ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the media challenges faced during the post election violence in the city of Nairobi. The research was cross-sectional with both explanatory and descriptive approaches. The target population was the women, youth, middle aged and elderly, besides politicians as a special group. The population of the study was 300 residents of Nairobi. Key informant interviews and questionnaires were used in collecting data. Data analysis method was based on qu...
ABSTRACT The study was on terrorism: a major cause of insecurity in Nairobi, Kenya. The study was descriptive in style because it outlined the nature of the actual situation just as it exists. It tried to explain the relationship between the impact of the terrorism and the government response to keep security. The design shaped by the responses obtained from the interviewees and the extent of the data collected from the sample population The objectives of the study included: Reasons for the c...
ABSTRACT The study “Congo-Uganda Conflict and International Relations” was undertaken with specific objectives to finding out the causes of conflict on international relations; assessing the loopholes in the measures adopted to resolve conflicts; and highlighting alternative perspectives, policies and institutional requirements to cover existing gaps. Literature review from different authors was explored in a bid to comprehend how conflict impacts on relations between nations. The study r...
ABSTRACT This study sought to assess the relationships between wildlife and communities living adjacent to Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda, in order to evaluate actions that have been taken to make it easier for people and wildlife coexist and those that should be envisaged to ensure their sustainable coexistence. A questionnaire survey was conducted within concerned communities. Both qualitative and quantitative data analyses were presented. Findings showed that there are conflicts between...
ABSTRACT The study is aimed at assessing the effects of Boko Haram Insurgency on Western education in Yobe State, North-Eastern Nigeria. Three objectives were formulated as study guide that included; to examine the causes of Boko Hararn insurgency, to establish how Boko Haram violence has affected western schools, and finally to examine the effects of Boko Haram violence on standards of western education in Yobe State, North Eastern-Nigeria. The study used descriptive survey design with both ...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the relationship between wetland resources, availability of livestock and the conflicts in Baringo County, Kenya. The study had four objectives and these were; to find out whether there is availability of wetland resources (water and pasture) in Lake 94, to find out whether there is armed conflict between the Pokot and the Njemps communities who live in Lake 94, to find out whether there is availability of livestock (cows, sheep and goats) in Lake 94 and lastly,...
ABSTRACT The study titled “customary courts and justice delivery” conducted in Western Equatoria state, South Sudan aimed to investigate the importance of customary courts on justice delivery and assess the current structures, capacity of chiefs and lack of ascertainment of oral customary laws and the degree of their influence on the performance of customary courts in delivery of justice among the South Sudanese society. The study examined various related studies and found that the contri...
ABSTRACT The study intended to correlate between the current resettlement and gender dimensions of land rights in Amuru Sub County, Amuru district. The study employed descriptive correlation and retrospective survey design, using both qualitative and quantitative approaches. A sample of 187 respondents was taken. A researcher made questionnaire was used to collect data which was used to answer four research objectives which included determining; (i) the profile of the respondents in terms of ...
ABSTRACT After signing the Comprehensive Peace Agreement, South Sudan is facing a set of problems. The Government of South Sudan has yet to establish security throughout the South and to address internal challenges to its authority, including various militia groups and inter-communal conflicts. The purpose of this study was to examine the relationship between civilian disarmament and security enhancement in Jonglel state. But more specifically to (i) establish the causes of civilian armament;...
ABSTRACT This research assessed the level of community participation in addressing the needs of the Persons with Disability in Bungarita Sub-County in Gulu District. Community Participation was assumed to take place in activities that included needs assessment, mobilization, planning especially during goal setting, trainings, project implementation, monitoring and evaluation of community development projects. The objectives of the research were; to assess the level of community patiicipation ...
This study set out to examine the protracted nature of the Mt. Elgon conflict and the motivations driving it. The thesis of the study was that a multi-causal analysis of protracted conflicts provides a basis for a more comprehensive approach toconflict management and conflict transformation. The main objective of the study was to find out what has fueled and sustained the conflict in Mt. Elgon region. This is because the Mt. Elgon conflict has proven difficult to bring to an end. The choi...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the challenges of police reforms in Nairobi County. Available literature indicated that police reform in Kenya had become a prominent policy issue that was being implemented. As a result, concerns on the attendant challenges of police reforms came forth during the implementation process. To address these concerns, the study therefore aimed at examining the challenges that were affecting implementation of reforms within Nairobi County. The specific objectives w...
ABSTRACT The study on conflict resolution and reconciliation in Molo District, Nakuru County was guided by main four objectives; first to identify existing gaps in conflict resolution and reconciliation, secondly, strategies communities can employ in reconciling various communities in Molo District, thirdly to establish community leaders ability to predict early warning signs of conflict and fourthly, role of communitie~ in ethnic conflict violence and reconciliation in Molo District. The re...
ABSTRACT A society is measured by the quality of life it affords children. The reality of many children in conflict contexts is devastating and extends well beyond childhood posing a threat to peace, stability and development. Inter-community violent interactions among pastoralists for decades have generated communal violence affecting the society’s social well-being and particularly children. Among the pastoralist communities, livelihoods revolves around large herds that entails cattle thu...
ABSTRACT Piracy is a willful theft of intellectual and creative efforts of others due to increased demand for academic books in our learning institutions. It is a social and economic menace that involves the outright reproduction and distribution of the creative works of others, for commercial purposes, without the consent of the copyright owner. The general objective of the study was to establish the determinants of book piracy in Nairobi City County. The specific objectives were to determin...