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PUBLICATIONS BY MEMBERS OF STAFF FY 2023/2024

  1. Mutunga, T. K., Musalia, L. M., Gichimu, M., & Migose, S. A. (2023). Dairy Goat Production in Kenya: A Review. African Journal of Food, Agriculture, Nutrition & Development, 23(7). https://doi.org/10.18697/ajfand.122.23170
  2. Dubois, T., Onsongo, S. K., Odhiambo, J. A., Omuse, E. R., Akutse, K. S., & Mohamed, S. A. (2023). Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae (Mechnikov) Sorokin ICIPE 69 against the melon fly Zeugodacus cucurbitae (Coquillett) infesting courgette (Cucurbita pepo L.) in field cages. Journal of Applied Entomology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jen.13172
  3. Jelagat, J., Budambula, N. L., Ngari, M., & Budambula, V. (2023). Polydrug Use among Students in a Public University in a Lower Middle-Income Country. BioMed Research International, 2023. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/8085588
  4. Saoke, V. O., Musafiri, C. M., Ndwiga, Z. N., & Githaiga, P. W. (2023). The Christian religious education teachers’ attitudes toward the five-stage lesson plan framework in Kenya: A gender-based analysis. Heliyon, 9(8). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19104
  5. Kiprotich, S., Mogaka, H., Ndirangu, S. N., & Onyari, C. N. (2023). Determinants of adoption and adoption intensity of integrated soil fertility management technologies among sorghum farmers in Upper Eastern Kenya. Soil Use and Management. https://doi.org/10.1111/sum.12958
  6. Odikor, S., Nyang’anga, H. T., Kizito, K. M., & Mogaka, H. R. (2023). Assessment of Factors Influencing Smallholder Farmers Willingness to Pay for Climate Change Adaptation Information Access in South-Eastern Kenya. Asian Journal of Agricultural Extension, Economics & Sociology, 41(9), 661-672. https://journalajaees.com/index.php/AJAEES/article/view/2088
  7. Muturi, M., Mwatondo, A., Nijhof, A. M., Akoko, J., Nyamota, R., Makori, A., Nthiwa D… & Bett, B. (2023). Ecological and subject-level drivers of interepidemic Rift Valley fever virus exposure in humans and livestock in Northern Kenya. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 15342. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-42596-y
  8. Bolo, P., Mucheru-Muna, M., Mwirichia, R., Kinyua, M., Ayaga, G., & Kihara, J. (2023) Influence of Farmyard Manure Application on Potential Zinc Solubilizing Microbial Species Abundance in a Ferralsol of Western Kenya. Agriculture. 4037107. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13122217
  9. Sumba, J. O., Ondiba, R. O., & Mugambi, P. J. (2023). Domestic verses foreign borrowing: Does the mode of fiscal deficit financing matter for inflation in Sub-Saharan African countries? International Journal of Applied Economics, Finance and Accounting, 17(2), 294-304. https://doi.org/10.33094/ijaefa.v17i2.1163
  10. Musafiri, C. M., Kiboi, M., Ng'etich, O. K., Okoti, M., Kosgei, D. K., & Ngetich, F. K. (2023). Carbon footprint of smallholder rain-fed sorghum cropping systems of Kenya: A typology-based approach. Cleaner and Circular Bioeconomy, 100060. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clcb.2023.100060
  11. Eliud, G. K., Kirimi, L. M., & Mburugu, K. N. (2023). Influence of social factors on adoption of sanitation practices in rural areas: a mixed methods study in Nzaui, Kenya. The Pan African Medical Journal, 46. 10.11604/pamj.2023.46.16.35770
  12. Nyariki, J. N., Kimani, N. M., Kibet, P. S., Kinuthia, G. K., & Isaac, A. O. (2023). Coenzyme Q10 exhibits anti-inflammatory and immune-modulatory thereby decelerating the occurrence of experimental cerebral malaria. Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology, 255, 111579. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.molbiopara.2023.111579
  13. Giménez-García, A., Allen-Perkins, A., Bartomeus, I., Balbi, S., Knapp, J. L., Hevia, V., Otieno M... & Magrach, A. (2023). Pollination supply models from a local to global scale. Web Ecology, 23(2), 99-129. https://doi.org/10.5194/we-23-99-2023
  14. Mwatondo, A., Muturi, M., Akoko, J., Nyamota, R., Nthiwa, D., Maina, J., ... & Bett, B. (2023). Seroprevalence and related risk factors of Brucella spp. in livestock and humans in Garbatula sub county, Isiolo county, Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(10), e0011682. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011682
  15. Nyamota, R., Maina, J., Akoko, J., Nthiwa, D., Mwatondo, A., Muturi, M., ... & Bett, B. (2023). Seroprevalence of Brucella spp. and Rift Valley fever virus among slaughterhouse workers in Isiolo County, northern Kenya. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases, 17(10), e0011677. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0011677
  16. Njiru, L. G., Yegon, J. R., Mwithiga, G., Micheni, A., Gitari, N. J., & Mairura, F. S. (2023). Restoring soil nutrient stocks using local inputs, tillage and sorghum-green gram intercropping strategies for drylands in Eastern Kenya. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e20926
  17. Watare, G. W., Gichimu, B. M., & Arunga, E. E. (2023). Host plant resistance to bean common mosaic necrosis virus among snap bean cultivars in Kenya. Journal of Plant Protection Research. https://doi.org/10.24425/jppr.2023.146876
  18. Mulonzi, B., Ngumo, M. C., & Omoke, L. K. (2023). Discursive Metaphorical Representation of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya's newspaper headlines. Available at SSRN 4619198. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4619198
  19. Akoko, J. M., Mwatondo, A., Muturi, M., Wambua, L., Abkallo, H. M., Nyamota, R., Nthiwa D.... & Bett, B. (2023). Mapping brucellosis risk in Kenya and its implications for control strategies in sub-Saharan Africa. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 20192. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-47628-1
  20. Wekesa, E. N., Kimani, N. M., Kituyi, S. N., Omosa, L. K., & Santos, C. B. (2023). Therapeutic potential of the genus Zanthoxylum phytochemicals: A theoretical ADME/Tox analysis. South African Journal of Botany, 162, 129-141. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sajb.2023.09.009
  21. Mburu M. Z., Ogutu, S. A., Mondal, S., & Sibanda, P. (2023). Entropy Production in Unsteady MHD Double Diffusive and Chemically Reactive Nanofluid Flow Past a Rotating Permeable Plate using Overlapping Grid Spectral Collocation Technique. International Journal of Ambient Energy. https://doi.org/10.1080/01430750.2023.2280743
  22. Nthiga N. E., Wachira M. J., Mulwa M. O., Karanja M. D., & Munyao M. D. (2023). Review of the Effect of Grinding Aids and Admixtures on the Performance of Cements. Advances in Civil Engineering, 2023, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2023/6697842
  23. Mutegi, D. M., Mugambi, A., & M’Ngaruthi, T. K. (2023). Dhima ya Toponemia kama Utambulisho wa Jamii: mfano kutoka Jimbo Dogo la Maara Nchini Kenya. Jarida la Afrika Mashariki la Masomo ya Kiswahili, 6(2), 1-14. https://doi.org/10.37284/jammk.6.2.1581
  24. Kiboi, M., Musafiri, C., Fliessbach, A., Ng’etich, O., Wakindiki, I., & Ngetich, F. (2023). Selected conservation management strategies enhance maize yield stability in the sub-humid tropical agro-ecozone of Upper Eastern Kenya. Scientific Reports, 13(1), 21728. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-023-49198-8
  25. Muketha, J. K., Kinyua, J. M., Njeru, D. M., & Njagi, Z. M. (2023). Influence of Green Packaging on Environmental Performance of Floriculture Firms, Kenya. African Journal of Business & Economic Research, 18(4). DOI: https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-aa_ajber_v18_n4_a10
  26. Karugano, R. W., Kariuki, S. N., & Kariuki, P. W. O. (2023). Predictability of GARCH-Type Models in Estimating Stock Returns Volatility. Evidence from Kenya. International Journal of Professional Business Review: Int. J. Prof. Bus. Rev., 8(11), 3. DOI: https://doi.org/10.26668/businessreview/2023.v8i11.2813
  27. Mutiga, S. K., Orwa, P., Nganga, E. M., Kyallo, M M., Rotich, F., Gichuhi E., … &Talbot N. J. (2023). Characterization of Blast Resistance in a Diverse Rice Panel from Sub-Saharan Africa. The American Phytopathological Society, 113(7), 1278-1288. https://doi.org/10.1094/PHYTO-10-22-0379-R 
  28. Asule, P.A., Musafiri, C., Nyabuga, G., Kiai, W., Ngetich, F.K., & Spurk, C. (2023). Determinants of Simultaneous Use of Soil Fertility Information Sources among Smallholder Farmers in the Central Highlands of Kenya. Agriculture, 13, 1729. https://doi.org/10.3390/agriculture13091729
  29. Eboso, C. M. (2023). Green Deals and Reproductive Justice: A Promise of Just Transition. Afronomicslaw, 1-7. https://www.afronomicslaw.org/category/analysis/green-deals-and-reproductive-justice-promise-just-transition
  30. Musyoka, A. , Ronoh, M., Wanjau, P. M., & Kitavi, D. M. (2023). Mathematical modeling of drug abuse, unemployment and mental stress on population dynamics of mental illness, Communications in Mathematical Biology Neuroscience,1-27. https://scik.org/index.php/cmbn/article/view/8002 
  31. Gatwiri, M. B., Ronoh, M., Ngari, C. G., & Kitavi, D. M. (2023). Mathematical Modeling of Host-Pest Interaction in the Presence of Insecticides and Resistance: A Case of Fall Armyworm. Journal of Mathematics,1-23. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/2886786
  32. Gichure, M. K., Nyaga, J. M., Ngendo, R. N., & Nyabuga, F. N. (2023). Herbivory and Invasive Plant Species dynamics in Protected Rangelands: A Case for Conservation of Hell’s Gate National Park, Kenya. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.20944/preprints202307.1728.v1
  33. Huxham, M., Kairu, A., Lang'at, J. K., Kivugo, R., Mwafrica, M., Huff, A., & Shilland, R. (2023). Rawls in the mangrove: Perceptions of justice in nature-based solutions projects. British Ecological Society, 1497-151. https://doi.org/10.1002/pan3.10498
  34. Karuku, S. (2023). Systematic Literature Review: Analysis of the Use of Website-Based Physics Learning Devices to Support Students' Abilities in Learning Physics in High Schools. Journal Evaluation in Education (JEE), 4(3), 80-87. https://doi.org/10.37251/jee.v4i3.336
  35. Lemarpe, S. E., Musafiri, C. M., Kiboi, M. N., Ng'etich, O. K., Macharia, J. M., Shisanya, C. A., ... & Ngetich, F. K. (2023). Smallholder cropping systems contribute limited greenhouse gas fluxes in upper Eastern Kenya.Nature-Based Solutions, 4, 100098. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.nbsj.2023.100098
  36. Gakii, C., Mukami, V., & Too, B. (2023). Feature selection for classification using WGCNA and Spread Sub-Sample for an imbalanced rheumatoid arthritis RNASEQ data. Informatics in Medicine Unlocked, 43, 101402. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.imu.2023.101402
  37. Micheni, M., Birithia, R., Mugambi, C., Too, B., & Kinyua, M. (2023). Identification of Maize Leaf Diseases Based On AlexNet and ResNet50 Convolutional Neural Networks. Indonesian Journal of Computer Science,12(4). https://doi.org/10.33022/ijcs.v12i4.3270
  38. Dubois, T., Onsongo, S. K., Omuse, E. R., Odhiambo, J. A., Akutse, K. S., & Mohamed, S. A. (2023). Efficacy of Metarhizium anisopliae against the Greater Pumpkin Fly Dacus bivitattus.Sustainability, 15(17), 13185. https://doi.org/10.3390/su151713185
  39. Kinini, D. M., Ocharo, K. N., & Kariuki, P. W. (2023). Do income diversification and capital adequacy affect liquidity creation? A case study of commercial banks in Kenya. Cogent Business & Management, 10(2), 2240082. https://doi.org/10.1080/23311975.2023.2240082
  40. Karithi, M. L., Mugambi, D., Mwirigi, P., & Bengat, J. (2023). Operative Human Resource Management Functions and Employee Work Performance in the County Governments of Kenya.African Journal of Business and Economic Research, 18(3), 159. https://hdl.handle.net/10520/ejc-aa_ajber_v18_n3_a8
  41. Limungi, G. M., Mburugu, P. M., Consolata, K., & Maté, O. (2023). Treatment outcomes and challenges of treating tuberculosis in children in a nomadic pastoralist community in Kenya.African Health Sciences, 23(4), 42-47. https://doi.org/10.4314/ahs.v23i4.7
  42. Pálmai, T., Szabó, B., Lengyel, E., Kotut, K., Krienitz, L., & Padisák, J. (2023). Growth response of the picoplanktic Picocystis salinarum and the microplanktic Limnospira (Arthrospira) fusiformis strains from Lake Nakuru (Kenya) to rapidly changing environmental conditions. Hydrobiologia, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10750-023-05397-y
  43. Kairu, A., Kotut, K., Kairo, J., & Mbeche, R. (2023). From Centralization to Decentralization: Evolution of Forest Policies and Their Implications on Mangrove Management in Kenya. SSRN 4575772. http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4575772
  44. Mugendi, E.R., Gitonga, C., Rugano, P., & Ndwiga, Z.N. (2024). Correlates gender traits and mindset on the choice of physics subject at high school in Kenya. International Journal of Evaluation and Research in Education (IJERE). DOI:10.11591/ijere.v13i1.25436 
  45. Kirimi, P. N. (2024). Effect of banks’ ownership structure on financial performance: evidence from banks in an emerging market. Measuring Business Excellence. Measuring Business Excellence, 2024. https://www.emerald.com/insight/publication/issn/1368-3047
  46. Amwoma, J. G., Kituyi, S., Wakoli, D. M., Ochora, D. O., Chemwor, G., Maisiba, R., ... & Akala, H. M. (2024). Comparative analysis of peripheral whole blood transcriptome from asymptomatic carriers reveals upregulation of subsets of surface proteins implicated in Plasmodium falciparum phenotypic plasticity. Biochemistry and Biophysics Reports, 37, 101596. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bbrep.2023.101596
  47. Mwithiga, G., Maina, S., Muturi, P., & Gitari, J. (2024). Lemongrass (Cymbopogon flexuosus) growth rate, essential oil yield and composition as influenced by different soil conditioners under two watering regimes. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e25540
  48. Nyarindo, W. N., Mugera, A., Hailu, A., & Obare, G. (2024). Do combined sustainable agricultural intensification practices improve smallholder farmers’ welfare? Evidence from eastern and western Kenya. Agricultural Economics, 1-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/agec.12816
  49. Omar, F., Neondo, J., Mweu, C., & Muli, J. (2024). Assessment of genetic diversity of latent bacteria in coconut leaves associated with lethal yellowing disease symptoms in Kenya. British society for plant pathology, 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppa.13856
  50. Kipnyargis, A., Kenya, E., Khamis, F., & Mwirichia, R. (2024). Spatiotemporal structure and composition of the microbial communities in hypersaline Lake Magadi, Kenya. F1000Research, 13, 11. https://f1000research.com/articles/13-11/v1
  51. Karonji, S., Odhiambo, N. O., Muli, J. K., Mugweru, J., & Mwirichia, R. (2024). Control of Alternaria Leaf Spot of the Common Bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) Using Soil-Derived Biological Agents. Scientifica, 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1155/2024/3896663
  52. Boudouaia, A., Miqdad, K., AL-Qadri, A. H., Saraa, N., Belmamoune, S., Bariu Ntorukiri, T., ... & Mouissi, M. (2024). The effect of empowerment on English language teachers’ commitment to schools: the mediation of teachers’ attitudes towards curriculum reform. Innovation in Language Learning and Teaching, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1080/17501229.2024.2302978 
  53. Gitiha, R. W., Rugano, P., Wakhu, S., & Muriithi, C. G. (2024). Students’ perceptions towards the uptake of educational technologies in Christian Religious Education. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.25134119.v1 
  54. Robai, C. I., Nyaga, J., Karuri, H., Elmberg, J., & Månsson, J. (2024). Reducing the number of grazing geese on agricultural fields-Effectiveness of different scaring techniques. Crop Protection, 177, 106552. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cropro.2023.106552
  55. Mukhaye, E., Akoko, J., Nyamota, R., Mwatondo, A., Muturi, M., Nthiwa, D., ... & Bett, B. (2024). Exposure patterns and the risk factors of zoonotic Crimean Congo hemorrhagic fever virus amongst pastoralists, livestock and selected wild animals species at the human/livestock/wildlife interface in Isiolo County, upper eastern Kenya.medRxiv, 2024-03. https://www.medrxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.03.20.24304573v1
  56. Njoroge, J. K., Njire, M., Maina, J., Mwirichia, R., Nyabuga, F. N., & Mugweru, J. (2024). Bacterial diversity in honey bee environment: Embu County, Kenya. Scientific African, 23, e02036. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2023.e02036.
  57. Bolo, P., Mucheru‐Muna, M., Mwirichia, R. K., Kinyua, M., Ayaga, G., & Kihara, J. (2024). Soil bacterial community is influenced by long‐term integrated soil fertility management practices in a Ferralsol in Western Kenya.Journal of Sustainable Agriculture and Environment, 3(1), e12090. https://doi.org/10.1002/sae2.12090
  58. Ngui, S. M., Mwangangi, J. M., Richter, J., & Ngunjiri, J. W. (2024). Prevalence and intensity of urinary schistosomiasis and soil-transmitted helminths among women of reproductive age in Mwaluphamba, Kwale.Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Medicine, 17(2), 71-83. https://doi.org/10.4103/apjtm.apjtm_762_23
  59. Mwikamba, E. M., Githaiga, M. N., Briers, R. A., & Huxham, M. (2024). A Review of Seagrass Cover, Status and Trends in Africa. Springerlink, Estuaries and Coasts, 1-18. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12237-024-01348-5
  60. Kinya, G., Kairo, J. G., Nyoike, R. N., Nguu, J. G., Githinji, B. K., & Githaiga, M. N. (2024). Eco-Engineering Mangrove Restoration at Gazi Bay, Kenya.Diversity, 16(3), 135. https://doi.org/10.3390/d16030135
  61. Sumba, J. O., Ochenge, R., Mugambi, P., & Musafiri, C. M. (2024). Public debt and macroeconomic stability among sub-Saharan African countries: a system GMM test approach. Cogent Economics & Finance, 12(1), 2326451. https://doi.org/10.1080/23322039.2024.2326451
  62. Alzain, M. A., Asweto, C. O., Saeed, M. E., Kassar, A., Ali, K. E. M., Ghorbel, M., ... & Wang, W. (2024). Assessing suboptimal health status in the Saudi population: Translation and validation of the SHSQ-25 questionnaire.Journal of Global Health, 14. doi: 10.7189/jogh.14.04030
  63. Masheti,O., Muthomi, J.W., Muiru, W.M., Arunga, E.E. & Gepts, P. (2024). First report of Elsinoë phaseoli causing scab of common beans in Kenya. New Disease Reports, 49, e12268. https://doi.org/10.1002/ndr2.12268
  64. Budambula, V., Ngari, M., Budambula, N. L., Ahmed, A. A., & Were, T. (2024). Nutritional status of people who inject drugs in Coastal Kenya: a cross-sectional study. BMC nutrition, 10(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40795-024-00851-z
  65. Kabogo, I. T., Nyamato, G. S., Ogunah, J., Maqinana, S., & Ojwach, S. O. (2024). Extraction of heavy metals from water using chelating agents: a comprehensive review. International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology, 1-44. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13762-024-05586-9 
  66. Laub, M., Corbeels, M., Ndungu, S. M., Mucheru-Muna M. W., Mugendi, D., Yegon, R., Waswa, W., Vanlauwe, B., & Six, J. (2024). Shifting focus from external to in situ organic resources – The redesign of four tropical long-term experiments. European Journal of Agronomy,157, 127194. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eja.2024.127194
  67. Kibet, S., Kimani, N. M., Mwanza, S. S., Mudalungu, C. M., Santos, C. B. R., &  Tanga, C. M. (2024). Unveiling the Potential of Ent-Kaurane Diterpenoids: Multifaceted Natural Products for Drug Discovery. Pharmaceuticals, 17, 510. https://doi.org/10.3390/ph17040510
  68. Chepkemoi, J., Pfütze, S., Kimani, N. M., Matasyoh, J. C., & Stadler, M. (2024). Comparison of the Secondary Metabolism of the Basidiomycetes Armillaria mellea and Desarmillaria ectypa. Chemistry &Biodiversity, e202400933. https://doi.org/10.1002/cbdv.202400933
  69. Lewa, E. M., Gatimbu K. K., & Kariuki, P. W. (2024). Board attributes and sustainability reporting of selected listed nonfinancial firms in anglophone Sub-Saharan African countries: A multinomial logistic regression. Heliyon, 9(8): e29824. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e29824
  70. Irungu, I. F., Yegon, R. & Muniale, F.M. (2024). Determinants for rainwater harvesting adoption: a case study of smallholder farmers in Murang’a County, Kenya. Sustainable Water Resources Management. 10, 126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40899-024-01104-4
  71. Santos, C. B. R., Cruz, J. N., Federico, L. B., Mali, S. N., Kimani, N. M. Lobato, C. C., Silva, R. C. …& da Silva, C. H. T. P. (2024). Structure-based drug design for protein arginine deiminase Type IV (PAD4) receptor: Chemoinformatics approach.Chemical Physics Impact,8,100464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chphi.2024.100464.
  72. Kibet, S., Mudalungu, C. M., Ochieng, B.O., Mokaya, H. O., Kimani, N. M., & Tanga, C. M. (2024).Nutritional composition of edible wood borer beetle larvae in Kenya. PLoS ONE 19(6): e0304944.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304944
  73. Nyamota, G. R., Kiambi, D. K., & Mburugu, K. N. (2024). The influence of autocratic leadership style and capacity development on the performance of agricultural enterprises in kenya. Journal of Innovation, Creativity and Art, 3(5), 133–156. http://jica.innovascience.uz/index.php/jica/article/view/514
  74. Njue, N. G., & Kariuki, S. N. (2024). Contextual and Structural Factors, Project Modelling and Sustainability of Entrepreneurial Development Projects: A Conceptual Framework. European Journal of Business and Management Research, 9(2), 35–42. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejbmr.2024.9.2.1713
  75. Mugo, A. M., Nyaga, M. N., Ndwiga, Z. N., & Atitwa, E. (2024). Evaluating learning outcomes of Christian Religious Education learners: A comparison of constructive simulation and conventional method. Heliyon. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32632
  76. Nthuku, P. K., Kibaara, T. M., & M’Ngaruthi, T. K. (2024). Parental Involvement Influence on Education Participation for Learners with Hearing Impairments in Special Public Primary Schools in Meru and Isiolo Counties- Kenya. Journal of Education, 4(3), 32–50. https://edinburgjournals.org/journals/index.php/journal-of-education/article/view/282
  77. Nthuku, P. K., Kibaara, T. M., & M’Ngaruthi, T. K. (2024). Placement Option Influence on Education Participation for Learners with Hearing Impairments in Special Public Primary Schools in Meru and Isiolo Counties- Kenya. Journal of Education, 4(4), 1–13.https://edinburgjournals.org/journals/index.php/journal-of-education/article/view/283
  78. Maket, I., Kanó, I. S., & Vas, Z. (2024). Urban agglomeration and regional economic performance connectedness: Thin ice in developing regions. Research in Globalization, 8, 100211.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2024.100211
  79. Maket, I., Kanó, I. S., & Vas, Z. (2024). Quality of urban infrastructural service accessibility and human well-being in Sub-Saharan Africa. World Development Sustainability, 4, 100155.  https://doi.org/10.1016/j.wds.2024.100155
  1. Otieno, E.O., Mucheru-Muna, M.W., Kifuko-Koech, M.N., Kamau, C.N., Ndung'u-Magiroi, K.W., Mogaka, H., & Mugwe, N. (2024). Strategic research in the domain of secondary nutrients, micronutrients, liming and 4R stewardship in sub-Saharan Africa: Review. Environmental Challenges, 16, 100960. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envc.2024.100960
  2. Masheti, O.,Muthomi, J. W.,  Muiru, W. M.,  Arunga, E. E., &  Gepts, P. (2024).  Identification of Elsinoë phaseoli causing bean scab in Kenya and evaluation of sporulation using five adapted techniques. Journal of Phytopathology,  172, e13343. https://doi.org/10.1111/jph.13343
  3. Muketha, J. K., Kinyua, J. M., Njeru, D. M., & Njagi, Z. M. (2024). Influence of Green Innovation on Environmental Performance of Floriculture Firms, Kenya. African Journal of Business & Economic Research, 19(2). DOI: https://doi.org/10.31920/1750-4562/2024/v19n2a15
  4. Zablon, E., Matanda, J., & Mugambi, D. (2024). Effect of Capital Adequacy on Insurance Penetration in Kenya. The International Journal of Business Management and Technology, (8), 283-296. https://www.theijbmt.com/archive/0957/1962177427.pdf
  5. Zablon, E., Matanda, J., & Mugambi, D. (2024). Effect of Liquidity on Insurance Penetration in Kenya. The International Journal of Business Management and Technology, (8), 257-273. https://www.theijbmt.com/archive/0957/1559502247.pdf
  6. Nyamota, G., Kiambi, D., & Mburugu, K. (2024). Influence of Transactional Leadership Style on Performance of Agricultural Enterprises in Kenya.East African Journal of Business and Economics,7(1), 271-284. DOI: https://doi.org/10.37284/eajbe.7.1.1994
  7. Onchari, N. M., Githae, E. W., Muraya, M. M., & Nyabuga, F. N. (2024). Molecular Characterization of Sweet Potato Plant Parasitic Nematodes in Different Agroecological Zones of Kirinyaga County, Kenya.East African Scholars Journal of Agriculture and Life Sciences, 7(6), 76-82. DOI:36349/easjals.2024.v07i06.001
  8. Muriu, A. N., Joshua, P. M., & Mwito, M. M. (2024). Kenya’s macroeconomic policies and trade efficiency within the East African Community: A stochastic frontier analysis.Research in Globalization, 100233. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resglo.2024.100233
  9. Murikah, W., Nthenge, J. K., & Musyoka, F. M. (2024). Bias and Ethics of AI Systems Applied in Auditing-A Systematic Review.Scientific African, e02281. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.sciaf.2024.e02281
  10. Kodhek, K., & Kamau, J. W., & Musyoka, F. M. (2024). A Model for Total Cost Determination in Open-Source Software Ownership: Case of Kenyan Universities Learning Management System.Computer and Information Science, 17(1), 1-18.https://ccsenet.org/journal/index.php/cis/article/download/0/0/49937/54010
  11. Masinde, J. M., Mugambi, F., & Wambiri, D. M. (2024). Conceptualization and Practice of Information Literacy Pedagogy at Universities in Kenya.Evidence Based Library and Information Practice,19(2), 63-73. https://doi.org/10.18438/eblip30370
  12. Maket, I. (2024). Analysis of incidence, intensity, and gender perspective of multidimensional urban poverty Heliyon,10(9).:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e30139
  13. Nthiga, K.M., Ndirangu, N., & Isaboke, H.N. 2024. Exploring Factors Influencing Market Engagement and Marketing Channel Selection among Smallholder Macadamia Farmers in Embu West Sub County, Kenya. Journal of Global Innovations in Agricultural Sciences, 12(2), 333-339. DOI:https://doi.org/10.22194/JGIAS/24.1274
  14. Wachira, E., Ntakanio, N. P., & Yegon, R. (2024). Rice husk biochar for carbon sequestration, soil fertility and plant health improvement: A review. AfricanPhytosanitaryJournal, 2(2), 54-84. DOI:52855/HKZC5394
  15. Muthengi, F. M., Mugo, D. M., Mutua, S. M., & Musyoka, F. M. (2024). Method level static source code analysis on behavioral change impact analysis in software regression testing. Indonesian Journal of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 35(1), 665-672. DOI:11591/ijeecs.v35.i1.pp665-672
  16. Habakkuk, B. N., Nduati, K., S., Wang’ombe, , P. (2023). Macroeconomic Factors,Corporate Governance, Asset Structure, and Firm Value: Nairobi Securities Exchange Kenya. Economía Chilena,26(1), 18–31. DOI:10.36923/economa.v26i1.229
  17. Njue, N. G., & Kariuki, S. N. (2024). Contextual and Structural Factors, Project Modelling and Sustainability of Entrepreneurial Development Projects: A Conceptual Framework.European Journal of Business and Management Research,9(2), 35-42. https://doi.org/10.24018/ejbmr.2024.9.2.1713
  18. Bastos, R. , de Aguiar, C. P. O., Cruz, J. N.; Ramos, R. S., Kimani, N. M., de Souza, J. S. N., Chaves, M. H., de Freitas, H. F., Pita, S. S. R., & Santos, C.B.R. (2024). Rational Approach toward COVID-19′s MainProtease Inhibitors: A Hierarchical Biochemoinformatics Analysis. International Journal of MolecularSciences, 25, 6715. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms25126715

Short Communications

  1. Cecilia Moraa, Justin Nyaga, 2024 The ‘Nuts and Bolts’ of Agriculture Extension in Kenya: Why it Doesn’t work, how it would work.
  2. Cecilia Moraa, Justin Nyaga, 2024 The Agriculture Extension in Kenya: Why it does not work and what needs to be done.

Book Chapters

  1. Asweto, C. O., & Onyango, P. O. (2023). Antimicrobial Resistance in a Changing Climatic Context: An Emerging Public Health Threat in Africa. In Health and Medical Geography in Africa: Methods, Applications and Development Linkages (pp. 211-229). Cham:Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41268-4_10
  2. Onyari, C. N. (2024). Inter-seasonal Effects on Selected Maize Variety (DK8031) Grown under Varying Irrigation and Nitrogen Levels in Embu County, Kenya ( 9, 43–58).Research Advances and Challenges in Agricultural Sciences. https://doi.org/10.9734/bpi/racas/v9/109
  3. Lopez, A. , & Rugano, P. (2024). Examining Leadership Practices of Secondary School Principals in Kenya Through a Decolonizing Framework. In: Decolonizing Educational Knowledge (pp. 255-273).Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-55688-3_15