Abstract: Informal settlements, where mostly the urban poor reside, tend to be located in hotspots of natural hazards such as floods, fire, and even earthquakes. The devastating impacts of these natural hazards on such settlements can be attributed to the higher levels of physical, economic, social and environmental vulnerability in conjunction with inadequate and poor level of disaster preparedness. Conceptualizing a detailed risk profile, in the context of informal settlement characteristi...
Abstract: The use of sports as tool of supporting development, peace and cohesion and conflict management has been largely accepted and indoctrinated in government policies. With increase in conflicts across various regions within the country especially during electioneering periods and in pastoralist communities. However, despite this there has been minimal utilization of sports diplomacy as tool of supporting peaceful coexistence and conflict management. The study sought to determine the r...
Abstract: Small arms and light weapons have become the new weapons of mass destruction. Their proliferation whether in war or peace time have continued to ham per human activity and development initiatives? The trend is that an end to war means the beginning of a long lasting peace. However, this is far from the truth because the continued availability and proliferation of small arms in post conflict countries has the potential to destroy lives and draw the country back to war. In many post ...
Abstract: Africa's main ailment is hunger and poverty. This has been given much attention, by the African people and the International community in pursuit of its end. Hunger and poverty in Africa is on a fast increase. The main causes of hunger in Africa are; natural causes like drought, floods, famine and diseases that attack livestock and crops. This is why the poverty reduction strategies have mainly focused on venues to increase crop production like irrigation, fertilization and subsist...
Abstract: This study examines national stability and federalism in Somalia from the perspectives of history and identity politics. I argue that national stability have at times, when faced with a common enemy, generated temporary cooperation among Somalis. However, they have not been able to integrate traditional forms of identity such as clan affiliation and Islam. They have been at their weakest in the face of clan feuds and regional power struggles. Furthermore, disagreement over national...
Abstract: Since independence Kenya has been plagued by electoral related conflicts. People have lost their I lives and properties worth millions of shillings have been destroyed. This paper aims to investigate the causes of the electoral conflicts and how it has affected the economic development of the country. Kenya got independence in 1963 from the Great Britain. The first election was held in 1964 and Jomo Kenyatta became the first president of the country through the Kenya African Nation...
Abstract: The emergence of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC nations) to exert socio-economic and -political influence in global trade and investments is becoming more significant to Africa. There are many factors surrounding the interaction between the BRIC and Africa, which may have certain implications on Western interaction with Africa. The arms that Africans fight each other with and/or their governments are sourced internationally, most of which are illegally acquired. The mobiliza...
Abstract: Elections are important public undertaking. Since elections are crucial for democracy and stability of Africa, the media is ce11ainly one of main actors in the process. To what extent was the local media responsible or complicit by not changing aspects that were in public interest and deemed unfair in the 2013 Kenyan elections? What role did it play? The primary document considered in this thesis is the stakeholders meeting that fully reviewed the conduct of 2013 elections that inv...
Abstract: Kenya's 2010 constitution declares equity to be an underlying princi ple of governance, which is constituent with its provision for devolution. While institutionalization of equity is acknowledged by the previously marginal ized, this is often not the case with beneficiaries of the old order. In order to efficaciously implement the letter and spirit of Kenya's constitution devolution, it is important for Kenyans to understand that while nature vastly differentiated their country, s...
Abstract: Unemployment has adverse effects on the youth and women of a nation. unemployed youth form a majority of the working poor and low labor market flexibility problem specifically for the youth because they are new entrants and young workers market. The lack of work experience, seniority, lobby and networks makes it challenging them to access and secure highly rewarding jobs. Thus to enter the labor market, leavers often have to accept contracts involving various forms of labor market ...
Abstract: The purpose of this paper is to look at a relatively new International Academies (hereafter Bridge), and the role it plays education as a tool for assisting Kenya reach its Vision 2030 development Bridge is a for-profit company dedicated to providing low-cost education million children around the globe, beginning with Kenya. Bridge differs educational players because it uses a cookie cutter model most often consumer products like the fast food chain McDonalds. However, educational ...
Abstract: The place of a woman can be traced to tradition where they are daughter and widow. These definitions that are portrayed do not victim. Nonetheless women's own participation in civil wars contributes their identities and traditional roles. Culture, ethnicity, class of women's involvement in war. Because of their lack of status systematically excluded from decision making opportunities their ignored in conflict zones and in nations emerging from war. Despite significant part in peace...
Abstract: This paper is about development failures as has been experienced in Kenya given the broader context of cutthroat competing political and economic typologies that has little in common with specific development needs of the people. In many ways, development as it has been experienced before - that is the process - was by and large removed from the local people and controlled by the State functionaries and apparatus. Taking the destructive nature of extractive politics practiced every...
Abstract: This study seeks to examine the potential of economic diplomacy for the promotion of intra-African trade, with a focus on the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) region. The study focuses on the following research questions: Do the different member states of COMESA apply economic diplomacy? What has been the impact of economic diplomacy COMESA member states? What is the way forward for economic diplomacy among COMESA member states? This study will apply a mixed m...
Abstract: The study sought to contribute to the understanding of the factors that have led to the success of women participation in peacebuilding, with specific reference to women in Northern Kenya. The researcher selected the case of the Wajir Peace and Development Agency with the aim of understanding the approaches employed by Wajir Peace and Development Agency in peace building, contributions of Wajir Peace and Development Agency in Wajir county peacebuilding and Kenya and the challenges ...