ABSTRACT Baringo is a cultures-diverse county that hosts communities including the Pokot, Ilchamus, Tugen and other Kenyan communities. This makes the county a true definition of social and cultural diversity. Although Baringo is known for cultural diversity, existence of item based tourism rather than market based poses a danger to cultural tourism development. Whilst stiff competition is encountered on conventional tourists‟ destination, there is need of increasing supply of cultural attr...
Abstract This study analyses identity and space in five works of East African Asian, black and white writers based on the reasoning that these are significant issues in East African literature that reflect the nature of contemporary social relations in the region. The study uses a post-structural and postcolonial conceptual framework. Using comparative textual analysis, the study examines Going Down River Road by Meja Mwangi Homing in by Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, The In-between World of Vikram...
ABSTRACT Violent conflict in Jos North, Plateau State, Nigeria, like other parts of the world, has become a serious concern creating a rift in human relations. This study therefore seeks to explore, in Theatre for Development (TFD), the techniques of Boal’s Forum Theatre (FT) in bringing about peaceful resolution in Jos, Plateau State. The study explores the philosophical thrust of forum theatre to improve on the existing process of utilizing the challenges and strategies of FT for sus...
ABSTRACT Maize is the most important staple food and the major source of sustenance for the majority of the Kenyans. The increasing population trend in the face of declining yields in maize production has intensified the food insecurity problem (Republic of Kenya, 1994). This has created the need to improve maize production techniques so as to meet food security demands. Researches have been conducted on maize varieties suitable for Kenya‟s different agro-ecological zones (KARI, 2000). From...
ABSTRACT The rapid growth in government expenditure in Kenya has caused concern among policy makers on the implication of such growth. Over the three decades, government expenditure in the country grew at a faster rate than the growth rate of GDP. Given this fiscal scenario, an explanation of this requires studying the impact of government expenditure on economic growth. The specific objectives of the study were to: investigate the relationship between the components of government expenditure...
ABSTRACT Single parent family structure is on a high global increase, with statistics showing high prevalence of single mothers than single fathers. Recent studies focusing on family structures, have paid attention to single mother family type, its strengths and challenges. Stigma has been ranked as a key challenge facing single mothers. Studies on stigmatized populations for example people with Mental illness and those with physical disabilities show that stigma has a correlation with the in...
ABSTRACT This research endevoured to analyse the structure and functions of the adverb in the Kiswahili clause. An adverb is a word used to modify a verb, an adjective or another adverb. It is an important part of speech because it conveys information about how things happen as well as when, where and to what extent. The adverb is also taught in both primary and secondary schools in Kenya as one of the categories of Kiswahili words. However, studies on analysis of the Kiswahili adverb ha...
ABSTRACT Counselling is an essential pillar in student support services. However, there is a shortage of empirical data on the effectiveness of counselling services in enhancing academic performance and retention rate in all universities in Kenya. The study focused on establishing the effectiveness of counselling services in improving academic performance and retention rate of undergraduate students in universities in Kenya by employing the common factor and self-determination theories. The s...
ABSTRACT Performance measurement is a term that refers to the process of quantifying the efficiency and effectiveness of past actions. Traditional models for determining the performance and effectiveness of employees rely heavily on financial accounting indicators. However, this study shifts the perspective of how performance measurement can be conducted. In today‟s competitive environments, hotels are competing in terms of non-financial measures like product quality, delivery, reliability ...
ABSTRACT Kenya Prisons Service has continuously undertaken reforms since the year 2001, with an aim of helping offenders to modify their behavior while in prison. Prison reforms focus on offender behavior modification through a correctional lens. Prisons are mandated by law to rehabilitate offenders through administration of rehabilitation programmes, which are the main intervention of correcting offenders in Kenyan prisons. Though prisons globally endeavor to correct offenders, there are occ...
ABSTRACT This study is based on one of the female writers of francophone Africa, Calixthe Beyala. It investigates how she has portrayed the African woman and girl in one of her novels, Assèze l‟Africaine. It studies her role as an African female novelist in the representation of the African woman and girl in literature. In addition, it examines the portrait of the central character Assèze, to identify whether she has been depicted as a traditional or modern African girl. This work was gui...
ABSTRACT The study explored the demographic perspectives on consumer insurance frauds and its implication on intervention measures. The objective of the study was to explain the nature and features of consumer insurance fraud, to examine the demographic characteristics of consumer insurance fraudsters and to propose strategies for the management of consumer insurance fraud. The study was guided by three theories: Rational Choice Theory, Routine activity Theory and Differential Association The...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to establish the language(s) used for instruction in lower primary school and also find out to what extent various factors related to school, teachers and parents influence the language choices for instruction in the respective classes and schools. This is because in spite of the language policy in Kenya stipulating that, learners in lower primary school be instructed in the language of the catchment area, studies in pre-primary school show that some sch...
ABSTRACT Traditional Bukusu music and dance have suffered an authenticity crisis since the 20th century. This, we found out, has been as a result of globalization that has seen the adaptation and appropriation of Bukusu folk melodies and dance styles. Of significant influence on Bukusu music and dance have been the activities of colonialists, acculturation and the post- colonial socio-economic, political and cultural dynamics. Innovation and advances in media technology have also greatly impa...
ABSTRACT Job satisfaction and job performance have aroused interest in scholarly debates due to their importance and impact on organizational productivity. The purpose of this study was to examine academic staff’s job satisfaction and assess the extent to which this influences their performance. The main objectives of the study were: (a) to examine the relationship between recognition job satisfaction and job performance of academic staff in universities in Tanzania (b) to assess the relati...