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KUCCUPS PLACEMENT PROCESS FOR YEAR 2023

The Kenya Universities and Colleges Central Placement Service (KUCCPS) is a state corporation established to co-ordinate the placement of Government Sponsored Students to Universities and Colleges and to develop career guidance programmes for the benefit of students among other functions. KUCCPS in consultation with its stakeholders developed the Placement Policy, Procedures and Criteria to ensure […]

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STYLISTIC DEVICES IN FATHERS OF NATIONS

-Figures of speech that is similes and metaphors -Vivid description-this is describing something in details that the reader can visualize it. -Hyperbole- this is exaggeration -Personification-this is giving human qualities to animals and inanimate objects -foreboding/ foreshadow- this is hinting about something that will happen before it happens. -Dialogue- This is communication between two people.

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FATHERS OF NATIONS

Fathers of Nations was written by Paul B. Vitta and printed in 2013 by Oxford University Press East Africa. The highlight of this book is a summit attended at the Gambia by African Heads of State. Its subject is the awakening of Africans to come out from their status quo. Here is the synopsis of

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PROFESSOR GEORGE MAGOHA

Medical, academic career Before being appointed to cabinet five years ago, Prof Magoha served as Vice-Chancellor at the University of Nairobi (UoN) for ten years (2005 to 2015). He also served as a Professor of Urological and Transplant Surgery at UoN’s College of Health Sciences. His medical career includes work and training in Nigeria, Ghana, Ireland and

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HYDROPONIC FARMING SYSTEMS

Why is hydroponic farming the answer? Hydroponics is a subset of hydro culture, which is the growing of plants in a soil less medium, or an aquatic based environment. Hydroponic growing uses mineral nutrient solutions to feed the plants in water, without soil. Advantages of hydroponic farming Types of Hydroponic systems? When you think of it, you instantly

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HYDROPONICS

Hydroponics: A Better Way to Grow Food When you think about the produce grown for concession food service operations, do you picture acres of open fields, rows of tilled soil, and seedlings lining the tops of the mounds? While much of the world’s fruits and vegetables are grown this way, there are other ways to

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HYDROPONIC FARMING

Edible vegetables (mostly leafy greens such as spinach, chard, lettuces) are grown in a hydroponic system using a plastic “tote” with a lid and monitored for pre and post EC (electrical conductivity) and pre and post pH. Each tote is filled with a mixture of water and liquid fertilizer. The tote lid has six to

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ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HYDROPONIC FARMING

Hydroponics is a branch of agriculture where plants are grown without the use of soil. The nutrients that the plants normally derive from the soil are simply dissolved into water instead, and depending on the type of hydroponic system used, the plant’s roots are suspended in, flooded with or misted with the nutrient solution so

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