Mwove, Johnson https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7976-5959
Orwa, Joy D.
Njoki, Joyce W.
Irungu, Francis
Gatobu, Fredrick
Funding for this research was provided by:
Chuka University (N/A)
Article History
Received: 8 August 2025
Revised: 3 March 2026
Accepted: 14 March 2026
First Online: 23 March 2026
Declarations
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: Permission to conduct this study was granted by the National Commission for Science, Technology, and Innovation (NACOSTI), Kenya (License No: NACOSTI/P/22/15200). Ethical review and approval were provided by the Ethics Committee of Chuka University (Reference: NACOSTI/NBC/AC-0812).
: The authors declare no competing interests.