Poverty is a pervasive issue that affects individuals and communities worldwide. In the context of Elegu Town Council, poverty conditions within the cultural community have been identified as a significant challenge. This research aims to delve into the causes, effects, and potential remedies for poverty within this community. The objective of this study is threefold: (1) to investigate the causes and effects of poverty within the cultural community in Elegu Town Council, (2) to explore the perceptions of community members regarding potential solutions to mitigate the cultural influence and effects of accelerated poverty conditions, and (3) to provide recommendations for addressing poverty within the community. A mixed-methods approach was employed for data collection. A survey questionnaire was administered to community members, capturing their perceptions of poverty conditions, causes, effects, and potential solutions. Additionally, qualitative interviews were conducted to gain deeper insights into the lived experiences and perspectives of individuals within the community. The findings suggest that poverty within the cultural community in Elegu Town Council is influenced by multiple factors. Respondents identified high levels of unemployment, political instability, inadequate access to healthcare, poor cultural structure, low agricultural activities, and land wrangles as contributing factors. The majority of respondents expressed a belief that something can be done to address the problem, with government intervention receiving the highest level of support. The research concludes that poverty within the cultural community of Elegu Town Council is a complex issue requiring a multi-faceted approach. Based on the findings, several recommendations are proposed. These include strengthening job creation and economic opportunities, improving healthcare infrastructure and access, enhancing social and cultural empowerment, resolving land wrangles, and creating holistic poverty alleviation strategies. Furthermore, further studies are recommended to explore specific areas in-depth, such as unemployment, government interventions, community perspectives on cultural transformation, and the long-term effects of poverty alleviation.

This report contains of five chapters where by chapter one contains location, historical background, vision, mission of the premises where I did my industrial training. It also contains objectives and importance of my industrial training My chapter two talks about safety and health. In this chapter safety gears are well talked about and their importance and also the risks faced in case we don’t have them Chapter three talks about substation with various components that make up a substation and the different role played by those components. In this chapter transmission lines are as well talked about in details Chapter four contains practicals activities we did and these included short circuit test, transformer test, ground resistance tests Chapter five consists of recommendations, challenges and conclusion of my training progress

Mastitis in dairy goats was investigated with the objective of establishing the effect of management and the identification of the key causative agents through common diagnostic procedures of somatic cell counts, bacteriological identification and, for the first time in goat mastitis, by use of Polymerase Chain Reaction. A cross-sectional survey, using a structured questionnaire was conducted in three agro-climatic regions of Coast, Nyanza and Rift Valley, with goat keeping clusters serving as sampling sub-units. The focus of the questions was on housing, feeding, labour, water sources, record keeping, socio-economic status of respondents and availability of extension service. California Mastitis Test (CMT) was done at the farm-level, Somatic Cell Counts (SCC) and bacterial isolation were done in the laboratory. Polymerase Chain Reaction (PCR) on the two key bacteria, Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli were subsequently carried out on 16 randomly selected samples representative of the three dairy goat keeping agro-ecological zones. The management survey indicated that 56.9% of respondents were peasant farmers only 12% of respondents could afford hired labour. There was evidence of scarcity of quality water, with only 9% using water from rain catchment and the rest depending on wells, dams and rivers. There was no training package on dairy goats. The CMT scores for the two key organisms ranged between 2 and 3, making it a reliable test for udder infection. Somatic Cell Counts (SCC) was determined for 239 samples with scores ranging between 0.248 106 and 1.693 106 with a mean of 0.869 106. This study demonstrated significant SCC variations amongst the breeds, there was also significant variation in SCC scores for various locations. Other factors in the study were lactation length and parity all of which affected SCC scores. The bacterial isolation showed dominance of Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli respectively. The two species of bacteria are significant indicators of the state of hygiene on the farms. The PCR identification of the two organisms showed that they were distributed in all three regions of study. There is a need for more intensive studies on the various diagnostic tools especially CMT, SCC, bacteriology and PCR to enable the development of quality standards in Kenya for goat milk which do not exist at the moment.

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