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Factors Influencing Alcohol and Drug Abuse among Chuka University Students, Kenya
(European Journal of Education and Pedagogy, 2022)Alcohol and drugs abuse is on serious increase, especially among the youth in many parts of the World. It has been reported that the most affected persons by the challenge of alcohol and drugs abuse the world over ... -
A Gaze at the Place of the Female Figure in Post-Apartheid South Africa: Case of Zukiswa Wanner’s the Madams
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019-07)The black race was severely disadvantaged in apartheid South Africa. Specifically, black women were doubly disadvantaged; first by the color of their skin, and secondly, by lack of tangible income. History has shown that ... -
A Gender Community Outreach for Girls Living in Vulnerable Contexts: Experiences from School Literacy Clubs in Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya
(Allen Institute, 2020-05)The Kenya Constitution (2010) has deliberately attempted to remedy the traditional exclusion of women and has promoted their full involvement in every aspect of growth and development. It is indeed true that when women ... -
Gender Mainstreaming: Perspectives and Insights in Kenya.
(2015)Gender mainstreaming was prioritized as a mechanism to achieve gender equality by the Beijing Platform for Action in 1995. Although since this Beijing meeting many institutions, the world over have attempted to put into ... -
Gender Role Transformation in the Oil Mining Industry in Kenya: a Case Study of Lokichar, Turkana
(Center for Promoting Ideas, 2019-12)The mining industry presents opportunities for economic development not only in Kenya but the entire world. There is hence need to involve women more to realize this development. The purpose of this paper is to analyze ... -
“Gum Opoponax and Myrrh Market Structure, Conduct and Performance in Wajir County.”
(2017-03-21)Abstract This study focused on gum Opoponax and Myrrh that are harvested from Commiphora holtziana (Ehrenb) Engl. and C. myrrha (Nees) Engl. in the drylands of Kenya. The aim was to assess and fill information gaps on ... -
Hate Speech in the Creation of Socio- Political Dominance in Kenyan Parliamentary Debates
(2016-10)Speech can vary in meaning and implication. It can become something more than a vehicle for the communication of propositional knowledge. Speakers can manipulate language to evoke the emotions of recipients, hence becoming ... -
Identity Gender and Politics in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Wizard of the Crow
(2013-07)This paper provides a critical overview of the treatment of the questions of identity, politics and gender in Kenyan novelist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s work, The Wizard of the Crow. The issue of identity is explored against the ... -
‘Identity, Politics and Gender Dimensions in Ngugi Wa Thiongos’s, Wizard of the Crow
(2013-07)This paper provides a critical overview of the treatment of the questions of identity, politics and gender in Kenyan novelist Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s work, The Wizard of the Crow. The issue of identity is explored against the ... -
INFLUENCE OF CULTURAL DYNAMICS ON THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MEDIA FRAMING AND THE PERCEPTION OF OBESITY AMONG MIDDLE-AGED WOMEN IN NAIROBI COUNTY, KENYA
(International Journal of Communication and Public Relation, 2021)Purpose:To assess the moderating influence of cultural dynamics on the relationship between media framing and the perception of obesity among middle-aged women in Nairobi County, Kenya.Methodology:This ... -
INFLUENCE OF NUTRITION ON QUALITY OF PRE-PRIMARY IN TURKANA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, TURKANA COUNTY, KENYA
(African Journal of Emerging Issues (AJOEI), 2022)Statement of the Problem: Nurturing care plays an important role in enhancing the quality of pre-primary school education. However, in Turkana Central Sub-county, the quality of preprimary school education is a challenge. ... -
Information and Communication Technology Usage in Record Management Practices in Prevention of Corruption in Public Universities in Kenya
(Centre for Democracy, Research and Development (CEDRED), 2020-05)Record management is one of the key success factors in any organization; poorly managed records have a devastating consequence such as delayed service delivery, corruption and dishonesty. Therefore, this study assessed ... -
“Innovation and Change in Social Construction of Gender as Depicted in Gikuyu Songs”
(2015-09)The purpose of this article is to examine the transformations in social construction of gender among the Gikuyu community in Kenya. The article does this by interrogating how modern Gikuyu songs have been modified to remove ... -
Intertextuality in Essay Writing by Students in High Schools Tharaka Nithi County, Kenya.
(2015-08)This article studied the observance to intertextuality as an element in high school students’ written work. It investigated the texts by students to find out the degree to which they followed the application of ... -
Kimwimbi Women as Mirrored in the Cultural & Social Notions & Expressions
(TechMind Research, 2019-10)Among the Mwimbi linguistic group, expressions exist or are used for a variety of purposes including communication and all are geared towards socialization of societal members so as to enable each fit in their expected ... -
Lexical Error Analysis in Radio News Bulletin in Kenya: a case study of radio bulletins from Kenya Broadcasting Corporation and Radio Citizen.
(2016-04)This study investigated the types of lexical errors made during Kiswahili news bulletin transmission in Kenya. The sample of the study consisted of 37 news items recorded from the 7 o clock news and transmitted through the ... -
Loss and grief counseling as a coping mechanism of widowhood: A comparative study of widowers and widows in Meru County Kenya
(academic Journals, 2020)Widowhood has been on increase globally and Kenya as nation is not exceptional. The state of widowhood globally has been made worse during this period of Corona Virus Disease which started in Wuhan in China in December ... -
Marking Identity through Language in Social Media Discourse by Chuka University Students
(ARC, 2019-08)Interaction via social media has gained popularity owing to the technological advancements that have affected the manner in which people communicate in the contemporary world. This paper is geared towards shedding light ... -
MODERATING EFFECT OF MANAGEMENT STYLE ON INTERNAL COMMUNICATION AND EMPLOYEE ENGAGEMENT IN TECHNICAL TRAINING INSTITUTIONS IN KENYA
(International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH), 2021)The purpose of this research was to investigate the moderating effect of management style on the relationship between internal communication and employee engagement in technical training institutions in Kenya. The study ... -
Mwingilianomatini katika Tamthilia za Kiswahili: Mashetani na Kijiba cha Moyo.
(California Institute of Technology, 2015)Tamthilia ya Kiswahili imedhihirisha, kwa njia moja au nyingine, uhusiano wa kimwingilianomatini. Makala haya yanadhamiria kuchunguza viwango na aina za mwingilianomatini baina ya tamthilia mbili za Kiswahili. Tamthilia ...