Abstract: The Ethiopian government has staked its political future on achieving highly ambitious economic growth targets and shifting the country to an urbanizing industrial economy. According to Ethiopia’s Growth and Transformation Plan, the country aims to achieve a middle income status by the year 2025. One of its major projects, Gibe III, will be the highest dam in Africa. Together with already built Gibe I Dam and Gibe II power station and the yet to be built Gibe IV and V, it is expe...
Abstract: Peace-building researches in Kenya have not adequately recognized women and the importance of their contributions to building peace among conflict parties. This study explores the role of women in Kibera in bringing and sustaining peace i n Kenya in the aftermath of 2007-2008 post-election violence. Kibera is a slum area located about 5km from Nairobi city center with approximately I million people. Constituting the largest slum in Africa. Kenya has enjoyed relative peace and stabi...
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the relationshi p between destructi ve comm unication and divorce in Nairobi. The findings of the study were to be taught to the clergy, couples. premari tal counselors and fami ly and marital therapists with an aim of decreasi ng divorce rates i n Nairobi. The study a imed to identi fy destruct ive comm unication styles i n marriages in Nai robi, the potenti al causes of increased d ivorce rates and the relationshi p between destructive com...
Abstract: Efforts at economic diplomacy by states and other developmental agencies reap economic benefits. As a developing country in Sub-Saharan Africa, Kenya has born witness to these benefits, becoming a frontier market and an economic hub for East African states. These benefits have led to major modifications of Kenya's foreign policy at large, specifically the renaming of its Ministry of Foreign Affairs to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. The focal point of econo...
Abstract: Coffee is produced mostly in the poor rural areas of the developing world to satisfy the taste buds of people mainly in the developed nations. This thesis traces the link between producers and consumers and the intricate politics of liberalization that has affected the coffee sector i n Kenya. The coffee trading regime can be divided into two time frames: the period before International Coffee Agreements (ICA), and the period after ICA. Domestically, coffee trading in Kenya was mar...
Abstract: This study aimed at gaining insight on the prevalent parenting styles of Kenyan Parents. The study was carried out in Nairobi County, where participants were randomly sampled from three constituencies, namely: Kasarani, Westlands, and Langata; which were also randomly selected from among the eight constituencies that make up Nairobi County. Care was exercised to ensure that participants represented different socioeconomic statuses such as high, middle, and low classes. This was nec...
Abstract: The need to fight terror has become not only an American issue but it has been globalized and thus branded the Global War on Terror. While the threat of terrorism still remains in question among many states, the actual acts of terror have caused a disturbance to people and thus breached the rights of the victims as well as questioned the state's security. The War on Terror, accepted by many and many more yet to see the essence, has not only come with human rights violations within ...
Abstract: The main objective of this study was to establish an explanation for China's decade's long unwillingness to drop its territorial claim The specific objectives included the following: To examine China's justification for its claim; To account for the historical claims; To determine the role of the external actors in the issue. Hegemonic Stability Theory and Geopolitical Theory was used in support of the claims. A qualitative method of research was utilized. The findings were divided...
Abstract: What is being? What does it mean 'to be'? Take for instance the concept of the human being. What then does it mean to be human? According to Plato, the human being is a body possessing a mind, body and soul. In simpler terms. Plato perceives the human being as comprising of the rational, appetitive and spirited parts. In philosophical anthropology or anthropological philosophy, human nature dictates that all human action be premised on the preservation of the human being, or rather...
Abstract: ABSTRACT Somalia’s protracted conflict is as a result of external influence from other countries tracing back from the seventh century when it was first discovered and established by the Arabs and the Persians through the trading posts along the Indian Ocean south of Somalia. This was then followed by the Portuguese explorers who attempted to establish sovereignty over the Somali coast but were defeated by the Ajuran Empire, which was a Somali Empire belonging to the Somali Musli...
Abstract: Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are important actors in complementing the role of the state in promoting human development. The Oxford Committee for Famine Relief (Oxfam), founded in Britain in 1945, as a consequence of Second World War, aimed at reducing human suffering. Since then, the activities of Oxfam have expanded to over 90 states with the aim of enhancing sustainable livelihoods and improving basic social services (Oxfam. 2020). High poverty levels, poor health servi...
Abstract: In an attempt to understand South Sudan’s difficult journey towards its peaceful end, this thesis explores the political economy angle of the conflict and focuses on how the economic interests of a wide range of actors played and continue to play a role in frustrating the peace process. This approach helps in highlighting the underlying motivations and incentives that drive these ‘conflict entrepreneurs’ and the mechanisms that they employ to ‘spoil’ the prospects for pea...
Abstract: To understand the comparative case study on national cohesion in post-conflict Rwandan and Mozambican society. It is important to contextualize the two countries and situate their different and or similar histories. Rwanda is a small land locked country located in the East Africa. It neighbors the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to the west. Uganda to the north, Burundi to the south and Tanzania to the east. The country has a population of about 11.2 million as indicated by Brit...
Abstract: Did the Arab Spring have any influence in the democratization process in the North African region? Using Algeria as a case study, this thesis main objective is to find out as well as to examine if the growing civil unrest influence the democratization process. For over a decade civil unrest appears to be a recurring event in the region, the key question is, whether democratization is realized in a seemingly intractable ever evolving and recurring civil revolutions? Additionally, th...
Abstract: Deforestation is one of the major environmental problems the world is faced with in the 21' century. What is labeled as "forest crime" is known for being one contributing factor that may lead to land deforestation. Forest offences such as illegal logging, poaching and charcoal burning are some of the activities that partly affect these habitats. In Kenya, forest offences are often incentivized by international and local demand for forest goods. These practices are often carried out...