ABSTRACT Women constitute more than half of the world population yet they are marginalized in political participation globally. Although literature on politics in Africa is growing the vast majority of detailed research has addressed women political engagements at the national level while grass root level has received minimal scholarly attention. This work studies women political participation in Bomachoge constituency in Kenya, 1963 - 2013.The study interrogates women’s participation in el...
ABSTRACT The study aimed at investigating the relationship between gender and poverty. Poverty is a major obstacle to development in Kenya and in spite of efforts by the government and NGOs to fight it, it persists. Since poverty affects men and women differently, the study sought to investigate whether the solutions offered in fighting poverty recognize and address gender concerns. The study set out to establish how gender concerns have been incorporated and addressed in five anti-poverty p...
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 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 analysed the effect of rainfall variability on potato yields in Oljoro-orok Division, Nyandarua County. The objective was to investigate the relationship between rainfall variability and Irish potato production in Oljoro-orok division. Specific objectives were: to assess the seasonal and annual rainfall and potato production trends and variability between 1999 and 2009, to analyse seasonal and annual rainfall characteristics and correlate them with potato production, to ev...
ABSTRACT The provision of security remains a fundamental challenge to many states owing to emerging threats that range from terrorism, organized and urban crime and Kenya has not been spared from these. The demand for security has gone up beyond what the state can provide; particularly after the August 1998 Nairobi and Dar es Salaam twin terrorist bombings aimed at the United States of America (USA) embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. Pluralisation of policing has seen Private Security Companies...
ABSTRACT This cross-sectional study was conducted to find out the determinants of contraceptive use and fertility preference among women of reproductive age in Kakamega County, Kenya. The study utilized a descriptive survey design comprising quantitative and qualitative approaches. The target population was 444,350 women in the childbearing age in Kakamega County. To obtain the sample population size, the formula for finite population was used. The sample size consisted of 384 women in the re...
ABSTRACT Discourse is the language in use. A study on discourse markers (DMs) falls under discourse analysis which deals with the exploration of what language is employed for and therefore, it cannot be restricted only to the description of linguistic forms independently of the purposes these forms are designed to serve. DMs are common in spontaneous communication and play a significant role in any spoken interaction. The current research focuses on the forms and functions of English DMs occu...
ABSTRACT As the world‘s population continues to increase at unprecedented rate, demand for food and economic development has continued to exert pressure on the natural resources. In Tsitsikamma National park, South Africa, locals practice illegal activities. In Kenya conservation is an increasing challenge partly because of exclusion of local community and population increase. The purpose of the study was to assess the patterns of vegetative resource extraction within South Eastern edge of...
ABSTRACT The present study focuses on the use of a linguistic phenomenon in Kenya called Sheng. Sheng has been perceived as a variety restricted in its domains of use and for a long time seen as a language of the urban youth in Nairobi. However, the shift in the realm of communication in advertising and awareness campaigns in Kenya, from Standard English and Kiswahili to a non-standard, peer language Sheng has become evident. This raises the question as to whether Sheng is no longer a stigma...
ABSTRACT This study is a sociolinguistic survey of the status of Language of Instruction (LOI) in Children’s Homes. It considers the fact that there is a variety of languages at the disposal of the children in CHs, who are a minority group in the society and so have no common language as the educational language policy requires during schooling. The study, therefore, sought to describe the status and implication of LOI in CHs in order to give empirical recommendation. The literature review...
ABSTRACT Marriage is a social-cultural phenomenon which is biblically rooted as well as God instituted. In our contemporary society, many marriages; Christian and non-Christian alike face marital challenges which often call for a pastoral intervention from the pastoral leadership, especially among Christians. This phenomenon, no doubt, prompted the researcher to undertake this study, study on pastoral marital programmes used to address marital challenges in Redeemed Gospel Church (RGC) i...
ABSTRACT Nutrition Education is the process by which people gain knowledge, attitudes and skills necessary for developing appropriate dietary habits. Schools, families and communities are the main social contexts in which lifestyles are developed. They are excellent settings for promoting nutrition knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP). In Kenya, there is scarcity of information on nutrition knowledge of primary school children. In addition, there is paucity of data on how nutrition knowle...
ABSTRACT This study is a historical investigation of the development of religious concepts and practices in funeral rituals among the Abatirichi of Western Kenya who belong to the larger Abaluyia community. It has traced the evolution and meaning of the religious concepts and practices in Abatirichi funeral rituals as occasioned by decades of encounters and interaction with external cultural systems. The study has examined a historical transformation of rituals with specific reference to typ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to investigate the challenges of teaching IRE on spiritual and academic formation of secondary school students in Nairobi, Kenya. The study shows that the foundation of education in Islam is guided by the principles of Quran and Hadith (the saying and deeds of Prophet Muhammad) (PBUH). Indeed, the first revelation of the Quran (Q.96; 1-5) forms the cornerstone of education in Islam. The study further shows that from the Islamic point of view, education is classifie...