ABSTRACT Conflict in Nakuru has been studied throughout the years. It has attracted the attention of several international and local scholars. However most studies have focused on general factors that have contributed to the conflict and few studies have looked at the role of international agencies in promoting women peace building activities. Consequently, the study examined the response of international agencies to conflict in Nakuru County. Specifically, it integrated the role of USAID in...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the extent to which gender, type of school, academic achievement and causal attributions predict academic disidentification of secondary school students. The extent to which academic self-esteem mediated the relationships with two specific aspects of disidentification, discounting and devaluing was also studied. The study employed correlational and exploratory designs. Martin Covington's Self-worth Motivation Theory and Carl Rogers' Self Theory of Personality D...
ABSTRACT Over the past five decades, global forest area has been diminishing rapidly due to deforestation. Over 1.6 billion rural people globally depend on forests for their livelihoods, with about 70% of the African population relying on forests for their survival. In Kenya, many communities rely on forests for their everyday needs, yet they are diminishing yearly at an approximate 12,000 hectares per year. Projects such as the Afforestation Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism project ...
ABSTRACT There has been an upsurge of school violence (SV) in public secondary schools in Kenya despite numerous efforts to find a sustainable solution. This study therefore investigated the contribution of peace education (PE) towards promoting peaceful coexistence among students in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the study were as follows: 1) To establish the prevalence of SV in these schools; 2) To analyse the secondary school curriculum content so as to estab...
ABSTRACT Juvenile delinquency has been a major problem in most parts of the world including Kenya due to its complexities attributed to its dynamic nature among different categories of children. Gender-based delinquency prevalence studies have identified female juvenile delinquency to be a developing key delinquency challenge as compared to male juvenile delinquency. In addition, research indicates that female juvenile delinquents are more prone to mental health problems attributed to incarce...
ABSTRACT Open Access Journals (OAJs) and Institutional Repositories (IRs) are Open Access (OA) outlets that provide a platform for disseminating research findings. Although these outlets have been introduced in universities to increase dissemination, access and impact of staff, academic staff adoption of such outlets in Africa has been slow and their use of these outlets in disseminating their research works has been low. This study sought to establish the challenges academic staff face with ...
xii ABSTRACT Parental conflict is a prevalent problem that threatens the social adjustment of adolescence children both in developed and developing nations. Despite evidence of parental conflicts in Kenyan families, there is scarce literature on the relationship of parental conflict and social adjustment of adolescence. This study sought to establish the frequency of parental conflict in families of students in secondary schools in Murang‘a County; To find out the types of parental conflict...
ABSTRACT Mulching is one of the major soil and water conservation measures applied for conserving soil moisture and modifying soil physical environment. The study aimed at assessing the effect of mulching on soil hydro-physical properties and its adoption in Kibaale sub-catchment, Uganda. Specific objectives were; to determine the effect of mulching on soil hydro-physical properties and to determine the farmers‟ socio economic and institutional factors affecting its adoption. Samples were o...
ABSTRACT Despite the pervasive nature of religiosity in the Kenyan population, there is an increase in risky sexual behavior among high school students in the country. The influence of religion, which discourages sexual activity among adolescents, is not clear in the Kenyan context. This study sought to establish the influence of religiosity among Christian high school students in Kiambu County. The study was based on Kohlberg’s moral development theory and used correlational study design t...
ABSTRACT The study looked into the relationship between training and small and medium-sized enterprises‟ growth in Kenya. Lack of basic skills in business management and entrepreneurship seems to be a major drawback in the growth and development of the SME sector. Despite the various research studies conducted in the past on SME training, there has been poor coordination of the effect of the training offered. Service providers in the SME are not clear to what extent the entrepreneurs benefi...
Abstract This study examined the language, representation and ideology in the Nigerian 2011 presidential election newspaper reports. Specifically, the study identified and interpreted the macro speech acts that characterized the newspaper reports with an assumption that the representations concealed some underlying ideologies.The study also investigatedthe structures of themicro propositions in the reports to establish the nature of the newspaper representation of the election.In addition, th...
ABSTRACT The main objective of this research was to analyze and evaluate the use of structure and style in the two anthologies of Msimu wa Tisa and Rangi ya Anga and their effectiveness in enabling the reader to understand the message. The study aimed at analyzing the features of structure in the two anthologies, analysis of graphological features of style as well as the use of symbolism (metaphor, simile, imagery, metonymy and allegory) and register in the two anthologies by Kithaka wa Mberi...
Abstract This is a sociolinguistic study of language use in society. The study aimed at establishing the honorifics that Gikuyu speakers have borrowed from other languages as a result of language contact. The study also investigated how the social variables of age, education and social context influence the use of these honorifics. It further sought to determine their functions. The Borrowing Transfer Theory and the Communicative Competence Theory guided the data collection, analysis, interpr...
ABSTRACT This is a case study of the Nairobi central business district. The key objective is to determine the semio-linguistic elements used in the packaging of over the counter medicines, their influence on the consumer and their interpretation by the consumer. This study provides a Kenyan perspective on the interpretation of semio-linguistic elements on the packaging of over the counter medicines and their relevance to the Kenyan consumer. The information provided in this study is therefor...
ABSTRACT This research was done to investigate the use of participatory approach in the teaching and learning of listening skills in Kiswahili language among pupils in primary schools. The study explored the elements of the participatory approach, the rationale behind its advocacy to the teaching and learning of the Kiswahili language and the perceived outcomes. The objectives of the study were as follows :(i) To establish the approaches used by the teachers of Kiswahili in the teaching of th...