ABSTRACT The study sought to identify lexical borrowing and describe the nature of lexical borrowing among the 2-7 year old children acquiring Olutachoni as their first language. The study also investigated and established the correlations between the age and gender of the children and the degree of lexical borrowing. The role of the linguistic environment to the acquisition of Olutachoni as a L1 was also investigated. The UsageBased Acquisition Theory, Levelt’s Theory of Speech Production...
ABSTRACT This research set to explore participative leadership in relation to SDA Church‟s growth in Magarini Sub-county, Kilifi County, Kenya. Part of SDA‟s policy recognizes that authority rests in the entire membership. However, the situation on the ground is different since ordinary members are not allowed to participate in leadership. The research sought first, to examine the extent of members‟ inclusivity in leadership to enhance growth; second, to explore the causes and analyze ...
ABSTRACT This study undertook a critical analysis of power asymmetry among discourse participants in sampled Kenyan courts. Specifically, the study investigated the questioning and pragmatic strategies used by lawyers, police prosecutors and unrepresented accused persons during direct examination and cross examination phases of trial, as well as the use of various speech act functions and background contributions by the examiners. In addition, the study also looked at how witness responses e...
ABSTRACT Various studies continue to report minimal or negligible impact of rehabilitation on reoffending and reintegration to community environment. More specifically, the proportion of sustained prison releases reduces rapidly within the first three years largely because of re-arrests, re-convictions and return to prison and the rate is even more acute in developing nations and Sub-Sahara Africa. In view of this persistent challenge, this study examined rehabilitation outcomes of inmates p...
ABSTRACT This study was set to examine positive deviance in the adoption of agroforestry technologies by some farmers in Kadibo Division, lower Nyando river basin in Western Kenya. The study was necessitated on understanding that despite widespread effort by extension agents to diffuse agroforestry practices in Kadibo Division, only a few farmers have been able to acquire and sustain the practices. Given this background, the study sought to assess approaches to successful adoption of agrofor...
ABSTRACT Environmental conservation is currently an issue in international relations as well as a global concern since the negative impact of activities in one country is felt in other countries. The global need for cooperation in environmental conservation has seen the enactment of many environmental agreements and treaties. Kenya being part of the global world has highlighted the need for effective environmental legislations to conserve its environment. This study investigated environmenta...
ABSTRACT Increased research output in academic institutions has led to generation of lots of research content, thus bringing about issues on storage and preservation of the research content, these has led to establishment of institutional repositories by institutions of higher learning. The aim of this study was to establish the perception and attitude of the postgraduate students of St Paul’s University Limuru Campus towards IRs. The study was guided by the following objectives: to assess...
ABSTRACT Strategic communications management is essential in county governments not only in terms of communicating policy directions, but also to disclaim un-authoritative communications that seek to misinform the public and undermine the devolution process. However, years after establishment of the county governments, the strategic communication function in these governments is still wanting and its power in promoting devolution is not yet evident. Therefore, the main objective of the study...
ABSTRACT Sexual violation of women has been found to leave permanent scars on the victims, affecting all spheres of life, therefore, compromising their psychological wellbeing. However, sexual violation is a vice shrouded with social instigated shame and guilt that leaves many victims stigmatized, thus making it difficult for them to seek help. Group therapy has been found to be characterized with curative factors that could circumvent the shame and guilt associated with sexual violation the...
ABSTRACT The performance in English in KCSE in public secondary schools in Kisii South sub-county has remained dismal. Studies have emphasized the use of learner centered strategies of teaching in order to improve the performance in English. However, the studies have not fully addressed the specific learner centered strategies in teaching English. The study sought to fill this gap by examining the strategies teachers use in implementing the Integrated English curriculum. The study was guided...
ABSTRACT Total quality management requires that all members of the company play a part in adding value in processes, products, services and culture in which they work. This can be attained by combining all quality-related functions and processes throughout the organization. TQM focuses on the overall quality aspects employed by an organization including managing quality design and development, quality control and maintenance, quality improvement and quality assurance. The specific objectives ...
Abstract This research set out to investigate challenges and opportunities to collective action in managing communal natural resources derived from Shompole wetland in Magadi division, Kajiado district. Magadi division is classified as a semi-arid area with annual average rainfall being less than 500mm. Hence the wetland is a critical dry grazing resource to the pastoralists in the area whose livelihood depends, fundamentally, on livestock. The swamp has traditionally provided a seasonal graz...
ABSTRACT The place of music in the Kenyan curriculum of education has for long not been assured as a result of curriculum review and changes. In order to understand how Kenya’s Curriculum Review Policies have impacted the stakeholders in the Public Primary Schools, this study examined the influence of Kenyan education policy and commissions of inquiry into the education system on the attitude /perception on the teaching and learning of Music as a subject in public primary schools in Kenya....
ABSTRACT This study investigates the substance and structure of animation films in Kenya. Specifically it focuses on thematic analysis of Kenyan animation films narratives representations through artistic styles, using techniques like mise-en-scene, montage, narrative styles, non-diegesis, and diegesis. The analysis focused on communicative artistic form and dominant themes of social, political and cultural issues addressed by Kenyan animators, writers, and producers. The analysis of animati...
ABSTRACT This study is an historical exposition and analysis of the developments of indigenous therapeutic systems among the Abagusii of Nyamira County, Kenya, between 1880 and 2010. Abagusii belong to the Bantu communities of western Kenya, including the Luhyia, Kuria and Suba. The study traces continuity and change in indigenous medical practice among the Abagusii. The study has examined the status of Gusii herbal medicine on the eve of British colonialism; the encounter between Gusii indi...