ABSTRACT Globally, about 7.7 million children under five years died in 2010. In Ghana, the under-five mortality rate is estimated at 72 deaths per 1000 live births in 2012 according to UNICEF. Although there has been a decline in under-five mortality in Ghana, substantial progress is required to achieve the Millennium Development Goal 4 by reducing child mortality by 2015. Several interventions have been put in place to ensure child survival. The study aimed at examining the relationship bet...
ABSTRACT This study examined the contributions of Microfinance Institutions to changing poor people‘s economic status, focusing on Basic Resources across Communities (BRAC) in Dodoma Municipality The objectives of the study were: to examine the roles of BRAC in changing poor people‘s economic status. To analyze the challenges facing BRAC in loans delivery systems to its clients. To assess the direct and indirect costs that BRAC clients incur when accessing Microfinance services. The study...
ABSTRACT The concept of local content has gain worldwide acknowledgement as the debate as to whether indigenes and indigenous business is worthwhile protecting. Local content provides a significant framework in driving the development of Ghana and increase the influx of foreign investment. Therefore, this study sought to provide a comprehensive assessment of local content policy and its significance for FDI in the oil and gas industry in Ghana. It employed a random sampling qualitative meth...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at investigating Matengo lexical change in Mbinga district. It was guided by three specific objectives namely: to explore the extent of Matengo lexical change; to examine the linguistic factors for Matengo lexical change and to determine non-linguistic factors contributing to Matengo lexical change in Mbinga district. The study used assimilation theory centring on the ideas of Gordon (1964) as one of the sociologists. Gordon devised the theory into seven stages which...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu unahusu matumizi ya ujaala katika ushairi wa Kiswahili: Ulinganisho wa diwani za Mathias Mnyampala na Amri Abedi Kaluta. Ujaala ni falsafa ambayo hutawala na kuongoza maisha ya binadamu (Ponera, 2014). Falsafa ya ujaala katika ushairi wa Kiswahili haijatafitiwa vya kutosha hivyo, kuwanyima fursa wasomaji na watunzi wa kazi za fasihi na kutoelewa dhana ya ujaala. Hii imemsukuma mtafiti kuchunguza matumizi ya falsafa ya ujaala katika ushairi wa Kiswahili. Kwa kiasi kikubwa, ...
IKISIRI Tasinifu hii ni matokeo ya utafiti uliochunguza Dhima ya Taswira katika Nyimbo za Muziki wa Kizazi Kipya: Mifano kutoka kwa Nasibu Abdul (Diamond Platinum) na Mrisho Mpoto (Mjomba). Utafiti huu uliongozwa na malengo matatu mahsusi ambayo ni kubainisha taswira zinazojitokeza katika nyimbo za waimbaji teule, kujadili dhima ya taswira katika nyimbo za waimbaji teule na kutathmini athari za taswira katika nyimbo za waimbaji teule. Nadharia iliyotumika katika utafiti huu ni semiotiki kupit...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the clove production in Zanzibar. The main objective of the study was to assess the role of the Zanzibar State Trading Corporation (ZSTC) in clove production. The specific objectives were to examine the quality of services provided by the Zanzibar States Trading Corporation (ZSTC), to identify challenges facing clove farmers, to examine (ZSTC) assistance to clove growers/farmers in the effort of increasing clove production, to identify reasons for (ZSTC) to remai...
ABSTRACT The major purpose of this study was to examine language and gender stereotype in Kiswahili print media in Tanzania as portrayed in gutter newspapers and posters. Specifically, the study examines the linguistic features used to portray gender stereotypes in gutter press and posters, causes of language that portray stereotypes and the impacts of the language that portray stereotypes to the readership. The data were collected through documentary review whereby 56 newspapers with 174 hea...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at assessing how teacher-student interaction structures classroom language. The study was carried out in ward secondary schools in Mbeya City Council. The researcher chose Mbeya city council‘s ward secondary schools randomly to represent all wards secondary schools in Mbeya and Tanzania in general because all classroom‘s teaching lessons do share common interactional features under the umbrella of Tanzania Educational National Policy of 1995. The study employed ca...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulikuwa na lengo la kuchunguza hadithi za watoto, kwa kuangalia jinsi hadithi hizo zilivyoathiriwa na maendeleo ya sasa ya sayansi na teknolojia. Hususan, kwa kuchunguza mifano ya hadithi za ngano kutoka Wilaya ya Micheweni Zanzibar. Utafiti ulibaini kwamba, sifa nyingi za Fasihi Simulizi zimebadilika au zimo katika mabadiliko makubwa. Hasa hasa katika kipindi hiki cha kukua na kuimarika kwa sayansi na teknolojia. Ikiwa hivyo ndivyo, basi ni dhahiri kwamba Fasihi Simulizi ...
ABSTRACT This study mainly focused on assessing the viability of conflict resolution methods, particularly mediation method, in the Tanzania-Malawi border dispute. The study was conducted in Kyela district in Mbeya region of Tanzania and it followed a cross-sectional research design. A total number of 100 respondents were involved in the study whereby methods such as fieldwork survey, interviews, focused group discussions and documentary review were employed during data collection. The analys...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulihusu Korasi katika Tamthiliya ya Kiswahili: Mifano toka Tamthiliya Teule za Ebrahim Hussein, Emmanuel Mbogo, na Frowin Nyoni. Dhana ya korasi imetumiwa ikimaanisha matendo, fikra au maneno ya kisanaa ayatoayo mtu au kikundi cha watu katika kitendo cha kisanaa kwa njia ya uimbaji, uradidi, nathari na kuambatana na vitendo. Matumizi ya mbinu hii ya korasi hayajatafitiwa wala kuhakikiwa vya kutosha katika Fasihi ya Kiswahili. Hali hii inakifanya kipengele hiki kutojulikana...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu ulilenga kuchunguza athari za kimaendeleo katika muktadha wa nyimbo za ngoma ya Mbassa. Nyimbo za ngoma ya Mbasssa zilikuwa zinaimbwa katika muktadha wa unyago. Kwa sasa nyimbo hizi haziimbwi katika muktadha wa unyago kutokana na mabadiliko ya kimaendeleo, yakiwemo masuala ya utandawazi, mabadiliko ya sayansi na teknolojia, kupanuka kwa kiwango cha elimu, kubadilika kwa mfumo wa siasa, masuala ya kibiashara na mwingiliano katika tamaduni, kumeathiri nyimbo za ngoma ya Mbas...
ABSTRACT This study assessed the contribution of INGOs in promoting elderly-friendly health services delivery in Tanzania: a case of the HelpAge international in Morogoro municipality with three specific objectives, namely to examine the role of INGOs in resource mobilization and funding to improve physical health infrastructure in Tanzania: to investigate the extent of facilitating training of staff in for preventive health to elderly people in Tanzania; and finally to investigate the effic...
ABSTRACT This study aimed to examine the effects of the East African Community to the Tanzanian Domestic Market: A case study of the Common Market Protocol. The study sought to achieve the following specific objectives, assessing the effects of the East African Common Market Protocol on Tanzanian Domestic Market, examining the economic relationship between the East African Community member states based on domestic market, Scrutinizing whether the Tanzanian Domestic Market benefited from the ...