ABSTRACT Malaria is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality in the world. Its burden is greater felt in sub-Saharan Africa, with 15% of all disability adjusted life years (DALYs) lost to the disease. Malaria affects more than 70% of its population. The disease also remains a cause of much suffering due to social and economic problems. The understanding of malaria transmission, recognition of signs and symptoms, perception of cause, treatment seeking patterns and preventive measur...
ABSTRACT Literature is the mirror of society. There is a big relationship between literature and the happenings in society. Aspects of literature are in style and theme and characters are one of the aspects of style. Swahili written literature has four genres: novel, play, short stories and poetry. Characters’ image in the play is usually brought out through their conversations and actions. Many studies that have been conducted on female characters in plays before 2000 portrayed the woman g...
ABSTRACT Ethnic conflicts have been witnessed world over; different communities fight each other over territorial boundaries, limited natural resources and political supremacy. This worrying trend disturbs livelihoods, access to social amenities and affects local and international economies. As a limited resource, with cultural and economic value, land has generated inter-ethnic conflicts across the world. In Kenya communities like the Maasai and Kipsigis have recently fought over land and ca...
ABSTRACT Characterization in Kiswahili poetry is an aspect that has been given little attention by literary analysts. Characterization in poetry does not manifest itself vividly as it does in other genres of literature. It looks complicated because of the form in which it appears. Characterization in Kiswahili poetry is not clear. It seems not to exist in poetry yet it can be realized through other aspects. The aim of this study was to analyze characterization and portrayal of characters in K...
ABSTRACT The study purports to trace the continuity in the history of the marginalization of former ZPRA combatants paying particular focus to the 1997 vetting process. This endeavor was stimulated by the various vetting exercises have been repeated time and again in which ZPRA veterans have clamored over being constantly sidelined by a system targeted at former ZPRA combatants. The research therefore traces back to the veteran policy shortcomingsof the post Second Chimurenga and how these ...
ABSTRACT The study examines the use of community theatre as an effective tool for social change compared to other forms of theatre. It focuses on the influence of theatre to the audiences. The study made use of two theatrical plays produced by Amakhosi Theatre as reference in evaluating the ability of community theatre in changing people‟s mindsets, attitudes, behaviors and perceptions for the improvement of Zimbabwean communities. Thus the research purposes was to explore how community th...
ABSTRACT Breakfast is an important meal of a day, especially to children and pre-adolescents. However, pre-adolescents seem to have the highest prevalence of missing breakfast (MB) despite its importance to their cognitive performance, growth and development. Furthermore, sociodemographic characteristics have been shown to impart on breakfast missing among children. There is a paucity of literature in Africa regarding the influence of missing breakfast on the cognitive functions of the childr...
ABSTRACT Documenting oral history in societies is important because it helps to fill the historical and social gaps in the history of a nation. For effective and efficient documentation of oral history it is important to have stipulated guidelines on what to do and how to do it. These guidelines are found in a collection development policy. . So for effective and efficient documentation of oral history archives ought to have a collection development policy which becomes the foundation upon ...
ABSTRACT This study examines the application of public domain data and remote sensing using the Moderate-Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MODIS) instrument in the detection and monitoring of fire incidents in Zimbabwe with particular reference to Chimanimani and Makoni districts of Manicaland Province. The assessment, mapping, and analysis of the fire incidents were undertaken done using the Arc View Geographical Information Systems software with spatial analysis and extensions. The study r...
VABSTRACT The study to evaluate the Malezi bora communicated messages on utilization of health services for children less than 5 years old in Lugari Sub County was conducted in October, 2015.Lugari was chosen because it had an under five mortality rate of 64 deaths per 1000 live births which was higher than the national average of 52 deaths per 1000 live births and children had low access to health services. The objectives of the study in Lugari were; evaluation of the influence of Malezi bor...
ABSTRACT This research looks at the trends of Child Prostitution globally, in Africa, in Zimbabwe and in Shamva. It also focuses on the causes of child prostitution as the rate of child prostitution is increasing in Shamva day by day due to poverty, unemployment and violence and abuse. The effects of Child Prostitution and the intervention strategies used by the government as well as the Non-Governmental Organizations to curb child prostitution. Through the use of the information obtained fr...
ABSTRACT Factionalism in ZANU PF has brought about several challenges to political development in Zimbabwe, of course MDC has had its own fair share of factionalism but the impacts were never felt like the current factionalism in ZANU PF. The rampant factionalism in ZANU PF ballooned since the December 2014 conference where several ZANU PF members faced the ZANU-PF axe including the then vice president Joyce Mujuru ,since then poor Zimbabweans still continue to feel the heat of factionalism ...
ABSTRACT The major theme of this thesis is the growth and development of the ethnic group and the ethnic awareness of the Chuka people of ~1t. Kenya region. The thesis begins with the earliest recorded traditions which have been dated c. 1400. It traces the origins and migrations of the three cultural. and linguistic groups - Cushites, Paranilotes and Bantu - which interacted and went into the Chuka amalgam. It demonstrates that Chuka ethnicity which developed in the eighteenth and nineteenth...
ABSTRACT Globally, regionally and nationally states have used counterterrorism to end terrorism and enhance domestic security. Whereas some studies contend that counterterrorism ends or decreases terrorism, others argue it invites retaliations thus an upsurge in terrorism. Despite the debate, on 16th October 2011, Kenya launched “Operation Linda Nchi”, a preemptive military operation in Somalia to end Al Shabaab and bolster its domestic security. In June 2012 it terminated the operation a...