ABSTRACT The key calling of any parastatal in Zimbabwe is to pursue public interests, parastatals are tasked with the duty to provide services that benefit the public in the long-term. In the 21st century Zimbabwean parastatals have been the country ‘s bane, draining the fiscus while failing to perform the functions for which there were set out to do.in 2013 the Auditor General Mildred Chiri outlined that parastatals operate in red, continuously bleeding the fiscus and in most instances fa...
ABSTRACT The rationale of this study was to provide insights into the relationship between capital structure and financial performance of Kenya’s banking industry. The pioneer work on capital structure by Modigliani and Miller (1958) despite of the unrealistic assumptions has been source of inspirations for scholars. Their propositions state that the market value of any firm and its cost of capital are independent of its capital structure in presence of perfect market conditions. The genera...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to examine the role of Islam in national cohesion and integration in Kenya. Cohesion and integration agenda is one of the building blocks of Kenya’s Vision 2030 and has become an area of major interest at different levels of the Kenyan society. However, the country continues to experience divisions along social lines. Academic work relating to the role of religion in national cohesion and integration remains relatively low in the Kenyan context. So far...
ABSTRACT Microfinance is one program that has helped women from various spheres to understand how they can take advantage of the situation and empower themselves for improving their livelihood. Despite the development of many NGOs and microfinance programmes in Narok County, the participation of women is still very low. Women are faced with many challenges which could be addressed through the MFP yet many of them remain intimidated by factors such as culture that denies them the chance to rai...
ABSTRACT With the rising rates of using social media platforms, twitter has become an information sharing and communication platform. Television and radio personalities talk about it. It is included in business cards and almost every organization website asks you to follow it. Hashtags, a form of twitter language, are used in Twitter to classify messages, propagate ideas and also to promote specific topics and people. In this study, the researcher present a linguistic-inspired study of how th...
YALIYOMO UNGAMO ................................................................................. i SHUKURANI........................................................................... ii TABARUKU ........................................................................... iii MAELEZO YA ISTILAHI ....................................................... iv MAELEZO YA VIFUPISHO .................................................... v IKISIRI ............................................................
ABSTRACT Therole of co-operative societie~ in addressing the economic and social challenges faced in the whole world cannot be over-emphasized. The co-operative movement is one of the most effective vehicles for addressing the challenges of poverty, unemployment, marketing, transportation, servicing, distribution etc. These are issues of livelihoods and food security. The focus of this study was to examine the effect of fisheries co-operative societies (FCSs) on household food security in Sub...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on the representation of minority linguistic groups by broadcast media in Zimbabwe paying particular attention to Star FM programme „Mother Tongue March (MTM). The research explores the role of Star FM in promoting local languages. The Public Sphere and the Democratic Participant theory were employed to provide a theoretical base for this research. The study made use of qualitative research method, which was complemented by the use of open-ended questionnaires an...
ABSTRACT It is almost a guarantee that in every bulletin, political stories are always given priority over other stories. This is important because in simple terms politics have a direct impact on people and therefore political reporting should be a pathway towards a better understanding of politics which should lead to proper decision making. However, do these intense political reporting shape the political landscape in Kenya? Do political reporting have any tangible influence in helping Ken...
ABSTRACT Film is a potent tool of communication with a large potential to cement or unsettle social relationships. The study focused on an interrogation into the influence of patriarchy to the representation of women in Zimbabwean films. Sinners by Daves Guzha and I want a wedding dress by Tsitsi Dangarembga were analysed. A qualitative research approach was done to ascertain whether such influence on the representation empowers or disempowers women. The study also examined the possible impa...
ABSTRACT. Rock art is one of the categories of the archaeological heritage which is found in various places locally, regionally and internationally. Rock paintings are non renewable resources which cannot be renewed once it has been destroyed. Chiremba Area is a segment of Epworth, a peri urban area which is located 13 kilometers to the South East of Harare. The place has got rock art sites in the Chiremba National Monument and outside the premises of the Monument. Previous researchers noted...
Abstract The student intends to clarify or rather look deeper into social media jokes and the usage of social media as a political battlefield in Zimbabwe and Africa as a whole. The study contributes significantly to the literature on the use of social media jokes in the lobbying of “counter hegemonic public spheres” or “Subaltern public spheres” Fraser (1992) in a bid to contribute to the practice of democracy in Zimbabwe. Unlike the western literature, this study serves to contribut...
Abstract The impacts on diamond mining in Chiadzwa have been under research by historians, individuals, humanitarian groups and many civil society organisations. However, my research unpacked the impacts of diamond mining by the Chinese companies, how they affected the community socio-economic, political and environmental. This research revealed that the people of Chiadzwa-Marange area were impacted direct and indirectly by the mining activities by the Chinese companies since the formalizati...
ABSTRACT The study focused on the factors contributing to the spread of HIV/AIDS in Homabay Sub County. Homabay County as a whole was ranked the first with the highest number of new infections in 2014 and Homabay Sub County being ranked number 2 with the highest infections. The study investigated why it was ranked to be among the highest with infections. The study used a descriptive research design that was used to depict the characteristics of the participants. The study population was 60 an...
ABSTRACT The growth of the Internet has changed the way newsrooms across the world operate. At the heart of the new developments is the growing presence of traditional media of newspaper, magazines, radio and television online. Media houses have formed digital divisions solely tasked with operating their websites and social media handles. This study sought to find out how this changing technology is changing how young adults access news and information. This study picked the journalism studen...