Kenyatta University Repository
Kenyatta University Institutional Repository is a digital archive that collects, preserves and disseminates scholarly outputs of the Institution
IMPORTANT LINKS
Communities in DSpace
Select a community to browse its collections.
Recent Submissions
Evaluation of Sex Selection Activity and Safety of Vernonia amygdalina (Del.), Rubia cordifolia (Linn.), and Asparagus racemosus (Willd.) in Rats
(Kenyatta University, 2023-01) Wambugu, Enoc Njoroge
The plants: Vernonia amygdalina, Rubia cordifolia, and Asparagus racemosus ha‘ve been used in Kenya by the Kalenjins and the Samburu people to select for a boy thld but there have been no scientific studies to establish evidence on these claims. Therefore, this study aimed at screening for the sex selection potential of these herbs before and during conception. Clean plant roots were obtained, processed before methanol extraction, and orally administered to Rattus norvegicus rats before and after mating for one week. Extract doses of 50, 86.7, and 150 mg/kg body weight for efficacy assays and 150, 260, and 450 mg/kg for the toxicity assays. The plants were administered individually and also in a mixture of the ratios of 1:1:1, 2:1:1, 1:2:1, and 1:1:2. Tn female rats, the offects of the extracts on vaginal pH, estrogen and cortisol levels were evaluated while in males the effects on sperm count and morphology were evaluated alongside testosterone and cortisol hormone levels. After parturition, the sex ratio of the pups was determined. The plant extracts were also subjected to phytochemical and mineral analysis to identify and quantify present phyto-compounds. Sub-acute toxicity assays were also carried out on the extracts using rats. Results were...
Taharuki na Sadfa katika Ujenzi wa Maudhui katika Riwaya za Mwana B’a Yungi Hulewa na Tutarudi na Roho Zetu
(Kenyatta University, 2022-06) Maroko, Christopher Orina; King'ei, Kitula
Osore, Miriam
Utafiti huu ulishughulikia matumizi ya taharuki na sadfa katika ujenzi wa maudhui katika riwaya za Mwana wa Yungi Hulewa (1976) na Tutarudi na Roho Zetu (1987) zilizoandikwa na Muhammed Said Abdulla na Ben Mtobwa mtawalia. Utafiti huu ulikusudia kuchunguza namna taharuki na sadfa zimetumika kujenga maudhui ya riwaya teule. Malengo ya utafiti yalikuwa kubainisha aina za taharuki zilizotumika katika riwaya teule, kuchanganua aina za sadfa zilizotumika katika riwaya teule na maudhui yaliyojengwa katika riwaya za Mwana wa Mwana wa Yungi Hulewa (1976) na Tularudi na Roho Zetu (1987). Utafiti huu uliongozwa na nadharia ya uhakiki wa kimtindo kwa mujibu wa Leech (1969). Nadharia ya uhakiki wa kimtindo huchunguza namna mtindo hutumiwa na mtunzi katika kujenga maudhui. Katika utafiti huu, mbinu kusudio iliturnika kuteua aina za taharuki na aina za sadfa zilizotumiwa katika riwaya teule. Aidha, maudhui yaliyojengwa katika riwaya teule yaliangaziwa. Data iliyochanganuliwa ilipatikana kwa kusoma riwaya teule. Data hii ilichanganuliwa kwa kuzingatia mihimili ya nadharia ya uhakiki wa kimtindo kwa kuainisha na kuchanganuaaina za taharuki na aina za sadfa zilizotumika na matokeo kuwasilishwa kwa njia ya maelezo. Uchunguzi huu ulibainisha kuwa: taharuki na sadfa ni muhimu katika kujenga maudhui ya riwaya za kipelelezi, taharuki hutanguliza maudhui yanayoandikiwa na huibua masuala halisi katika jamiina sadfa hupelekea riwaya za kipelelezi kiafikia kilele chake. Utafiti huu ni muhimu kwa kuwa utasgidia wanaosoma kuelewa kuwa taharuki na sadfa huweza kuainishwa kwa mujibu wa wataalamu mbalimbali. Aidha uchunguzi buu utasaidia kufahamu namna taharuki na sadfa zimetumika kujenga maudhui katika riwaya za kipelelezi
Uptake of Antenatal Care Services among Women of Reproductive Age in Mandera County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2021-05) Ahmed, Ismail Adow
Antenatal care necessitates early treatment of pregnancy complications as well as the prevention of morbidity and mortality in both the mother and the fetus. The new WHO ANC model recommends eight visits with initial visit to take place before gestational age of 12 weeks. Only 37% of women of reproductive age in Mandera County received at least four times over the course of the pregnancy considerably lower than the national rate of 58%. Additionally, 51% received ANC once compared to 96% nationally. There is limited literature on the reasons behind the low uptake of ANC in this County. The study assessed uptake of ANC and associated factors in Mandera County. The study adopted a cross-sectional design utilizing both quantitative and qualitative approach. Mandera South sub-County was randomly selected out of the Six Sub-Counties, which are homogenous in nature. A total of 348 respondents were sampled using stratified and simple random sampling methods. The information was collected using questionnaires, KII and FGD. Quantitative data was analyzed using SPSS. version 25. Descriptive analysis conducted and reported in frequencies and percentages. With a statistical significance threshold of…
Role of Community Health Volunteers in Promoting Uptake of Cervical Cancer Screening among Women of Reproductive Age, Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023-05) Ojwang, Nicholas Mado
The mortality rate from cervical cancer has been rising, especially among young women. This is because women generally believe that getting cancer means dying. As a result, many women avoid health screenings and ignore potential health problems. As a result of women's ignorance, cfforls to raise awareness and sensitivity to cervix and breast cancer are failing. This research aimed to learn how community health volunteers in Nairobi City County influence the number of women of childbearing age who get screened for cervical cancer. The research method was a descriptive cross-sectional analysis. Nairobi served as the study's home base, We employed both a simple random sampling and a stratified random sampling strategy. For this study's sample size calculation, we used the Fisher formula. There were 363 community health volunteers used as the sample. Primary data was gathered through the use of a self-administered questionnaire and FGDS. The data was analyzed using both inferential and descriptive statistics. The results were displayed using pie charts and percentages. The findings showed that despite CHVs' potential to play a major role in educating women about the value of cervical- cancer screening, many respondents had not done so. The majority of respondents also did not refer cases of cervical-cancer screening to other CHVs, despite the fact that referrals are a key part of increasing cervical-cancer screening. Conclusions Social and economic barriers (income, transportation costs, daily expenses, and involvement level) were found to be significantly related to encouraging cervical cancer screening among women. Further, the study found that CHV participation in increasing cervical- cancer screening was significantly correlated with social-cultural obstacles (community appreciation, churches' support). A lack of training on promoting cervical cancer screening, CHV training manuals, screening services, easily accessible health system programs, and skilled and competent health workers were also identified as significant health system barriers preventing the effective promotion of cervical cancer screening., Researchers concluded that community health workers (CHVs) should be included in cervical cancer screening programs and that policymakers and health system management should give them the tools they need to succeed. The promotion of cervical-cancer screening can also be realized through the training of community health volunteers by health institutions. More work needs to be done to get the word out about cervical cancer screening, lower the price of screening, and make it more accessible to more people
Success Factors for Viable Tourism Planning, a Case of Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2019-10) Kiria, Sisinio Muthengi
Planning is a very crucial process by which tourism is managed by governments at the national and local levels. With all the expected benefits from tourism, planning is core to achieving any tangible results especially in the long term. There is minimal attention given {o tourism research to-date especially on policy regulation and planning models. In Kenya, several policy and planning documents have been developed by expert consultation. Evaluation of Kenyan planning and policy development journey opens up crucial knowledge on tourism planning in the developing countries. Information on challenges to planning and policy development and implementation is rare from literature in the earlier studies done in Kenya hence this study sought to close that knowledge gap. This study assessed stakeholder participation and tourism planning process; interrogated planners’ areas of concern in tourism planning; investigated the elements of tourism plans, evaluated the planning / policy environment in Kenya and assessed the aspects of spatial planning. The study took a diverse of tourism managers of different facilities, tour and travel agencies and attractions as the study population, while government tourist officers, county officers and Non-governmental organizations dealing with tourism were key informants for qualitative data segment. A sample of 275 respondents was drawn from the stakeholders of tourism for quantitative survey and 7 interviews were conducted. The study found out that tourism planning at the institutional and national level lacks stakeholder participation which is a crucial component in planning and policy development and implementation. Because of that, tourism planning in Kenya is haphazard and an ad hoc affair and lacks consistency, planners of tourism of Nairobi in various degrees lacked on crucial objectives of: reducing negative impacts of tourism (social, economic, cultural and natural environmental sustainability); spatial planning objectives for tourist mobility and had not been concerned with reduction of threats to tourism including terrorism and other disasters. There were 4 main predictor variables for plan viability: Tourism planning stakeholder involvement, planners’ main areas of concern, elements of tourism planning and tourism planning environment. Out of the four, the regression model gave tourism planning stakeholder involvement as the highest predictor B value of 0.756 which was very significant at 0.000, and elements of tourism planning a predictor B value of 0.436 with 0.000 significance. The spatial analysis from remote sensed data showed that Nairobi has developed infrastructure between 62.5% and 430% between 1975 to 2017 and reduced its green areas and forests between -3.7% to - 25.7% in the same period. The study concludes that tourism planning environment is currently not conducive for viable planning due to political and economic reasons. To ensure proper environment for planning, the planners need to ensure they develop the capacity of tourism planners at the organizational and national levels that will reduce the employment of foreign consultants in planning process. It henceforth recommends that planners of tourism should encourage tourism stakeholders to get organized into stakeholder groups to gain meaningful input. Another recommendation is that the concerns of tourism planners should be mainly to ensure sustainability if tourism development has to be achieved in any destination. Therefore the plans have to objectively deal with disasters and their cycles at the destinations. For future studies, a study on Geographical Information System (GIS)-based spatial planning will help understand how tourist circuits can be developed for cities like Nairobi and Mombasa and the country as a whole