Abstract: The Textiles and Apparel industry has in the past acted as a catapult for many developing nations towards industrialization. With the global apparel market expected to grow to $2.25 Trillion in 2025 from $1.7 Trillion in 2021, there is a growing demand and without a doubt a massive potential market that Kenya’s Textile & Clothing (T&C) sector ought to tap into as a competitive supplier on it path to industrialization. The purpose of this paper was to analyze ways in which Kenya c...
Abstract: The goal of this study was to examine the importance of community policing on youth radicalization in the North Eastern region of Kenya, Wajir County. Study indicated that there is the rise in radicalization of the youth in the North Eastern region and subsequent terrorist attacks in the region in the past one decade. To achieve this goal, the study was guided by three specific objectives. The first objective was to determine the influence of radicalization on conflict level in Waj...
Abstract: The study’s focus was on how Kenya responded to the Covid-19 pandemic in the year 2020. The objectives of the study were to understand how the country securitized the pandemic, the public policy options that supported the response and to examine how Kenyans perceived the countermeasures fronted by the government. The securitization theory was employed in analyzing Kenya’s response to the Covid-19 pandemic after the first case was announced on 13th March 2020. The mixed method r...
Abstract: This study aims to interrogate orientalist discourses used by French media to construct a distorted representation of the Sahel and facilitate France's securitization of the region. The research focuses on Le Monde and Le Figaro, the two largest newspapers in Metropole France, by mapping their discursive legitimization strategies across the three dimensions specified in Fairclough's model of Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). This research study deploys postcolonialism as a theoret...
Abstract: The context of Rwanda’s international politics is unavoidably imbedded with the 1994 genocide and the subsequent reign of President Paul Kagame. However, this thesis problematized the developmental state concept in Rwanda’s context by delving into Rwanda’s development and foreign policy motivations covering the period 1994 to 2021. Taking the economic development angle, the study had three objectives; the first was to find out the capacity of Rwanda’s bureaucracy and the ex...
Abstract: Kenya was a featured country at the 2014 Smithsonian Folklife Festival, a cultural event with an international profile attracting one million visitors in Washington DC, USA. Literature on Kenyan cultural diplomacy draws attention to two issues; first, its potential in improving Kenya’s relations with other countries. Second, the lack of cooperation between the government and cultural practitioners as one of the shortcomings of how cultural diplomacy is currently conducted. This p...
Abstract: The disruptive impacts of the iCOVID-19 crisis on global and regional tirade have received enormous inattention recently. But facts, in the form of data, have been few particularly so in imparts of Africa, where there is often a dearth of timely data. Variations in trade figures can be explained from many government actions during the pandemic. The role of international relations however has not been factored in to explain the variations in international trade in the Kenyan situati...
Abstract: Over the last decade, human rights have established a resilient presence in the international relations making LGBTIQ rights more critical than ever. In Kenya, LGBTIQ persons face various forms of violence, forceful evictions, and even death. The government considers the rights of these persons as a non-issue and has relatively neglected them, leaving LGBTIQ organizations and activists to come up with innovative strategies of creating awareness on their rights. This study explored ...
Abstract: The collective efforts made through Development Studies to mitigate natural resource-based conflict like those associated with the environment serve the purpose of improving the good quality of human life. Good quality lifestyle is demonstrated through global, regional, national food and nutrition security. Moreover, it extends to water safety that involves climate change mitigation, enhances societal peace and security of having access to natural resources, additionally, education...
Abstract: In 1992, Mozambique was the poster child of successful peace processes in Africa. This peace was widely attributed to Mozambique’s amnesty laws. However, emerging incidences of conflict since 2017 have question the role of these amnesties in establishing peace in Mozambique. Since gaining independence from Portugal in 1975 the Mozambique Liberation Front (and the Mozambican National Resistance (have held its political power. The FRELIMO led government signed the 14/87 amnesty aim...
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to investigate the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among USIU-A students in Nairobi County, Kenya. The study was guided by three specific objectives: to establish the levels of emotional intelligence among USIU-A students; to find out if there are gender differences in emotional intelligence among USIU-A students; and to determine the relationship between emotional intelligence and academic performance among USIU-A ...
Abstract: Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a human rights violation and a manifestation of gender inequality, undermining the global development agenda. Over the years, various countries worldwide including Kenya, have enacted several laws and policies to prohibit FGM, which not only affects the physical health of victims but also impacts their mental health. However, despite the criminalization of FGM, the practice continues in some communities in Kenya. The main purpose of the study was ...
Abstract: As the adverse impacts of climate change become more evident, almost every sector of the society is being challenged to adopt considerations for mitigation and adaptation that move away from business -as-usual models. In the banking sector, this has meant a growing pressure for commercial banks to inculcate aspects of mitigation and adaptation in their lending. This requires instituting aspects of green and climate financing in their commercial lending. One may wonder, what is the ...
Abstract: The predominant image of youth with regards to peace and conflict is often negative, meaning that they are often seen as major actors when it comes to violence. Much research has tended to focus on the role of youth in violence promotion. Youth are often neglected in post-conflict reconstruction activities since it is not clear who they are. Definitions of youth are context-dependent. The trend in research is increasingly on the need to target youth since their capacities can easil...
Abstract: Conflicts and insecurity have continued to plague the Greater Horn of Africa despite interventions by the United States of America (USA) and numerous security collaborations with other international partners. Understanding perceptions on interventions of the main security player - the USA, especially why it is intervening, how and the impact of its interventions, provides insights on its role in the security of the Greater Horn of Africa. Mixed method research was utilized to under...