaction in Vacuum Dark Energy Models
(Africa Journal of Physical Sciences, 2019-02-28)Recently, Wang et al. (2014) and Salvatelli et al. (2014) have reported results showing that a late-time interaction between cold dark matter (CDM) and vacuum dark energy is favoured by current cosmological datasets and ... -
Taxation of electronic commerce – a commentary
(Journal on FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 2019)The advent of e-commerce provides a new way of conducting commercial transactions in today’s global market. However, despite being considered as an important developmental and trade facilitation tool, the rapid growth ... -
A mixed model approach to vegetation condition prediction using artificial neural networks (ANN): case of Kenya’s Operational Drought Monitoring
(MDPI, 2019-05-08)Droughts, with their increasing frequency of occurrence, especially in the Greater Horn of Africa (GHA), continue to negatively affect lives and livelihoods. For example, the 2011 drought in East Africa caused massive ... -
Unusually Low Arcuate Artery in a Kenyan Cadaver
(ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY, 2020-02-07)The arcuate artery is one of the two major branches of the dorsalis pedis artery that supply the dorsum of the foot including interdigital spaces. The artery’s origin varies but in almost all cases it branches in the ... -
Predictors of post-mastectomy breast reconstruction in Kenya
(ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY, 2020-02-07)Gichuru, S., Kedera, T., Wanjeri, J., & Ndaguatha, P. (2020). Predictors of post-mastectomy breast reconstruction in Kenya. Annals of African Surgery, 17(1). -
Outcome of Gunshot Abdominal Injuries
(ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY, 2020-02-05)Aim: To describe prevalence, management and factors determining outcomes in patients presenting with gunshot abdominal injuries. Method: We retrospectively analysed all cases of gunshot to the abdomen received at Kenyatta ... -
Management of Maxillofacial Osteosarcomas in Kenya
(ANNALS of AFRICAN SURGERY, 2020-01)Background: Though not common, maxillofacial osteosarcomas present a unique challenge in management due to a multitude of factors, such as difficulty in diagnosis and local complex anatomy, making surgical excision difficult ... -
A case report on an unusual elongation of the Sustentaculum tali
(Anatomy Journal of Africa, 2020-04-05)The sustentaculum tali, as a horizontal shelf of the calcaneus serves as an attachment point for the ligamentous support of the foot. Any variations on it has therefore been linked to instability factors of the ankle ... -
Drug Resistance Mutations Among Antiretroviral-Treated Female Sex Workers In Nairobi, Kenya
(African Journal of Health Sciences, Volume, 2013-12)Antiretroviral drug resistance remains an important and a growing challenge in HIV management as it almost always lead to treatment failure. Sex workers face persistent exposures to the different HIV-1 variants and in ... -
Effect of a community-based approach of iron and folic acid supplementation on compliance by pregnant women in Kiambu County, Kenya: A quasi-experimental study
(PLOS ONE, 2020-01-10)Introduction Iron and Folic Acid Supplementation (IFAS) is an essential and affordable intervention strategy for prevention of anaemia during pregnancy. The supplements are currently provided for free to pregnant women ... -
Female genital mutilation/cutting: Emerging factors sustaining medicalization related changes in selected Kenyan communities
(PLOS ONE, 2020-02-02)Although female genital mutilation/cutting (FGM/C) has declined, it is pervasive albeit changing form among communities in Kenya. Transformation of FGM/C include medicalization although poorly understood has increased ...