ABSTRACT State intervention strategies undertaken to manage domestic violence in Vihiga County of Kenya remain a challenge due to recurring domestic violence offences. The justice system has lapses in enforcing the law on domestic violence in Vihiga County despite the law enforcement by the state. The study revealed gross human rights violations, perpetration and manifestations of physical, sexual, psychological and emotional violence against household individuals in Vihiga County. The overal...
ABSTRACT There are rising cases of disrespect in Kenyan society amid efforts by Christian Religious Education (CRE) in secondary schools to make the learner appreciate and respect their own, and other people‟s cultural beliefs and practices. The morals of the secondary school graduates enrolled in colleges and society do not reflect the acquisition of values learnt through CRE. Despite the exposure of students to the Christian Religious Education curriculum, cases of disrespect, for instanc...
IKISIRI Kimsingi, lugha inawezesha na kuendeleza mazungumzo katika jamii. Lugha hii hujitokeza katika mazungumzo na maandishi. Mawasiliano andishi yanatakiwa kufanywa kwa uangalifu mkubwa ili kukamilisha gharadhi lake katika jamii. Ilivyobainika ni kwamba pasipo lugha, mawasiliano kama shughuli kuu ya kibinadamu hayatafaulu. Ingawa makosa mbalimbali yanayopatikana katika kazi za wanafunzi yametambuliwa na kuchanganuliwa na wataalamu mbalimbali, bidii hazijafanywa katika kubainisha makosa ya k...
ABSTRACT Christian missionaries established the first mission work among the Pokot of West Pokot County in 1931, when the Churchman‟s Missionary Society (BCMS) the Anglicans established a mission centre at Kacheliba. However, they encountered resistance and non response from the Pokot. To date, the bulk of the Pokot, especially the elderly are still conservative to their traditional lifestyle and reluctant to open up to Christianity, change and new ideas. This Study endeavoured to find out ...
ABSTRACT Corruption is a global problem which has affected many countries. Responding to it has required action from all, both at the international level, and also at the national level. In Kenya, the response is by both the government and non- governmental organizations that include Anglican Church of Kenya with its anti-corruption program. In spite of the efforts put into fight the vice, corruption rages on and remains widespread. It is unclear whether or not the widespread nature of corrup...
ABSTRACT Cancer is now recognized globally as one of the leading non-communicable diseases. Each year about half a million women develop invasive cancer of the uterine cervix, with more than 80% occurring in low-income countries. Whereas research and technology have realized great positive innovation in the control of cervical cancer in terms of prevention, easy to administer and less invasive detection and treatment procedures, the disease continues to be a commonly occurring cancer among wo...
ABSTRACT Research productivity requiring information resources is a measure of academic success. The volume of information resources potentially available to academic staff is massive hence there is a need for information literacy skills to access these, evaluate, and effectively utilize available information for research productivity. Several studies have examined academics’ research productivity using variables, such as institutional factors, demographic characteristics and information u...
Abstract Over the last 30 years, Tanzania has taken different policy approaches towards the conservation of forests. Intriguingly, from the earlier integrated conservation and development approach to the ‘newer’ green economy, the idea that providing livelihood benefits is a key strategy for achieving conservation effectiveness has dominated. This one-dimensional conception of what ‘local people’ value and why precludes a clear understanding of substantive social justice considerati...
ABSTRACT The government of Kenya has made tremendious efforts to initiate reforms in different sectors, including the judiciary, with the aim of meeting the requirements of the new constitution promulgated in 2010. One of the components of the reforms that has received a lot of emphasis is the vetting of public office holders, that is mostly done through public interviews. The present research caried out a genre analysis of common linguistic, rhetoric and move features in the Kenyan Judicial ...
ABSTRACT As a result of the insignificant number of employment the EPZs have so far been able to register on the ground, contrary to what was estimated by the government during its establishment on the one hand, and also contrary to the successful stories of such programme on the same elsewhere; this study was specifically set-out to inquire on the failure of EPZs in Tanzania in generating the same using three firms registered under EPZ programme. In its inquiry, the study used three import...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the representation of men and women in The Herald and H-Metro on issues to do with domestic violence from January 2015 to May 2016. How gender is being represented, portrayed and covered in the two papers is what the study was mainly focusing on. The researcher comparatively explored gender representation and influences of the choices of these representations. The researcher used qualitative methods to collect data. Through content analysis the research found o...
Abstract The objective of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of decentralisation as a means to integrate central government seconded staff into Ohangwena Regional Council. The study highlights the knowledge of decentralisation in Ohangwena Regional Council, the delegated education directorate and maintenance section; the planning and co-ordination of the two delegated function’s activities between a regional council and delegating line ministries, the management of central gov...
ABSTRACT Vitamin D is a lipid soluble vitamin that acts as a hormone as well as a micronutrient. Through vitamin D receptors (VDR) expressed on immune cells, vitamin D polarizes Th1/Th2 cytokine balance in pregnancy regulating humoral immune responses triggered by B cell antigens. How plasma concentrations of 25-hydroxyvitamin D affect the quantity of anti-measles virus and anti-diphtheria toxoid vaccine-antigen antibodies during pregnancy in early life years remain unclear. This study assume...
ABSTRACT Passive design is designing the building in ways and methods that helps to make this building thermally comfortable with the least use of electric power. passive design includes considering the design of all building's elements " walls ceilings and floors" and that to help reduce thermal gain in the building. The objective of this research is first identify passive design and its objectives and the meaning of thermal comfort which is the main goal to be achieved through passive desig...
ABSTRACT Poor sanitation is associated with poor health outcomes in populations, loss of school days, low academic performance and stunting in children. Kenya loses 0.9% of its Gross Domestic Product, KES 27.4 billion, annually due to poor sanitation. This indicates that failure to invest in sanitation may be costly. Busia County is among the counties that currently require education on importance of using standard sanitation facilities. Despite the knowledge of the needs for efficient sanita...