ABSTRACT The study covers the results of the findings about the impact of the media on the Kenyan referendum, which was carried out on 21 st November 2005. It covers the period ranging from 2004 to 2005. The research findings were guided by a set of research objectives and questions, both of which were set to assess the role the media played during the process, the problems they faced and other key players and their contribution to the process. The study conducted was based on a sample ...
ABSRACT The study examined the impact of mass media on academic development of pupils in primary schools. The study achieved the following objectives, to examine the role played by mass media in promoting primary education, to examine the challenges faced by primary schools in Uganda to examine government programs aimed at promoting primary education. Therefore the findings were based on the above objectives. Data was collected from a sample of 90 respondents in using self administered q...
ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was sought to examine the role of media in fighting illiteracy. A case study of Radio 5 in Kiruhura district in Uganda, the study was guided by research objectives of; examining the contribution of radios towards fighting illiteracy in Kiruhura district, analyzing the magnitude of radio accessibility to the community in Kiruhura district. And to find out how media incites learning in Kiruhura district. This was accomplished using primary and secondary data so...
ABSTRACT The study was carried out to find out the Influence of Digital Television and Women life style in Uganda taking a comparative case study of Heavy and Light Viewers in Makindye Division. General aim of this study was to focus on influence of Digital television and women life style in Makindye Division, Uganda. The study aimed at focusing the influence of Digital television and women life style in Makindye Division, Uganda, establishing the measures to be taken to improve the influenc...
ABSTRACT The study examined the “role of mass media in reducing HIV/AJDS among infants in Uganda”. The study was carried out at UBC the national broadcaster. The study achieved the following objectives; to examine the role of mass media in combating HIV/AIDS, causes of HIV/AIDS, Effects of HIV/AIDS and measures to combat HIV/AIDS in Uganda. The researcher adopted the case study research design and correlation study design which explored role of mass media in combating HIV/AIDS in Uganda...
ABSTRACT This study seeks to critically appraise the role of the media in Kenya in the implementation of the new constitution. It attempts to critically analyze how and why the media is important in the process. Ti also shows that there is a direct relationship between press freedom, the roles of the media, and the nature of the govemment ion power. Relations between the media and the implementation of the new constitution cannot be ignored. However, this paper seeks to engage with the m...
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 This study analyses key literary and social values in Rwandese literary Metagenres known as Insigamigani. Insigamigani means proverb subjects or subjects that have generated proverbs. The study analysed the social values of heroism and patriotism as key virtues that emerged from the selected texts and illustrates how they turned into literary meta-genres collected in ‘Ibirari by’insigamigani’ texts. Insigamigani are considered meta-genres because they entail two oral literary g...
ABSTRACT This study focuses on the utilisation of dramatic elements in the delineation of human interaction in six plays of Francis Imbuga and John Ruganda. The study is motivated by the perceived lacuna in the body of knowledge on the utilization of dramatic elements in the rendering of this thematic concern in the selected plays of Imbuga and Ruganda. The study seeks to investigate the intersection between dramatic elements and the way relationships in the society are presented in the six s...
ABSTRACT Many destinations have open up to and invested in the tourism industry leading to heightened competition between them. This has brought to fore the concept of place brand equity, where destinations seek to highlight their value to not only visitors, but also residents and investors. Tourism destinations have therefore developed strategies to enhance their brands. In Kenya, the National Tourism Blueprint 2030 recognizes that the tourism industry plays an important role in Kenya‟s ec...
ABSTRACT Despite studies revealing that self-awareness is important when choosing a vocation, few studies have been conducted on influence of various aspects of self-awareness on vocational choices especially among youths. To address this gap, the study determined the influence of awareness of selected personal aspects (strengths, interests and values) on vocational choices among youths in Taita Taveta County, Kenya. The study was guided by Frank Parsons’ (1854-1908) trait and factor theory...
IKISIRI Utafiti huu unahusu mwingilianotanzu katika utendaji wa mivigha ya embalu na mwaka kogwa. Utafiti ulichochewa na haja ya kupigania nafasi stahili ya lugha na fasihi ya Mwafrika na hali ya tafiti za awali kuchambua tanzu moja moja. Utafiti huu ulilenga kuthibitisha kuwa, mivigha ya embalu na mwaka kogwa hujengwa na kuamilishwa kupitia mwingilianotanzu kwa msaada wa fanani, hadhira, muktadha na vivigha maalum. Mbinu ya Uchunzaji-Mahuluti inayojumuisha kushiriki, kushuhudia na kuhoji ili...
ABSTRACT This research examined how standard three primary school pupils interpret fantasy tales as a genre in children’s literature. It’s main objective was to find out children’s interpretation of themes, characters and settings of the four chosen books namely: Kuku na Mwewe (Mpesha 1998), Paka na Panya (Nyakeri, 2006), Safari ya Mbinguni (Waihiga, 2006) na Afanyaye Ubaya Hulipwa (Yahya,2003). The research was guided by two theories whose tenets worked together in achieving the resear...
ABSTRACT The involvement of the central government in the development of socioeconomic development at the constituency level is important in facilitating nationwide sustainable development, despite geopolitical differences. Since introduction, the Constituency Development Fund (CDF), now NG-CDF, in 2003 has facilitated socioeconomic development across the nation and especially in areas that were previously marginalized, by allocating part of the national resources to constituencies for develo...
ABSTRACT This study delves into the implementation ofdigital diplomacy in Kenya’sMinistry of Foreign Affairs and International Trade. Digital diplomacy is a relatively new concept that is widely rolled out and researched in the developed countries. Developing countries are however still in the processof integrating ICTs in the conductof public service. This study explored the integration process in Kenya’s Ministry of Foreign affairs and International Trade but with a bias to the sphere ...