ABSTRACT This study investigated elderhood in ethnic conflict management in Kenya‟s Rongai Sub-county from 1992 to 2015. It is to be appreciated that ethnic conflict management results in peace which in turn creates a fertile environment for achievement of sustainable development. Western and contemporary conflict resolution mechanisms, which have been in use for decades, have not yielded the desired results and rather than solely relying on their legal and lengthy judicial processes, indi...
Abstract This study aimed at exploring the use of flower paintings as a means of aesthetically enhancing interior spaces of public hospitals within Nairobi City County. The study was based on recent studies conducted in the United Kingdom and the United States of America where researchers found art to be an important aspect of hospital interior set ups because it helps to create a pleasant environment which can be conducive to healing. The study observed that there was a general lack of ...
ABSTRACT Security service delivery in public sector is crucial as it entails protecting government personnel as well as property. Therefore, security is increasingly viewed as a key condition for economic growth and development. Lack or ineffective security service delivery weakens the performance of any organization. This study sought to determine if service delivery improves as a result of outsourcing of security services to commercial state owned enterprises in Kenya. Specifically, this re...
ABSTRACT One of the measures the Kenya government has taken to rehabilitate and reintegrate child offenders who end up in the juvenile justice system back into the society is to establish rehabilitation schools. These include two reception, rehabilitation and discharge centres; one for boys and another one for girls, and seven rehabilitation schools countrywide. For rehabilitation to take place, the government has staffed these schools with various personnel to facilitate the implementation o...
ABSTRACT This study was set out to trace the historical development of music and dance among the Abagusii of Kenya in a period extending from 1904 to 2002. It further investigated the dynamism of these cultural aspects and how music and dance changed the cultural history of the Abagusii community overtime. The study was guided by diffusion, structural functionalism, theory of musical change and syncretism theories. Diffusion theory facilitated the identification and analysis of Gusii music an...
ABSTRACT The study is an investigation of the theme of misogyny as propagated by the urban underclass represented in the urban fiction of Meja Mwangi. The study argues that over the years, literary critics have unjustly classified the urban fiction of Mwangi as “non- serious” literature, and have therefore accorded him little if any critical acclaim albeit his fiction deals with very intricate and vital modern-day social problems in Kenya. The study argues that misogyny has directly and i...
ABSTRACT The importance of reading skills in today‘s society is great since one has to rely on reading to get information from many sources. This study focused on assessment of learners‘ reading abilities in rural areas of Maara sub-county in Tharaka-Nithi County. This provided insight into the reading abilities of learners during their early grades in primary schools since the main objectives of this study is to assess the reading abilities of class four learners in rural areas, to asses...
ABSTRACT French bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) production areas are in close proximity to Nairobi and around Mount Kenya. These include Kirinyaga, Machakos, Nyeri, Naivasha and Thika. Production of the crop is majorly hampered by pests. To manage these, farmers are known to mainly depend on synthetic pesticides as a sole control measure which at times results to produce exceeding maximum residue limit set by the importing markets. Pesticides leave residues in and on the produce, contaminate soi...
ABSTRACT Learning to read in a second language is a complex challenge for every child. Children require a range of skills and abilities to learn to read. The ability to read with understanding is one of the most important skills for learners, not only in English language but also in other school subjects. Kenyan primary school pupils‘ reading performance as indicated in the sources cited in this thesis has for a long time been generally poor. Perhaps, this may be due to the inappropriate i...
ABSTRACT A firm‟s performance is a function of how well managers build the organizations around the resources and capabilities within their reach. Resource Based View regards a firm‟s specific resources as the fundamental source of superior performance. Resources must be valuable, rare, inimitable, and lack of substitutes to give competitive advantage and hence superior performance. Empirical studies indicate that the mobile phone companies have been dominated by one player for the last ...
ABSTRACT Crime is a challenge and potential impairment to national development. It also affects spiritual and material welfare, compromising human self-worth while creating an atmosphere of anxiety and violence. Studies have shown that insecurity have both direct and indirect cost implication on economic growth especially when it is linked with transport system. This study sought to examine the link between commercial motorcycles and insecurity in Nakuru County. The study was guided by routi...
ABSTRACT The environment in which a child is brought up is likely to influence the level of self- esteem of the child. As such, the death of parents that results in orphanhood may have setbacks on the development of self-esteem of orphans. The orphanhood crisis that has overwhelmed Africa is largely associated with the HIV/AIDS epidemic, road accidents and land clashes. The death of prime age adults has jeopardized the wellbeing of orphaned children thus compromising their opportunities and ...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the positioning of women in three African Pentecostal churches in Limuru Sub-County, Kiambu County, Kenya. It was noted that Pentecostals belief in democratization of charisma because all Pentecostal members have the possibility of possessing spiritual gifts such as those of leadership; however, the three selected indigenous Pentecostal churches were officially denying women administrative church leadership positions. The objective of the study was thus to as...
ABSTRACT The aim of Risk management is three fold; it must identify the risk, undertake an objective analysis of risk specific to the organization, and respond to the risk in an appropriate manner. Risk management is not an end in and of itself, but rather part of sound organizational practices that include planning, preparedness, program evaluation, process improvement, and budget priority development. With increased insecurity investors and tourists get scared and keep off and as such huge...
ABSTRACT The study focused on agricultural transformation in Nyamira County between 1945 and 2002.The study objectives included process of agricultural transformation and policies during the onset of the Second World War, drivers of agricultural transformation in the County since 1945.The study also examined the socialeconomic effects of agricultural transformation between 1979 and 2002.The year 1945 was important to the study because after the Second World War, for the first time in history...