Publications - 2024/2025

PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF STAFF FY 2024/2025

  1. Masheti, Y., Muthomi, J. W., Muiru, M., Arunga, E. E., & Gepts, P. (2024). Inoculum sources and management of bean scab caused by Elsinoë phaseoli. Journal of Phytopathology, 172, e13355. https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.13355
  2. Njau, S. N., Arunga, E. E., & Otsyula, R. (2024). A Diallel Cross-Based Analysis of the Genetic Basis of Pod Quality and Pod Yield in Snap Bean. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition & Development, 24(7). DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.132.24675

  3. Ireri, G. (2024). Psychological morbidity among post-partum adolescent mothers attending pumwani maternity Hospital Nairobi County, Kenya. Int J Res Eng Sci Manage, 7(1), 89-102.

  4. Maindi, N., Nyarindo, W.N., Ndirangu, S.N., & Isaboke, H.N. (2024). Collective action typologies and their implications for policy targeting: The case of smallholder households from the central region of Kenya. Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 101288.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jafr.2024.101288
  5. Opemo, J., Ngoo,L., & Kawira, M. (2024). Impact of Reducing Waiting Time in Solar Water Heating Systems by Installing Instantaneous Water Heaters in Commercial Premises, Journal of Renewable Energy, 5561397, 1-9.https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/5561397
  6. Mwikamba, E.M., Githaiga, M.N., Huxham, M. & Briers, R.A. (2024). Understanding the drivers of seagrass loss in Kenya: Evidence for the impacts of population and fishing. Aquatic Conservation: Marine and Freshwater Ecosystems,34(7), e4229. https://doi.org/10.1002/aqc.4229
  7. Kibet, S., Mudalungu, C.M., Kimani, N.M., Makwatta, J. O., Kabii, J., Sevgan, S., Kelemu, S., & Tanga, C. M. (2024). Unearthing Lactococcus lactis and Scheffersomyeces symbionts from edible wood-boring beetle larvae as a bio-resource for industrial applications. BMC Microbiology, 24, 282. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12866-024-03428-9
  8. Manyenya, S., Nthiwa, D., Lutta, H. O., Muturi, M., Nyamota, R., Mwatondo, A., Watene, G., Akoko, J., & Bett, B. (2024). Multiple pathogens co-exposure and associated risk factors among cattle reared in a wildlife-livestock interface area in Kenya. Frontiers in Veterinary Science. 11:1415423. https://doi.org/10.3389/fvets.2024.1415423
  9. Makena, E., Ngari, C. G., Kimani, P. M., & Kilonzi, J. S. (2024). In-host density-dependent model of high-risk HPV virions, basal cells, lymphocytes t-cells incorporating functional responses.  Heliyon, 10(16). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35038

  10.     Mulonzi, B. M., Ngumo, C. M., & Omoke, L. K. (2024). Themes Used to Discursively Construct the COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Newspaper Headlines.  SSRN

    http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4898524

  11. Kioko, M., Ndirangu, S., & Nyarindo, W. (2024). Evaluating effect of climate smart agricultural practices adoption on productivity of drought-tolerant pulses: Insights from dryland areas of Makueni County, Kenya. J Glob Innov Agric Sci, 12(3), 803-13.DOI: https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/24.1383

  12. Mwanza, S. S., Mudalungu, C. M., Kimani, N. M., Mokaya, H. O., Ochieng, B. O., Juma, S., & Tanga, C. M. (2024). Nutritional and antioxidant properties of two species of edible scarab beetles (Cetonia aurata and Oryctes rhinoceros). Journal of Insects as Food and Feed, 1(aop), 1-20. DOI:10.1163/23524588-00001009
  13. Obende, S. O., Ochieng, C. O., Shikanga, E. A., Cruz, J. N., Santos, C. B., & Kimani, N. M. (2024). Croton's therapeutic promise: A review of its phytochemistry and critical computational ADME/Tox analysis. South African Journal of Botany, 171, 648-672. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2024.06.031
  14.     Njau SN, Parker TA, Duitama J, Gepts P and Arunga E.E. (2024) QTL mapping for pod quality and yield traits in snap bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.). Frontiers in Plant Science 15:1422957. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2024.1422957
  15.   Kadenge, V., Kiprotich, S., Kawira, M., & Wako, A. (2024). Effect of Dy3+ Concentrationson the Structural and Optical Properties of SrAl2O4: Eu2+, Dy3+ NPs. Trends in Sciences, 21, Manuscript-Manuscript. https://doi.org/10.48048/tis.2024.8308
  16.  Keraro, O. F., Morris, Z. N., Kitavi, D. M., & Wanyonyi, M. (2024). Forecasting Kenya's public debt using time series analysis. International Journal of Advanced and Applied Sciences  http://www.science-gate.com/IJAAS.html
  17.  Nyamai, F., Esekon, J., & Atitwa, E. (2024). Modelling Petrol Prices in Kenya from 2014 to 2023 Using Sarimax Model: A Case Study of Nairobi County. American Journal of Theoretical and Applied Statistics, 12(2), 85-91. 10.11648/j.ajtas.20241304.14
  18. Nyarindo W., Nkanata K., Nthiwa D. (2024).  Determinants of smallholder farmers' satisfaction with Agricultural Extension Services in Embu County, Kenya. Journal of Agriculture and Rural Development in the Tropics and Subtropics (JARTS) Vol. 125 / No. 2 (2024-10-21), S. 209-218; eissn:2363-6033doi:10.17170/kobra-2024093010896
  19. Sumba, J.O., Nyabuto, K.O., Mugambi, P.J. (2024). Exchange Rate and Inflation Dynamics in Kenya: Does the Threshold Level Matter?  Volume 10, Issue 15e35726 Heliyon DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e35726
  20. Mumo, C. K., Muturi P. W., Gichimu B.M. (2024). A Modified Climate-Smart  Push-Pull Technology for the Management of Fall Armyworm (Spodoptera frugiperda) in the Semiarid Lands of Kenya International Journal of Agronomy. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/8038142

  21. Maindi, C.N., Nyarindo, W.N. Ndirangu, S.N., Isaboke, H.N. (2024). Debunking the one-size-fits-all approach: Synergistic and trade-off effects of collective action on household food security among the smallholder farmers in central Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 12:815-830.

    DOI: https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/24.1368

  22.    Wanyonyi, M., and Jonathan M.. 2024. “Tourism and Economic Growth in Kenya: A Time Series Analysis”. Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics 26 (8):107-17. https://doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2024/v26i8640.

  23. Wambugu, E. N., Kimita, G., Kituyi, S. N., Washington, M. A., Masakhwe, C., Mutunga, L. M., ... & Waitumbi, J. N. (2024). Geographic distribution of rabies virus and genomic sequence alignment of wild and vaccine strains, Kenya. Emerging Infectious Diseases, 30(8), 1642. https://doi.org/10.3201/eid3008.230876

  24. Laub, M., Necpalova, M., Van de Broek, M., Corbeels, M., Ndungu, S. M.,Mucheru-Muna, M. W., Mugendi, D., Yegon, R., Waswa, W., Vanlauwe, B andSix, J. (2024). Modeling integrated soil fertility management for maize production in Kenya using a Bayesian calibration of the DayCent model. Biogeosciences, 21(16), 3691-3716. August 2024  https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-21-3691-2024

  25.  Njenga, V. N., Ngari, C. G., Nduku, W. M., & Luboobi, L. S. (2024). Modelling the Impact of Hygiene and Treatment on the Dynamics of Childhood Diarrhea in Nairobi County, Kenya. International Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2024(1), 3336826. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/3336826

  26.    Kirimi, A. K., Nyarindo, W. N, & Gatimbu, K. K. (2024). Is Adoption of Modern Dairy Farming Technologies Interrelated? A Case of Smallholder Dairy Farmers in Meru County, Kenya. Heliyon. DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e38157

  27.  Njue, A. W., Omolo J., Ramos R. S.  Santos, Cleydson B.R., Kimani N. M. (2024). Ergostanes from the mushroom Trametes versicolor and their cancer cell inhibition: In vitro and in silico evaluation Elsevier https://doi.org/10.1016/j.steroids.2024.109511

  28.   Mukhaye E, Akoko JM, Nyamota R, Mwatondo A, Muturi M, Nthiwa D, et al. (2024) Exposure patterns and the risk factors of Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus amongst humans, livestock and selected wild animals at the human/livestock/wildlife interface in Isiolo County, upper eastern Kenya. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 18(9): e0012083. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012083

  29.  Kogo, T. K., Yegon, R., Nthiwa D. & Migose, S. A. (2024). Strategies of positive deviants in fodder conservation among smallholder dairy farming systems in highlands and midlands of Kenya.  Tropical Animal Health and Production 56, 345).https://doi.org/10.1007/s11250-024-04189-3

  30. Jemutai, J., Mwito, M. M., & Joshua, P. M. (2024).  Asymmetric effects of fiscal policy on inflation in Kenya. Cogent Economics & Finance, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2409420

  31.  Mulonzi, B. M., Ngumo, C. M., & Omoke, L. K. (2024). Syntactic Structures used in the Discursive Construction of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya’s Newspaper Headlines. SSRN The Nigerian Journal of Economic and Social Studies, 66 (1): 139 - 160, 2024. SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4967708

  32. Wambua, D.M., Ndirangu, S. N., Mogaka H., Gichimu, B.M. (2024).  Decomposition of the Coffee Value Chain among Smallholder Farmers in Embu and Kirinyaga Counties in Central Kenya Wiley https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/9346391

  33. Ndarawit ,W., Ochieng, C. O., Angwenyi D., Cruz J.N., Santos C. B. R., Kimani, N. M. (2024).  Discovery of α-amylase and α-glucosidase dual inhibitors from NPASS database for management of Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus: A chemoinformatic approach Plos One https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0313758

  34. Maina, E.W., Kimani, S. & Mwaura, J. (2024). Cardiometabolic risk profiles in patients with type 2 diabetes seeking services at a Regional Referral Hospital in Kenya. Discov Med 1, 97 https://doi.org/10.1007/s44337-024-00116-5

  35.   Ojuka P,, Ochieng, C. O., Ndarawit, W., Nyongesa, D. W., Mukavi J., Nyariki J. N., Apollo S., Santos C. B. R., Kimani, N. M. (2024).  Alkaloids Isolated from Vepris glandulosa with Antidiabetic Properties: An In Vitro and In Silico Analysis, Wiley .https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202401515

  36.   Nyamato, G.S., Kabogo, I.T., Maqinana, S., Bachmann, R, Schmitz M., Ogunah J., Kleist W. & Ojwach, S.O. (2024).  Removal, mechanistic and kinetic studies of Cr(VI), Cd(II), and Pb(II) cations using Fe3O4 functionalized Schiff base chelating ligands. Environmental Science and Pollution Research 31, 63374–63392 (2024).
    https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-024-35443-8

  37. Maket, I. (2024).  Health outcomes of energy poverty among women in Kenya: evidence from cross-county two-part modelling. Energy, Ecology and Environment. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40974-024-00345-5

  38. Kairu A., Mbeche, R., Kotut K., Kairo, J., (2024) From centralization to decentralization: Evolution of forest policies and their implications on mangrove management in Kenya.  Forest Policy and Economics, Vol. 168
    https://doi.org/10.1016/j.forpol.2024.103290

  39. Otieno, M. (2024). Ecology-Based Concepts of Sustainable Agriculture. In: Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Cham. Springer Nature, Switzerland  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_8

  40.  Otieno, M. (2024). Water-Use Efficiency, Water Quality, and Irrigation. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change.(pp. 15-19). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_2

  41. Otieno, M. (2024). Traditional and Industrial Farming Practices. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change. (pp. 85-99). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_6

  42.  Otieno, M. (2024). Farm Health: Crop Health, Animal Health, and Food Quality. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change (pp. 203-209). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_10

  43. Otieno, M. (2024). Climate Change Mitigation Strategies and Carbon Storage in Agricultural Systems. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change (pp. 217-233). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_12

  44.   Otieno, M. (2024). Climate Change and Its Consequences on Future Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change (pp. 235-243). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_13

  45. Otieno, Mark. "Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services." In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change, pp. 101-128.Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, 2024.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_7

  46.  Otieno, M. (2024). Energy-Use Efficiency in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change (pp. 67-84). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_5

  47.   Otieno, M. (2024). Biodiversity Conservation. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change (pp. 193-202). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_9

  48. Otieno, M. (2024). Current Climate, Soil, and Natural Vegetation. In: Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change. Advances in Geographical and Environmental Sciences. Cham. Springer Nature, Switzerland https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_3

  49.  Otieno, M. (2024). The Geography of Agriculture in Sub-Saharan Africa. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change.(pp. 53-65). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_4

  50.  Otieno, M. (2024). Post-Harvest Handling Technologies. In Sustainable Agroecological Practices in Sub-Saharan Africa in the Face of Climate Change (pp. 211-216). Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland.  https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-70472-7_11

  51.  Nyankemba, B. N., Arunga, E. E., & Nthakanio, P. N. (2024). Introgressing photoperiod/thermo-sensitive genic male sterile gene into Basmati 370 rice. Journal of Experimental Biology and Agricultural Sciences, 12(5), 756–769. https://doi.org/10.18006/2024.12(5).756.769

  52. Kinyili, M., Lubuma, J., Munyakazi, J. B., & Mukhtar, A. Y. (2024).  Analyzing the role of comorbidity on COVID-19 infections by mathematical modeling. Journal of Mathematical and Computing Science., 14, Article-ID.

  53.  Ongaga, C.O., Makkha, M., Obiero, K., Kipkemoi, I., Diang'a J. (2024). Urbanization and hydrological dynamics: A 22-year assessment of impervious surface changes and runoff in urban watershed. Water Resources management, Volume 6 Frontiers.https://doi.org/10.3389/frwa.2024.1455763

  54. Mutungi, S.K., H.R. Mogaka, F.K. Kirimi, C.N. Onyari, L. Muriithi, O.N. Elvin, S. Kiprotich, M.M. Njiru, A.M. Kyalo and E.A. Kamau. 2025. Factors Influencing Youth Farmers' Use of Soil and Water Conservation Technologies in Drylands of Machakos County, Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 13: xxxxxDOI: https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/25.1607

  55. Wangui, J. W., Ronoh, M., Kanyiri, C. W., & Manda, E. C.. Modelling the effects of psychological fear and vaccination on the dynamics of typhoid fever. Communications in Mathematical Biology and Neuroscience, 2024, Article-ID. DOI:10.28919/cmbn/8939

  56. Alsaif B, Asweto CO, Hassan S-u-N, Alzain MA, Saeed ME, Kassar A, et al. (2025) Undergraduates’ lifestyle and Suboptimal Health Status (SHS): A cross-sectional study in the Ha’il region of Saudi Arabia. PLoS ONE 20(1): e0317127. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0317127 

  57.  Rugano, P., Masingila, J. O., Kamau, L. M., Makumba, P., & Omoze, H. (2025). Using video case studies to provide prospective secondary teachers in Kenya opportunities to notice and reflect on pedagogical practices. Teaching Education, 1–17. https://doi.org/10.1080/10476210.2024.2446289

  58.   Kailemia, P. N., & Mukami, V. (2025). Exploring intersectional determinants of, and interventions for, low uptake of human papillomavirus vaccine in sub-Saharan Africa: a scoping review protocol. BMJ open, 15(1), e083848. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2023-083848

  59. Tsang, T. P., De Santis, A. A., Armas‐Quiñonez, G., Ascher, J. S., Ávila‐Gómez, E. S., Báldi, A., Otieno M.... & Bonebrake, T. C. (2025). Land use change consistently reduces α‐but not β‐and γ‐diversity of bees. Global change biology, 31(1), e70006. https://doi.org/10.1111/gcb.70006

  60. Saoke, V. O., Ndwiga, Z. N., Githaiga, P. W., Gitonga, C. M., Kubai, K. I., Nzomo, C. M., ... & Ngicho, D. O. (2025). The Relationship Between Teachers' Planning and Content Delivery Using the Five‐Stage Lesson Plan Structure: An Analysis of Age, Gender, Experience and Academic Qualifications in Kenya. European Journal of Education, 60(1), e70021. https://doi.org/10.1111/ejed.70021

  61.   Mogaka, H., S. Kiprotich, E. Otara, L. Muriithi and F. Kaumi. 2025. Effects of Integrated Soil Fertility Management Technologies on the Productivity of Sorghum in the Drier Parts of Upper Eastern Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 13:121-127.  DOI:10.22194/JGIAS/25.151

  62. Wanyonyi, M., John Wafula Kiluyi, and Ayubu Anapapa Okango. 2025. “Optimization of a Functional Beverage Formulation Using a Constrained Mixture Design with Multiple Responses”. Asian Journal of Probability and Statistics 27 (1):1-16.  https://doi.org/10.9734/ajpas/2025/v27i1699.

  63.  Gatere, FW ; Njiruh, PN ; Kanya, JI ; Arunga, EE.  Introgressing sd-1 gene into Basmati 370 rice Rural Outreach Program African journal of food, agriculture, nutrition, and development: AJFAND, 2025-01, Vol.25 (1), p.25683-25700 . DOI: 10.18697/ajfand.138.24995

  64.  Maina, J. T., Gachigua, G. W., Kitavi, D. M., & Kawira, E. M. (2025). A mathematical model for optimization of vehicle parking space. OPSEARCH, 1-18. DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12597-025-00914-0

  65. Musyoka JK, Nyarindo WN, Alders R, Isaboke HN (2025) Gender roles and constraints in enhancing hybrid chicken production for food security in lower Eastern Kenya. PLoS ONE 20(3): e0318594. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0318594

  66. Wambua, L., Bett, B., Abkallo, H. M., Muturi, M., Nthiwa, D., Nyamota, R., ... & Akoko, J. M. (2025). National serosurvey and risk mapping reveal widespread distribution of Coxiella burnetii in Kenya. Scientific Reports, 15(1), 9706. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-025-94154-3

  67.   Cirtwill, A. R., Roslin, T., Peña-Aguilera, P., Agboto, A., Bercê, W., Bondarchuk, S. N., Nyaga J... & Wirta, H. (2025). The Latitudinal Biotic Interaction Hypothesis revisited: contrasting latitudinal richness gradients in actively vs. passively accumulated interaction partners of honey bees. BMC ecology and evolution, 25(1), 24. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12862-025-02363-1

  68.   Muturi, P., Kyallo, M., Gasura, E. et al. Diversity analysis and genome-wide association studies of seed weight trait in Bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc.) using diversity array technology sequence derived single nucleotide polymorphism markers. Euphytica 221, 34 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10681-025-03478-8

  69.  Kiplimo D, Mwirichia R., Wicaksono W., Berg G., Abdelfattah A., (2025). Intrinsic and Acquired Antimicrobial Resistomes in Plant Microbiomes: Implications for Agriculture and Public Health.  Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment.https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.70049

  70.  Ongaga, E.G., Muli, J.K., Kamau, P.K. and & Budambula, N. L. Endophytic Microflora of Crotalaria: Their Diversity and Role in Plant Growth Promotion. Current Microbiology 82, 214 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00284-025-04181-6

  71. Justine, P., Csorba, Á., Ocansey, C.M., Maket I. et al. Awareness and adoption strategies for improved agricultural practices (IAPs) by smallholder farmers in the Mbeya Region, Tanzania. Discover Sustain 6, 198 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1007/s43621-025-00970-y

  72.  Micheni, N. K., Atitwa, E. B., & Kimani, P. M. (2025). Prediction of Domestic Value-Added Tax in Kenya Using SARIMA and Holt-Winters Methods. IAENG International Journal of Applied Mathematics, 55(3). 

  73.  Waruita, A. G., Gitonga, C. M., & Atitwa, E. B. (2025). Assessment of occupational congruence on occupational satisfaction of graduates in Kenya. Journal of Education and Learning (EduLearn), 19(3), 1238-1249. DOI: https://doi.org/10.11591/edulearn.v19i3.22722

  74.   Muli, J., K., Johnstone O. Neondo, Budambula, N., L.M., Agro-morphological diversity of edible Kenyan Crotalaria accessions, Scientific African, Volume 27, 2025, e02620, ISSN 2468-2276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2025.e02620

  75. Agboli, E., Bitew, M., Malaka, C. N., Kallon, T. M., Jalloh, A. M., Yankonde, B., Kariuki S.M. ... & Moir, M. (2025). Building pathogen genomic sequencing capacity in Africa: Centre for epidemic response and innovation fellowship. Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 10(4), 90. doi: 10.3390/tropicalmed10040090

  76. Kyalo, A.M., H. Mogaka, F.K. Kirimi, K. Kizito, S.N. Ndirangu, C.N. Onyari, L. Muriithi, O.N. Elvin, S.K. Mutungi, S. Kiprotich, M.M. Njiru and E.A. Kamau. 2025. Exploring socio-economic characteristics on adoption intensity of biochar among farming households in sub-humid regions of western Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences 13:549-560  DOI: https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/25.1608

  77. Maosa, J., Karuri, H., Gitonga, D., Nguyen, H. T., Couvreur, M., Coyne, D., & Bert, W. (2025). Pratylenchus mahindii n. sp. from coffee and maize in Kenya. Nematology, 27(5), 549-560. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/15685411-bja10408

  78. Masinde, J., Mugambi, F., & Muthee, D. W. (2025). Big data and personal information privacy in developing countries: insights from Kenya. Frontiers in Big Data, 8, 1532362. https://doi.org/10.3389/fdata.2025.1532362

  79.  Gathongo J. (2025). A Critical Review of the Unwelcome Element in the Determination of Sexual Harassment in Kenya: Guidance from South Africa. Obiter, 46(1). https://doi.org/10.17159/7gz8fk91

  80.  Maindi, C., Nyarindo, W., Ndirangu, S., & Isaboke, H. (2025). Gender differentials in smallholder participation in efficiency and livelihood-enhancing collective action initiatives in Central Kenya. Gender, Technology and Development, 1-26.  https://doi.org/10.1080/09718524.2025.2478768

  81. Migwi, F. K., Madlala, A., Nyamato, G. S., & Ojwach, S. O. (2025). Cobalt (II) and Nickel (II) Complexes of Substituted (Pyrazolyl) amine Ligands: Structural Characterization and Ethylene Oligomerization Studies. Applied Organometallic Chemistry, 39(6), e70171. https://doi.org/10.1002/aoc.70171

  82.  Mabele, T. M., Kinyua, J. M., & Bengat, J. K. (2025). Quality of work life and employee efficiency in public and private hospitals in Kenya. Cogent Business & Management, 12(1), 2492380. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2025.2492380

  83.  Odhoch, P. S., Budambula, N. L., Kiprotich, F., & Muli, J. K. (2025). Exploring Genetic Diversity: Optimizing Simple Sequence Repeat (SSR) Markers in Crotalaria for Enhanced Precision in Biodiversity Research. Scientifica, 2025(1), 2409286. https://doi.org/10.1155/sci5/2409286

  84. Ndungâ, N., Isaboke H., Nyarindo W., Otieno M., Gicheha M., Kinyuru J., 2025. "Understanding Gender Dynamics on the Intentions of Small-Scale Traders to Trade in Edible Insects in Kenya," Journal of Agricultural Science, Canadian Center of Science and Education, vol. 17(6), pages 1-42 RePEc:ibn:jasjnl:v:17:y:2025:i:6:p:42

  85.  Kathukya, F. M., Wanyama, J. K., & M’Ngaruthi, T. K. (2025). Riding with respect: politeness in conversation between bodaboda riders and their clients in Mbooni                         Sub-County, Makueni, Kenya. Cogent Arts & Humanities, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.1080/23311983.2025.2504920

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