Silipiwe, Sharai http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7509-8378
Muriithi, Alice Nakhumicha http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1626-0785
Ojiewo, Christopher Ochieng
Funding for this research was provided by:
ACE II in partnership with JOOUST and World Bank
Article History
Received: 27 May 2023
Accepted: 4 December 2023
First Online: 1 February 2024
Declarations
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: Not applicable.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.
: This research did not involve human participants, hence no consent to participate in the study was obtained. However, Ethics approval for the study including handling and transportation of the biological specimens was obtained from Jaramogi Oginga Odinga University of Science and Technology’s Ethics review office under approval number ERC 29/05/22-12. Additionally, the research was also licensed by the National Commission for Science, Technology and Innovation (NACOSTI) of Kenya under license number NACOSTI/P/22/20646.