ABSTRACT This research assessed the contribution and effectiveness of the antipoaching strategies on Zimbabwe’s tourism sector. The main objectives were to identify the antipoaching strategies in Zimbabwe and at Zambezi National Park, to evaluate Zimbabwe’s tourism sector, to assess the feasibility of the antipoaching strategy and to determine if these antipoaching strategies were effective on Zimbabwe’s tourism sector. The research collected data from selected residents and from the s...
ABSTRACT The main concern of this study is the role played by the Wanga community in influencing their neighbours since the nineteenth century. First is a survey of how the Wanga state was formed. This state then had a political, economic and social interaction with its neighbours namely the Bukusu, Luo of Ugenya and the Iteso. The study seeks to resolve the roles of inter-ethnic relations and their influence on Wanga state formation and secondly the external influences of the advent of the A...
ABSTRACT Holidays seem natural and yet every now and then their courses seem to change; how they are celebrated has proved not to be a stable state but fluid with the passing of time. My dissertation addresses the question of how holidays are not state but fluid; what is it that influences their instability to a particular celebration course. Firstly it is to be noted that holidays are not natural in any way, instead they are a result of a societal construct, which goes to support Gergen (19...
ABSTRACT Increasing conflicts in many parts of the world are responsible for many losses of lives and destruction to property. In Tana River County of Kenya, conflicts have persistently occurred among the Pokomo and Orma communities with no durable solutions. Since men and women are affected by conflict diversely, a gendered approach to conflict management and peaceful coexistence is necessary. The overall objective of the study was to assess gender dimensions in conflict management and how t...
ABSTRACT Increasing conflicts in many parts of the world are responsible for many losses of lives and destruction to property. In Tana River County of Kenya, conflicts have persistently occurred among the Pokomo and Orma communities with no durable solutions. Since men and women are affected by conflict diversely, a gendered approach to conflict management and peaceful coexistence is necessary. The overall objective of the study was to assess gender dimensions in conflict management and how t...
ABSTRACT The study focuses on Basilwizi Trust’s use of Facebook as a communication tool in communication for community development. The study endeavors to establish whether Facebook is an effective communication tool which has influence on Basilwizi Trust’s programming and it also seeks to investigate how Facebook is being used to foster community development. This research employed research methods such as interviews, archival research as well as participant observation. Employing those...
Abstract INTRODUCTION For many people, comedy is an outlet to vent out frustrations and concerns against social, political and economic ills. The primary function of comedy is to induce laughter by amusing and entertaining the audience whilst portraying targeted social institutions and persons as corrupt; ridiculing them through satirizing, parodying and poking fun at their vices. In the Zimbabwean context, ordinary people or subalterns have resorted to comedy to raise awareness on the soci...
ABSTRACT Food security in food-deficit countries in sub-Saharan Africa remains a big challenge. Yet, a large volume of food, valued in excess of USD 4 billion (grain alone), is harvested each year. The United Nations predicts that 1.3 billion tons of food produced is lost globally. This happens during post-harvest operations every year in a world where over 870 million people go hungry. In Kenya, 30-40% of the total cereals produced yearly are lost due to post-harvest handling inefficiencies,...
ABSTRACT Coordination of Cash Transfer Programmes (CTP) is very important in achieving better humanitarian assistance in times of disasters and emergencies because it saves resources, avoids conflicts, evades duplications and gaps, minimises the difference between programs as well as thwarts inflation to local markets. The use of CTP to provide humanitarian assistance so that people access goods and services they need before, during and after crisis has been gaining momentum particularly sinc...
ABSTRACT The world of the twenty first century today has many achievements yet as the saying goes; the more things change the more they remain the same. This seems to be the case in matters of dress especially in reference to women‟s attire. The society seems to dictate on who dons in what. The Christian scriptures do not seem to give a normative direction in matters of donning in general and women‟s dress in particular. The main objective of this study was to examine the extent to which ...
ABSTRACT This study rethinks the legitimacy of the political economy theory in so far as it assumes that media owners unproblematically determine content in newspapers, radio or television stations that they own. The study was stimulated by The Herald’s political news content in the period between 2015 and 2017, which scandalised some senior politicians in the Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front (ZANU PF) Government. This occurred notwithstanding the fact that the ZANU PF Gover...
Abstract The research investigated human trafficking as an emerging threat to human security with a special focus on the trafficking of Zimbabwe women to Kuwait between 2010 and 2016. The research was guided by the following objectives: to analyse human trafficking as an emerging human security threat with specific focus on the trafficking of Zimbabwean women to Kuwait during the period 2010-2016, to examine the dynamics surrounding the challenges encountered in curbing human trafficking as ...
Abstract Local authorities in Zimbabwe have been facing a plethora of challenges due to the mushrooming of informal settlements. About 90% and above of the Zimbabwean population is moving to towns posing a bigger challenge to the management of towns and cities. 2005 operation Murambatsvina cleaned all the illegal activities and people residing near Harare found solace and cheap shelter in Epworth. Operation Garikai which superseded Murambatsvina failed to deliver as it was promised hence it ...
ABSTRACT Teaching process is a two – way communication between the teacher and pupils, and among the pupils themselves. Instructional media mediate and support such interactions. Utilization of instructional media in public primary school is crucial in teaching of Kiswahili. Therefore the study sought to investigate utilization of instructional media in teaching of Kiswahili in public primary schools of Nyandarua county, Kenya. The objectives were: To establish instructional media used in t...
ABSTRACT Research has shown that role conflict and role ambiguity are associated with burnout among head teachers of public schools and general educators. However, there is scanty literature from previous studies examining the relationship between role Stressors and burnout among head teachers of public primary schools in Kakamega County, Kenya. Role conflict refers to incompatibility of expectations and demands associated with the role while Role ambiguity refers to a lack of clear informati...