• Fish and complementary feeding practices for young children: Qualitative research findings from coastal Kenya 

  CartmillI, Mary Kate; Blackmore, Ivy; SarangeI, Catherine; Mbeyu, Ruth; Cheupe, Christopher; Cheupe, Joaquim; Kamau-Mbuthia, Elizabeth; Iannotti, Lora; Wamukota, Andrew; Humphries, Austin; Lesorogol, Carolyn (PLOS ONE, 2022-03-14)

  This study examines barriers to fish consumption during the complementary feeding period in two coastal counties of Kenya with high rates of child malnutrition. Study findings indicate that young child fish consumption ...

• Onion (Allium cepa L.) Performance as Influenced by Manure and Fertilizer in Titanium Mined Soils 

  Muindi, Esther Mwende; Wamukota, Andrew Wekesa; Mulinge, Jackson Muema; Okello, Nick; Wekesa, Geofrey; Ahmed, Hamza (Sustainable Agriculture Research, 2022-08-19)

  Mining is an important economic activity that promotes income generation, job creation, and industrialization globally. In spite its economic importance, it is classified as land degradation form that disrupts natural ecosystem ...

• Potential impacts of climate change on agriculture and fisheries production in 72 tropical coastal communities 

  Cinner, Joshua E.; Caldwell, Iain R.; Thiault, Lauric; Ben, John; Blanchard, Julia L.; Coll, Marta; Diedrich, Amy; Eddy, Tyler D.; Everett, Jason D.; Folberth, Christian; Gascuel, Didier; Guiet, Jerome; Gurney, Georgina G.; Heneghan, Ryan F.; Jägermeyr, Jonas; Jiddawi, Narriman; Lahari, Rachael; Kuange, John; Liu, Wenfeng; Maury, Olivier; Müller, Christoph; Novaglio, Camilla; Palacios-Abrantes, Juliano; Petrik, Colleen M; Rabearisoa, Ando; Tittensor, Derek P.; Wamukota, Andrew; Pollnac, Richard (Nature Communications, 2022-05-25)

  Climate change is expected to profoundly affect key food production sectors, including fisheries and agriculture. However, the potential impacts of climate change on these sectors are rarely considered jointly, especially ...

• The response of phytoplankton and zooplankton to river damming in three cascading reservoirs of the Tana River, Kenya 

  Okuku, Eric Ochieng; Tole, Mwakio; Kiteresi, Linet Imbayi; Bouillon, Steven (John Wiley @ Sons Australia, 2016)

  River damming reduces the ecological heterogeneity of ecosystems, with a resultant shift of communities adapted to lotic conditions to those better adapted to the newly created lentic environment. Whereas the response of ...

• The Efficacy of a Tropical Constructed Wetland for Treating Wastewater during the Wet Season: The Kenyan Experience 

  Khisa, Kelvin; Tole, M; Obiero, Stephen Anyango; Mwangi, Samson Wokabi (www.iiste.org, 2014)

  Constructed Wetlands are among the most promising t reatment options for domestic and industrial wastew ater streams in places where land is available. They nee d more land than conventional wastewater treatment plants but ...

• Rate and Quantities of Household Solid Waste Generated in Kampala City, Uganda 

  J, Ojok; M.K., Koech; M., Tole (Science Journal Publication, 2012-07-23)

  The study concentrated on solid waste (SW) generation at households to establish rate of generation, quantities and overall composition. Kampala divisions were purposively stratified according to existing parishes. ...

• Households' Willingness to Pay for Improved Municipal Solid Waste Management Services in Kampala, Uganda 

  J, Ojok; M.K., Koech; M., Tole; J.Okot, -Okumu (Science Journal Publication, 2012-07-23)

  The study evaluated households' willingness to pay (WTP) for improved municipal solid waste management (MSWM) services in Kampala and estimated the total revenue and cost recovery that accrued from WTP. The households ...

• Report on field studies in Voi, Kenya Soil Erosion and Flood Risk Management 03.Jan.2013 to 14.Jan.2013 

  Unknown author (2013)

  The Consolidated Plan of Action for Africa´s Science and Technology (CPA), (NEPAD, 2006) and also the Kenyan national water resources management strategy (NWRMS) (Ministry of Water and Irrigation, 2011) point out that the ...

• CASE STUDIES OF CHANGES IN THE STRUCTURE OF REEF LAGOON FISHERIES OFF SOUTHERN KENYA 

  Benards, Okeyo; Hempel, Gotthilf (Society for Tropical Ecology, 2013)

  Abstract. This study analyzes changes occurring within shallow lagoon fisheries on the Kenyan south coast. The data were gathered at two intervals over a span of ten years at four selected sites: Mwaepe, Mvuleni, Chale, ...

• The Fate of Chloroacetanilide Herbicides and Their Degradation Products in the Nzoia Basin, Kenya 

  Odipo Osano; Daniel Nzyuko; Mwakio Tole; Wim Admiraal (Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, 2003-09)

  Alachlor, metolachlor and their respective environmentally stable aniline degradation products, 2,6-diethylaniline and 2-ethyl-6-methylaniline were analyzed in water and sediment samples from 9 sites along River Nzoia, ...

• CONCENTRATIONS OF H2S IN AIR AROUND THE OLKARIA GEOTHARMAL FIELD,KENYA 

  Mwakio Tole; Martin Marani; Laban Ogalo (2000-06)

  Changes in concentration of H2S with distance away from the Olkalia geothermal power station ,and at one discharging well were continuously monitored over periods of up to 11days .The changes inH2S were corrected with ...

• Pollution of groundwater in the coastal Kwale District, Kenya 

  Mwakio p. tole (IAHS,, 1997)

  Groundwater is a “last-resort” source of domestic water supply at the Kenya coast because of the scarcity of surface water sources. NGOS, the Kenya government, and international aid organizations have promoted the drilling ...

• Groundwater resources and sea water intrusion in Kwale District 

  Anyango, SO; Tole, MP; Ucakuwun, EK (CSA, 1998)

  This work describes the results of water quality analysis carried out along the coastal plains of Kwale District, Kenya, to determine the influence of sea water intrusion, the relationship between tidal changes and water ...

• Beach width analyses in beach erosion hazard assessment and management at Bamburi beach, Mombasa, Kenya. 

  E. K. Ucakuwun; A. M. Mwakumanya; T. M. Munyao (JGRP, 2009-12)

  Beach erosion was identified as one of the major coastal problems at Bamburi beach shoreline causing destruction on expensive shoreline developments which threatened the economic and social welfare of the beach-dependent ...

• Beach Morphological Dynamics: A Case Study of Nyali and Bamburi Beaches in Mombasa, Kenya 

  Maarifa Ali Mwakumanyaa; Odhiambo Bdob (JCR, 2004-10-04)

  This study evaluated the spatial and temporal changes in beach morphology by analyzing the grain size distribution and the effect of the hydrodynamic conditions on the beach showing shoreline instability. Ten transects, ...

• Organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticide concentrations in water, sediment, and selected organisms in Lake Naivasha (Kenya) 

  Gitahi, S.M; Harper, D. M.; Muchiri, S. M.; Tole, Mwakio P.; Ng'ang'a, R. N. (Spingerlink, 2002)

  Water, sediment, red swamp crayfish (Procambarus clarkii) and black bass (Micropterus salmoides) from Lake Naivasha were analyzed for selected organochlorine and organophosphorus pesticide residues. The mean p,p'-DDT, ...

• The Contribution of Drinking Water towards Dental Fluorosis: A case study of Njoro Division, Nakuru District, Kenya 

  Moturi, Wilkister K:; Tole, Mwakio P.; Davies, Theo C: (2002)

  This study was carried out to measure the fluoride levels of water consumed in the Njoro division of Nakuru district, Kenya. The sources of drinking water, methods of water storage and utilisation, as well as the perceptions ...

• The Potential of Geothermal Systems in Kenya for Balneological Use 

  Tole, Mwakio P. (Spingerlink, 2002)

  Curative properties of geothermal waters are highly valued in several countries around the world, including China, Iceland, and middle and Eastern European states. Natural hotsprings and fumaroles found in various parts ...

• Contamination of Groundwater Resources by Pit Latrines in Kwale District, Kenya 

  Mzuga, Jason M.; Tole, Mwakio P.; Ucakuwum, Elias K. (African Journals Online, 2001)

  Waters from springs, wells and boreholes were analysed for chemical and biological quality. Although most of the waters were found to be chemically suitable for drinking, 69% of the wells, 30% of the springs and 13% of the ...

• Fluid/mineralequilibriumcalculations for geothermalfluids and chemicalgeothermometry 

  PROF. MWAKIO TOLE; Halldór Ármannsson†; Pang Zhong-He‡; Stefán Arnórsson§ (ELSELVIER, 1993)

  Aquifer temperatures of 13 geothermal wells in Iceland whose measured reservoir temperatures range from 47 to 325°C have been estimated from the chemical composition of the discharged fluid by considering simultaneously ...

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