ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to investigate the factors influencing career aspirations among standard eight pupils in Kasarani Zone of Nairobi Province. This is an important and worthy area to study because choice of course at this stage will influence the future of pupils and determine the kind of jobs they will find in future, plus the degree of satisfaction in their jobs. Information about various occupational possibilities is important. Children at this point also need to be help...
ABSTRACT According to 1999 Population and Housing Census, an estimated 4.2 million adults in Kenya were illiterate, 60% being women. According to vision 2030, Kenya aims at achieving 80% adult literacy in order to transit the country to a middle level economy. This study investigates the determinants of access and effective participation of Adult Basic Education Programmes in Nakuru-North District, Nakuru County, from independence to 2014. This study area has been experiencing poor participa...
ABSTRACT The global statistics for HIV/AIDs adults and children were 34 million. Sub-saharan Africa has 12 million orphans, with Kenya hosting about 1.2 million of them. Kericho County had 2262 orphans. Accessible population was 296 children orphaned by HIV/AIDs. Drawing on the theory of functionalism by Radcliff brown on the mission of the church to help the needy, this study sought to explore the needs and challenges of children orphaned by HIV/AIDs, the response of the church to these orp...
ABSTRACT This study investigated lexical variation in spoken Lubukusu, a language spoken by the Bukusu people in the Western part of Kenya. Research has shown that all languages vary at all levels and that these variations are caused by certain characteristics of the speakers of a language. Such variations cause incomprehensibility among speakers of different social groups. Lubukusu being a heterogeneous language exhibits variations at various linguistic levels. This study identified lexical...
Abstract Soil erosion and declining soil productivity still continue to manifest in most of the agricultural systems found in Sub-Sahara Africa and this has threatened the agricultural productivity, biodiversity, water quality and availability as well as the livelihoods of the poor who depend on land. In Uganda, this has been attributed to poor land use practices with inadequate SWC measures and persistent nutrient mining of the soils with little or no replenishment. Highland areas of Kabale...
ABSTRACT Several studies have been carried out in the past focusing on the relationship between work-related stress and marital quality. These studies have indicated that some of the challenges that couples encounter in their marital relationships have a link with work-related stress. Seventh-day Adventist couples may not be exceptional cases on issues affecting other marriages. However, committed Christian couples may assume that they are immune to challenges that affect non-Christians and ...
ABSTRACT Palliative care is an approach that is supposed to improve the quality of life of terminally ill patients and their families. However, much attention is paid to the patient than the family members who also suffer financial, emotional, social and spiritual effects due to illness. Family members not only experience psychological anguish and guilty due to effects of illness on their loved ones, but also affected by the demands of care giving. Whereas this is the case, few studies have f...
ABSTRACT Wetland ecosystems provide a wide range of goods and services that are important in supporting the livelihood of many rural communities. Despite their importance, overexploitation and in the absence of conservation measures, wetlands continue to be degraded by hurrian activities. Population growth pressure and .subsequent food insecurity have lead to the communities living near the wetland areas to reclaim the wetlands, thereby threatening the existence of the ecosystem. Factors res...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the role of media in disseminating Indigenous Knowledge (IK) for socio-economic development. The media station narrowed on is the West FM Radio in Bungoma whose broadcast covers Western Kenya and some parts of the North Rift. The purpose of the study was to assess the role of media in disseminating Indigenous Knowledge and where possible develop a pragmatic framework for the process. The study objectives comprised determining listenership levels of West FM indige...
ABSTRACT Tourism heavily relies on climate as a resource but is highly climate-sensitive. Evidence has shown that a certain amount of climate change has occurred. Africa is considered as one of the most vulnerable regions in the world to the effects of climate change. At a local scale, Kenya‘s substantial arid and semi-arid and coastline increases its vulnerability. In addition, overreliance of a lean natural resource base for tourism puts the sector into increasing risk. Documentation of v...
ABSTRACT Sudanese women refugees self-settled in most urban centres have become a common phenomenon. This necessitated the study of the extent to which they get integrated into the communities in which they self-settle, and the set-backs they encounter outside the encampment facilities, and how they pull through life nevertheless. A number of studies have shown that many refugees have been hosted in Kenya’s Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps where their needs are not effectively met. However, ...
ABSTRACT The current study is an acoustic analysis of vowels of southern Gĩkũyũ dialect. The study sought to establish the formant values of vowels which were plotted on the acoustic vowel space. The acoustic vowel space was compared with the vowel space determined by perceptual based studies of Gĩkũyũ vowels. In doing so, this study described the vowel segments of southern Gĩkũyũ dialect based on the formant values. In addition, it accounted for the distribution of Gĩkũyũ vowels...
ABSTRACT This study focused on the transformation of cattle rustling in West Pokot County, Kenya in the period 1895-2000. The study aimed at identifying the main causes of cattle rustling in West Pokot County prior to 1895, establish the impact of cattle rustling on the people’s livelihoods in West Pokot County over time, discussing the weapons used in cattle rustling in West Pokot County, to establish means of ensuring people in West Pokot County did not keep arms and suggesting ways of m...
ABSTRACT Discriminant (classification) analysis is a classification problem where a new individual is allocated into one of known populations or classes based on the measured characteristics of the individual. Different models are used in allocating the new individual into one of the populations (classes). Some of the models depend on the underlying distribution of the populations, hese are known as parametric models. If the model does not depend on any underlying distribution it is known as...
Abstract This study investigated trends of internal displacement in Kenya; the case of Kuresoi North Sub-county in the period 1992 - 2008. The sub-county is inhabited by several ethnic groups although the Kipsigis, the Kikuyu and the Kisii are the most populous. Since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1991, the sub-county has been experiencing political violence resulting into internal displacements during 1992, 1997 and 2007 General Elections. The study was guided by three objecti...