ABSTRACT According to the 2013 World Health Organization estimates, maternal tetanus toxoid (TT2) immunization coverage was 65% globally, and 66% in Africa. In Kenya, the vaccination was 48.7% in 2013 while 27.4% in Kakamega County. Since non-uptake of TT vaccination means a mother would not be able to develop immunity against tetanus, the mother would not pass anti-tetanus immunity to her neonate. In this case, Neonates born of 72.6% anti-tetanus naive mothers in Kakamega County are suscepti...
ABSTRACT Migration is a spatial phenomenon involving movement of people between distinct places, locations imbued with meaning and power. It explicitly refers to people changing their places of residence, where they live on a habitual basis, embracing not only their actual physical structures, but also in some sense the wider community in which they live. The study focused on the Abagusii migration patterns from their ancestral land specifically to the South Rift (SR), Kericho County. It ackn...
ABSTRACT Advertising is a form of communication and a marketing strategy that marketers can use to make their products known. There are various marketing strategies and communication media today but not all of them are effective, with some even being at risk of being counterproductive. Marketers are always looking for effective communication media and ways of making their marketing strategies effective. This study analyses the impact of baby diaper television advertising on consumer purchasin...
ABSTRACT The Sub-Saharan Africa is one of the regions highly affected by youth unemployment. It is estimated to be more than 21 %. It is estimated that 64% of unemployed persons in Kenya are youth. Interestingly, only 1.5% of the unemployed youth have formal education beyond secondary school level and the remaining over 92% have no vocational or professional skills training and the majority is found in the rural Kenya. Youths in Kenya who number about 12 million account for about 32% of the p...
ABSTRACT There is a rise in prevalence of Type 2 diabetes in Kenya, and an increase in related complications, which lead to disability and death. Diet modification to control blood sugar, lipid levels and pressure are vital in lowering risk and complications development in the management of Type 2 diabetes. Adherence to diet on the other hand, is a behaviour, influenced by among others, socio-economic factors and perceptions. Studies indicate that adherence to diet therapy is below average, e...
ABSTRACT This study evaluated performance of moderators and perceptions of viewers on coverage of issues in 2013 presidential debate in Kenya. A consortium of major media houses in Kenya organized the 2013 televised presidential debate as an avenue for evaluation of presidential candidates by the voters to enable them have a deeper understanding of each political contestant‟s knowledge on various issues and characters hence making a meaningful decision in March 4, 2013 general election. How...
ABSTRACT Patients with chronic kidney disease undergoing hemodialysis are usually co-morbid with hypertension that contributes to increased cardiovascular morbidity and mortality if not controlled. A number of factors are targeted as influencing agents to uncontrolled hypertension but adherence to treatment is counted as a major factor contributing to poor control of hypertension. In Kenya studies done among chronic kidney disease patients have found high uncontrolled rate of blood pressure i...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the performance of the Nation Newspaper in its coverage of the August 8th 2017 presidential elections. It could be that the framing of the presidential candidates could have influenced voting patterns. There may be a possibility that the electorate expressed dissatisfaction with the presidential election results due to lack of proper knowledge about the process. Several studies on media coverage of elections have been done in the past but they have not expressly...
ABSTRACT The significance of reading skills in the development of English as a second language cannot be underrated. The Kenyan secondary schools curriculum for English requires a student to have developed competence in reading skills by the time they sit for Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education examinations at form four. However, some students do not meet the standards which are required by the Kenyan secondary schools English curriculum even though they have done the fourth form final e...
ABSTRACT The work argues the thesis that the adoption of Walter Rodney’s development discourse can serve as a viable paradigm for practically achieving the goals of integrated development in contemporary Africa if emphasis is placed on human development and effective leadership. Leadership, derives from the verb ‚to lead‛. To lead means to ‚guide or cause to follow one‛ or to direct, as by persuasion or influence, to a course of, to conduct in a certain direction, or to be the head...
ABSTRACT Kenya is among the 22 high burden countries that contribute 80% of the world’s TB and is ranked 15th globally, while in Africa, it is ranked number five. Strategies for reduction of TB rely on knowledge of where, when and to what degree the disease is present. Information on the geographical occurrence of TB in the high burden regions of Kisumu and Siaya Counties, Western Kenya remains scanty. As such, the main objective of this study was to analyze the spatial distribution of TB a...
ABSTRACT The issues raised in the African theological discourse on marriage with special focus on the Methodist church in Zimbabwe are crucial and pertinent to the faith and well-being of the African Christians who make up its congregation. The research document seeks to come up with a sound theology of marriage that will reconcile the three worlds of marriage that has caused confusion and dilemma to African Christians who find themselves torn apart in their traditional culture, the civil or...
Abstact INTRODUCTION This study examines the socialness of online social media, specifically WhatsApp and Facebook. Literature (Papacharissi 2010, Bauman 2013), shows that online social media helps in creating communities, bonds, socializing and gatherings just like organic communities. Facebook users can claim to have hundreds of friends in their network, yet sometimes find it difficult to name half a dozen people that they have actually met in their local neighborhood. While social networks...
ABSTRACT Local authorities generally are autonomous bodies governed by pieces of legislation and derive their powers from these governing legislations. Rural local authorities in Zimbabwe are governed by the constitution, Rural District Councils Act and the Traditional Leaders act in particular. It is in the Rural District Councils Act where the sources of revenue for these local authorities are provided. The study therefore sought to identify the challenges that rural local authorities face...
ABSTRACT Schools in Khami District have not been spared from the influence of loan words in the teaching of the Ndebele language. The researcher focused on the impact of loan words in the teaching of Ndebele language in the selected Khami District Schools of Bulawayo Province .The Schools were Dumezweni Primary School, Godlwayo Primary School and Ngwalongwalo Primary School. The target population comprised of the heads of the schools , teachers and grade 7 pupils in selected Khami District S...