ABSTRACT Tea (Camellia sinensis) is a major cash crop in Kenya that suffers economic losses due to Brevipalpus phoenicis and Oligonychus coffeae infestations during droughts. Pesticides use on tea is prohibited and pests control is through cultural and agronomic practices. Resistance/susceptibility of imported and new cultivars to mites is unknown. Plants release overhead volatile organic compounds (OVOCs) that attract or repel insect pests. Some tea cultivars are preferred while others are r...
ABSTRACT This is a study of the syntax and morphology of argument licensing in Lutsotso, a dialect of Luluhyia language. Luluhyia is an agglutinating language and therefore its morphology is relevant to syntactic derivation. Morphological processes determine the number of arguments of the verb while syntax determines the distribution of the arguments in the sentence. As such, there is interplay between morphology and syntax. Lutsotso verbs have derivational morphemes that cause valence change...
ABSTRACT Stuttering is a speech disorder characterized by repetitions, prolongations, interjections, hesitations and blocks. The prevalence rate of persons who stutter (PWS) in the World is 1%. Kenya with an estimated 440,000 PWS, of which 16,606 live in Kakamega County. Results from a baseline survey carried in Western Kenya counties between 2010 and 2013 found that Kakamega had 138 Learners Who Stutter (LWS), Vihiga 84, Bungoma 33, and Busia 10. In Kakamega, learners were enrolled in 20 sch...
ABSTRACT This thesis is a critical and analytical study of Immanuel Kant‟s moral philosophy. Kant‟s moral philosophy is grounded on human pure reason and erected on the notion of duty, hence deontological. Kant is of the view that there is the moral law operating in man the reason why man must not shirk his moral responsibility. For Kant there is no room for moral anarchy and moral phobia for any rational being since human beings have moral nature. He concludes that man is condemned to b...
ABSTRACT This study amplifies the argument of the thesis that the practice of dehumanizing, alienating and disconnecting man in the course of marketing communication can be addressed through the adoption of Gabriel Marcel's philosophy of intersubjectivity. Man's dehumanization, alienation and disconnection throw up fundamental obstructions and misconceptions in the present-day understanding and practice of marketing communication, making it imperative for philosophy to clear the impediments a...
ABSTRACT There is ample evidence in Artificial Intelligence (AI) research indicating that appropriately programmed machines are capable of performing functions that require intelligence when performed by humans. However, there is no available correlative record that any such machine has been able to pass the Turing Test; an intelligence test purposefully designed by Alan Turing to actualise his objective of justifying machine intelligence. This work attempts to resolve this paradox. Conseque...
ABSTRACT This work is about laying a stable and sustainable foundation for democracy through Rousseau’s theory of the General Will. The world over today, people are tending towards democracy. They are quick in pointing out the advantages inherent in democratic rule: that it allows for peaceful change of government; that it ensures accountability and responsibility on the part of the elected representatives of the people; that it allows for people’s participation in government; and the g...
ABSTRACT The study explored the personal, school, family, peer and community factors that affect the career c h o i c e of high school students in Marondera District. There is no clear process on career choice decisions and hence little is known about the factors that influence career choice among high school students in Zimbabwe. A positivism approach was utilized in the study .A descriptive survey research design was employed and questionnaires were used to collect data. A two stage cluster...