ABSTRACT Research has identified poor quality and unprofessionalism as factors that limit the appeal of Kenyan video films (Kenya Film Commission, Audience Consumer Trends Survey, 2010). This study investigates the problems that Kenyan films face in trying to “break down the wall preventing Kenyan films from being shown and celebrated beyond Kenyan borders” (Justine Edwards, 2008, p. 2). It does this through an analysis of three video fiction films by three local filmmakers: Wandahuhu�...
ABSTRACT Despite many policies and strategies that have been developed to enhance secondary education in Kenya, wastage still remains a major concern. However, identifying what causes students to dropout is difficult because there is no single reason. Preliminary investigation by MOE (2010) shows that at the national level, dropout rates among students in public secondary schools in 2010 registered 9.5%. In Kenya, a few studies have been done on the determinants that lead to education wastag...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this sociolinguistic study was to investigate Kikamba language shift/maintenance and to identify attitudes towards Kikamba among Kamba parents and their children in an urban upmarket in Nairobi. Another aim was to determine the evidence and nature of Kikamba language endangerment among the Kamba children. The study took an eclectic theoretical approach; Gaelic Arvanitika Model (GAM) by Sasse (1992) and the Marked Bilingualism Model by Batibo (2005). Qualitative and Q...
ABSTRACT Food is a basic human need that plays a vital role in the sustenance of life. Its safety, however, has become a major concern to the food industry given that the consumption of contaminated food and water contributes to a myriad of health problems the world over. Although food prepared and served at the restaurants may look clean and taste delicious, it may have been contaminated by biological, chemical or physical hazards during the preparation procedures from the source through to ...
ABSTRACT Knowledge and attitude on the use of performance enhancing substances among athletes are important aspects in the fight against doping in sports . This study determined knowledge and attitudes of football athletes, coaches and sponsors on doping in Malawi. It established reported prevalence of the use of performance enhancing substances among football athletes, assessed knowledge of football athletes, coaches and sponsors and examined their attitu des respectively. It respective...
ABSTRACT This study is an attempt to resolve anthropocentric – ecocentric controversy over whether a new, nonanthropocentric, ethic as opposed to the dominant anthropocentric one is necessary. Ultimately, anthropocentrists and ecocentrists differ on whether intrinsic value, a prerequisite for moral concern, can be extended to nonhuman beings. Opposed to the quest for new ethic, anthropocentrists limit intrinsic value to human beings. They hold to preferential treatment of man in the event...
ABSTRACT The important role that entrepreneurship plays to combat unemployment, disparities in wealth distribution and alleviation of poverty should not be underestimated.Women entrepreneurship is faced by many challenges. This study sought to determine challenges that women entrepreneurs are facing in the running of their businesses in Kasipul constituency. The objectives of this study were; to analyze the key factors affecting the performance of women entrepreneurs, the types of industries...
ABSTRACT This study was undertaken in Kijabe location where small-scale farmers depend on rain fed agriculture and over the years, frequent crop failure due to rain shortages has become common. Climate scientists predict increasingly dry conditions in much of Africa due to climate variability. Small-scale farmers’ efforts to adapt have shown both unfavourable and positive effects and hence the need to be explored. This study therefore examined the small-scale farmers’ adaptation strategi...
The purpose of this study was to investigate the challenges of Board of Management in management of staff and students personnel in public secondary schools in Gatundu South District. The objectives were to assess the roles of board members in management of staff and student personnel, assess the influence of board members level of education and professional qualifications in handling personnel matters, establish the influence of board members competence on academic performance in Kenya...
This study examined gender labour relations in some manufacturing industries in Thika, Kiambu County. It mainly focused on the formal industries, covering the period between 1945 and 2010. The study was guided by three objectives with first one examining the historical development of industries within Thika Town Constituency between 1945 and 1963. The second objective focused the effect of those industries on gender relations from 1963 to 1985 whereas the third objective examined the imp...
A dominant and current assumption is that, if Africa is to develop, it should incorporate ICT strategies such as e-commerce, e-governance, e-health, e-education, e-gender, e-agriculture, e-commerce as part of its development strategies. Accordingly, ICT has become an essential global resource in Kenyan development. However, Kenya is experiencing digital gap in terms of affordably, accessibility and usage. As such, computers have been donated from global North to South to fill this gap. T...
ABSTRACT This study produced paintings through hybridization of material culture from two selected African communities. Hybridization in art happens when material cultures from two or more communities combine to create new forms. Current contemporary African art has been reported to have European styles infused. This infusion has been criticized by scholars to lack portrayal of African identity. Scholars have also argued that authentic African paintings could be achieved when two or more Afri...
The coffee cooperative sector by tradition has been organized into cooperatives in order to enhance its effectiveness and facilitate regulation. Cooperatives account for an estimated 65 percent of the coffee sector in Kenya. However in the last two decades beginning 1990, in the era of liberalization the ability of the coffee cooperative societies to deliver economic value to its members has raised a lot of concerns and debate. This is mainly because, coffee production declined by 61% in...
This study focused on agricultural change among the Keiyo of Elgeyo-Marakwet County in the period between 1894- 1990. It examined the pre-colonial era in order to determine the Keiyo people’s knowledge about their agriculture and to help bring out the changes that came in with the advent of colonialism. The study examines how the capitalist economy established by British colonialism altered the pre-existing modes and relations of production in Keiyo. By analyzing the changes that trans...
ABSTRACT Kenya’s aviation industry has been losing its competitiveness over the last two decades. The industry consist of the Ministry of transport and Infrastructure, Directorate of Aircraft Accidents Investigation, Kenya Civil Aviation Authority (KCAA), aerodrome operators, airlines operators and auxiliary service providers. Previous studies have failed to address the issue of the dwindling competitiveness. Through this study, the researcher sought to investigate whether there is signific...