ABSTRACT The study examines factors influencing growth of micro-enterprises manufacturing metallic products at Kamukunji in Nairobi. Literature review indicates that concepts, theories, and factors influencing growth featured in this study are largely developed from studies in Western countries, particularly United States and Europe, but their applicability to micro-enterprises in Sub-Saharan Africa is contestable. The existing research gap shows that there has been no study on factors influe...
ABSTRACT Globally, studies continue to document disparities in women’s access and participation in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines in the universities. In developing countries such as Kenya, such disparities are more structural and systematic. Despite existence of policies at the national and institutional level, no single and clear road mark exists on what set of interventions can best contribute to redressing this disparities. This study draws attentio...
ABSTRACT Female Circumcision (FC) has been an issue of debate globally in the recent past, with intense campaigns against the practice. A practice that was initially carried out in many communities in the world, started facing hostility from the legal and human rights activists as a violation of human rights. Nevertheless, this practice has persisted even after the ban globally in states such as New Zealand, and most African nations including Kenya. Owing to the prohibition of the practice of...
ABSTRACT This study investigated the challenges brought about by new stylistic perspectives in Kiswahili poetry. The main objective was to identify new stylistic perspectives in Kiswahili poetry, the settings which contributes to the new patterns of poetic compositions, and the challenges brought about by these new perspectives. In achieving the objectives of the study, the research was guided by the theory of stylistics which was expounded by among others Coombs (1953), Leech (1961). The stu...
ABSTRACT Many pastoralist communities around the globe are experiencing conflicts, while the Sahel region and East Africa show sustained levels of inter-pastoral violent conflicts with associated potential impacts on their livelihoods. In the case of the Turkana- Pokot cross border violence, conflict is now a norm. Despite disarmament and rearming communities through the Kenya Police Reservists (KPR), peace building meetings, prosecuting perpetrators, declaring illicit firearms surrender amne...
ABSTRACT The importance of good health cannot be under estimated. However, presence of high poverty rates can lead to under utilization or lack of utilization of health care thus hindering achievement of good health. Thus, poverty reduction and improvement of health care utilization are important in ensuring enjoyment of good health. Despite Kenya‟s commitment to reduce poverty and improve health status of her citizens, between 1982 and 2014, poverty remained high above 40 per cent. However...
ABSTRACT The refugee phenomenon is a global crisis and as such has been a challenge to the Kenyan Government as much as it has been to the international community. UNHCR (2000) confirms that globally there are more than 60 million people forcefully displaced from their homes worldwide. The problem of the study was pegged on the need to investigate the refugee phenomenon with a focus on the Congolese refugees in Kitengela, Kajiado County, Kenya 1960 to 2015. The objectives of the study were to...
ABSTRACT This study is an analysis of the nominal group in the Gĩkũyũ language using a Systemic Functional Grammar approach. The language is spoken by the Agikuyu who live in the Central and Rift Valley regions of Kenya. The study is motivated by the need to account for the nominal group from a functional rather than a formal approach. The study looked at the different realizations of nominals in Gĩkũyũ clauses, how nominals are used to achieve reference in clauses and how the nominal ...
ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine the factors influencing credit accessibility among small and medium entrepreneurs in Island Division, Mombasa County. The study was guided by the following four research questions: (i) what are the sources of credit available to men and women SMEs in Island Division, Mombasa County? (ii) What factors influence credit access to men and women SMEs in Island Division, Mombasa County? (iii) What challenges do men and women SMEs face in accessin...
ABSTRACT This research intends to investigate the theme of change and development of adolescents in Chozi Langu (Mogambi, 2014) and Dunia Mashaka Makuu (Omar, 2015). The research has investigated the character, situation, feelings and health change and development of the adolescents between the ages of 10 to 19 years. The issues investigated are parenting, poverty among others that influence the character change in adolescents. The research is guided by the tenets of Realism theory Luckas (19...
ABSTRACT Ngare Ndare sub-catchment is located in the Ewaso Ngiro North Basin. The sub-catchment was purposively selected since it is hardest hit by conflicts that have persisted for a long period between diverse water users. The trans-boundary nature of water resource also necessitated the catchment approach as opposed to administrative units. The objectives of this study were to (i) Establish the causes, nature and magnitude of water resource use conflicts in Ngare Ndare sub-catchment, (ii) ...
ABSTRACT The study was an analysis of the verbal inflectional morphology of Lubukusu. The linguistic study sought to cross-examine the verbal templatic structure, which appears the same cross-linguistically within Bantu languages. The basis of this study is to focus on subject/object markers, negation, TAM, agreement and inflectional rules. The objectives that guided the research were to describe the order of morphemes in Lubukusu verbs, to find out the morphosyntactic properties of Lubukusu ...
ABSTRACT Increase in global atmospheric greenhouse gases (GHG) has led to an increase in the radiative forcing resulting in climate variability. The objective of this study was to identify the best management practice which ensures high maize productivity while emitting as little GHG fluxes as possible under the influence of rainfall variability. The study was carried out in three major parts of Kenya, that is, Kenya as a whole, the agricultural potential zones and central highlands of Kenya....
ABSTRACT Computer Based Instruction (CBI) is an instructional innovation which helps to improve on the quality of instruction. CBI support learners develop critical thinking, creativity and collaboration skills needed to function effectively in this 21st Century. The Government of Ghana rolled out the ICT in Education Policy (2015) to transform the education. But current literature does not show the extent to which schools, teachers and students were prepared for the application of CBI in the...
ABSTRACT Strategy institutionalisation involves developing an organisational capability to a point where it is fully supportive of a new strategy. To attain Vision 2030, the government recognizes the importance of strategy institutionalisation on organisational performance. The electricity sub-sector plays an important role in facilitating economic growth of the country. Statistics, however, show that strategic objectives have not been achieved thus affecting the performance of state-owned c...