ABSTRACT Groundwater constitutes the main sources of water supply in part of lower Benue Trough (mainly Gboko area). Sustainable development and management of the resources require an understanding of its holistic characteristics. In this study, an attempt has been made to study the groundwater quantitative potential distributions, its geochemical evolution, geochemical characteristics, and quality. The methods of investigation employed included pumping tests, static water level measurement,...
One of the major challenges facing secondary education sector in Kenya over the years is low transition and completion rates. The initiation of Free Primary Education (FPE) in 2003 and Free Secondary Education (FSE) in 2007 in Kenya has enhanced enrollment but still a wide gap exists between primary and secondary enrolment. Financing secondary education is a great challenge to both government and households. In Kenya whereas households meet a negligible cost to cater for Free Primary Educatio...
Interfaith dialogue is indispensable to peace and tranquility globally within the context of religious pluralism. Christians and Muslims worldwide stand in need of greater intercommunication, collaboration, and interfaith dialogue for harmonious living. Leaders of these faiths concur that Christian-Muslim dialogue is imperative. However, the interaction between Pentecostal Christians and Muslims has generally been characterized by distrust, apprehension and mutual rivalry, sometimes resu...
ABSTRACT Hart’s The Concept of Law (1961) argues for a complex legal positivism which finds the source of legal authority in the acceptance by a community of a system of rules which is grounded in a fundamental rule of recognition that determines what is to be included among the legal rules. This sought to offer an alternative explanation to the concept of law differently from the popular utilitarian command doctrine which sufficiently describes criminal law, but is limited in describing l...
ABSRACT In the productive benefits of commercial microbial phytase (Ronozyme) were tested. Five experiments were run. In experiment one, four levels of phytase 0, 250, 500 and 750 FYT/U were used at 23%CP , 0.48%P and 3 Mcal/kg feed, using seventy two day-old unsexed Ross-308 broiler chicks, allotted randomly to four treatments× three replicates, each of six chicks, and experimentally fed for 42 days. Experiments 2-5 used high (0.45%) and low (0.30%) P with either high (23%) or low (19....
ABSTRACT This study examined gender relations in the discourse of Sukuma songs in Kishapu district, in Shinyanga region. The study had three specific objectives: to examine Sukuma cultural lives with regard to gender relations in the discourse of Sukuma songs; to examine the aspects of gender inequalities in the discourse of Sukuma songs; and to assess the power of discourse of Sukuma songs in enhancing sensitization on gender equality and in bolstering gender inequality. The study adopted a...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on classroom interaction in day secondary schools in Mara region. The purpose of the study was to analyze gender as well as language use and their consequences in students‟ learning achievement. Three objectives guided this study, including: the effects of gender construction in the patterns of classroom interaction; gendered language in the instructional materials; and the strategies that should be used to promote gender equality through language use in classro...
ABSTRACT This study aimed at developing curriculum materials that could address pupils‟ learning difficulties. The study explored the characteristics and effectiveness of these materials in relation to children‟s learning about Matter and its Change of state. It was conducted in two primary schools, namely Kaloleni and Mnadani, both located in Dodoma municipality, Dodoma region, Tanzania. Six Science teachers, i.e. three from each school, were involved in the study. Moreover, 263 Standar...
ABSTRACT Climate Change Impact has been a critical aspect of concern globally. This is because both ecosystems and socio-ecological system are greatly affected by climate change causing some (ecosystems and socio-ecological system) to disappear and die. However, how pastoralists have been resilient and adapting to climate change impacts has not been clearly known and established and also the adaptive climate change framework has not been given out. In this perspective, this study aimed at in...
ABSTRACT Despite diarrhoea being the second leading cause of illness and deaths in children under five years of age globally, the relationship between settlement types (unplanned and planned) and caregivers‟ behavioural risk factors as well as the environmental risk factors for diarrhoea is not clearly known. The overall objective of this study was to determine the effect of type of household settlement on prevalence of childhood diarrhoea and associated risk factors in Mwanza City, Tanzan...
ABSTRACT The outlawing of corporal punishment (CP) in Kenya's schools in the year 2001 was a significant step towards promoting the learners right to education in the country. Nevertheless, CP has remained in use in most schools as evident in many secondary of Kisii Central Sub County. Moreover, the utilitarian justification and relevance of this ban is contentious and elusive among the educational stakeholders. Therefore, this study critically analyzed the Government policy on banning of CP...
ABSTRACT Self-adornment plays a significant role in ensuring the continuity of the political and cultural life of pastoralists. This study outlines changes in Samburu body adornment from the pre-colonial period to the present. In the study it is argued that Samburu body adornment in the pre-colonial period was influenced by interaction with neighbouring communities like the Rendille. Colonial policies and mingling of cultures in the post-independent period also shaped Samburu body adornment ...
ABSTRACT Luxury goods, used in mediaeva1 long distance trade ca. AD 900-1250, found an important market among the Iron Age peoples of southern Africa. Indirect evidence of this trade can be seen in the form of archaeological collections of glass beads at sites throughout Africa and Southeast Asia. Thousands of beads have been found at Iron Age sites in the eastern Transvaal Lowveld and at inland sites along the Limpopo Valley and in Botswana. Similar looking types of beads, referred to as sma...