ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to establish the prevalence of drug abuse in Maasai Mara University, main campus and the adverse effects it has on the general wellbeing of students. The following objectives guided research: determining the effects of alcohol abuse to students, providing an in-depth study on the popularization of Marijuana abuse among youths, establishing the extent of tobacco smoking among students, availability of drugs close to the school premises and identifying the ...
Abstract: This paper strives to point out a how a language used in religious practices and a people’s prestige can influence the maintenance of an indigenous language such as Kinubi. Kinubi is an indigenous language of the Nubi people that has some linguistic homogeneity with Arabic. The linguistic relationship between these two languages has played an important role in enhancing the usage of Kinubi in the multilingual setting of Kibera, Kenya. Kinubi, in Kibera, is a minority language face...
ABSTRACT Conflict is a global phenomenon which is being experienced every time and again. The conflict between Degodia and Ajuran clans of Wajir County started long before the arrival of colonialists. They conflict mostly because of control of resources. In a nut shell, it has got a devastating effect on social, political and economic aspects of life. The study aimed at establishing the socio-economic factors influencing the existing inter-clan conflicts among the Somali communities in Wajir ...
ABSTRACT There have been frequent cases of Kenyan teachers having sexual relationships with their students. However, there have been no studies undertaken to evaluate the Kenya’s Teachers’ Service Commission Code of Conduct and Ethics in preventing teacher-student sexual relationships. This study evaluated Teachers’ Service Commission Code of Conduct and Ethics in preventing sexual relationships between secondary school teachers and students in Bomet District of Kenya. Sixteen schools w...
This is a Sociolinguistic Survey of the Bhojpuri Language as spoken in Nepal. It contains description of geolects and sociolects of Bhojpuri in Nepal with a brief sketch of Bhojpuri Grammar. It's an M. A. dissertation submitted in the Central Department of Linguistics of Tribhuvan University in Nepal in 2006.
ABSTRACT Education being the key to socio-economic development of any nation has prompted the government of Kenya to subsidize secondary school education, as a way of ensuring maximum students‟ participation. However, there is growing concern that this initiative may not be yielding the expected outcome, as is evident from the current relatively low transition and completion rates. Unexpectedly so, the country continues to record surging numbers of school drop outs since the subsidization p...
ABSTRACT Currently, numerous FM stations have mushroomed in Kenya, many of them using vernacular languages in their broadcast. The radio programmes cover a variety of topics including politics, business, relationships, lifestyle, family, education, environment and health. However, very few of these programmes specifically tackle issues related to culture. Limited research has been carried out regarding the place of radio programmes in transmitting cultural values. Westernization and aping of ...
ABSTRACT The main aim of this study was to examine the nexus between political culture and women participation in politics since 2013 with a specific reference to Nairobi City and Kajiado Counties in Kenya. The study described two counties in Kenya: one from urban area hence cosmopolitan (Nairobi) and the other one from a rural setting and a bit of its region cosmopolitan (Kajiado). The objectives of the study were (a) to examine the nature of political culture and women participation in poli...
ABSTRACT The aim of the research was to assess the effects of land reform on human security in SubSahara Africa. The survey was guided by research objectives which were firstly, to explain the concept of land reform in Sub-Sahara Africa. Secondly, to assess the effects of land reform on human security in Sub-Sahara Africa. Thirdly, to examine the dynamics surrounding land reform on human security in Sub-Sahara Africa. Lastly, to proffer scholarly recommendations on workable plan of land refo...
Abstract This research investigates the portrayal of women by female Zimbabwean playwrights from different socio-historical backgrounds. The works that are analysed are Who said I don‟t Want to Dance, by Thembelihle Moyo, Tsitsi Dangarembga‟s She No Longer Weeps and Danai Gurira‟s collaboration with Nikkole Salter in In the Continuum. Analysis of Salter‟s female characters are presented in order to emphasise the universality of Black women‟s experiences; and to highlight the distin...
ABSTRACT The aim of this study was to analyse the strategic planning in enhancing the performance of State Enterprises, with special focus on the Industrial Development Corporation of Zimbabwe (IDCZ) which falls under the Ministry of Industry and Commerce. The study had to explore the strategic plans and goals of the Corporation, examine the Corporation’s resources and priority allocations, ascertain the current performance and the gap to the vision and how strategic plans were measured a...
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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...