Abstract A major factor that influences all performers in their sporting careers is the quality and appropriateness of the sport talent identification and development environment. The purpose of this study was to assess assets and modes of talent identification and development in selected sport disciplines in Kenyan universities. The research design used in this study was descriptive survey. The target populations for the study were student-athletes and games tutors in the seven public univer...
ABSTRACT The current study investigated the processes by which Dholuo speaking pupils acquire the English language passive constructions. Assuming that such pupils would have already mastered the Dholuo passive, the study focused on the cross linguistic effects of the Dholuo passive on the acquisition of the English passive constructions. The study also investigated the role of gender and age in the acquisition of the English passive constructions. An eclectic theoretical paradigm involving ...
ABSTRACT This study sought to find out Community Driven Development (CDD) home care programs for the physically challenged youths in Kibera informal settlement. Specifically, the study aimed at finding out the extent to which the CDD home care programs were accessible to the physically challenged youths, the benefits of CDD home care programs and the challenges the physically challenged youths faced in accessing CDD home care programs in Kibera informal settlement. Social action theory was us...
ABSTRACT This study is a morphophonological analysis of some nouns borrowed by Hausa and Kiswahili from Arabic. Despite the fact that Hausa and Kiswahili belong to different linguistic families and are spoken in such distant areas of Africa they share a special historical background. The three main objectives of this research are: to identify the Kiswahili and Hausa nouns borrowed from Arabic; to determine the word formation processes applied in the Hausa and Kiswahili nouns borrowed from Ara...
ABSTRACT The challenges of successful marketing in the clothing industry continue to increase in a world characterized by resource constraints, inflationary tendencies, changing lifestyles, rapid technological changes and increased competition both at local and international levels. In Kenya, the clothing industry is characterized by a very dynamic environment and intense competition caused mainly by enlarging globalization, trade liberalization and the second-hand (mitumba) clothes. In such ...
ABSTRACT Utilizing Kenya Schools and Colleges’ Drama Festival theatre space, this study investigates the use of theatre as a strategy for healing and reconciliation in the aftermath of conflict. On the assumption that plays performed at the festival are mimetic of real life, this study purposivelysampled four plays performed between 2008 and 2010 in relation to calls for healing and reconciliation following Kenya’s 2007/2008 post-election violence. The performance-texts are Messiah (2008)...
ABSTRACT Active Transportation (AT) contributes significantly to the health and wellbeing among children and youth. This benefit can in turn be carried over to adulthood. AT is an important factor in increasing levels of physical activity (PA) in children. The objectives of this study were to; assess AT to school and other destinations, determine barriers of AT to school and other destinations, examine the effects of socio-economic status on AT, determine difference in pedometer step count da...
ABSTRACT This study, „Allegory of Derangement in Postcolonial Fiction: A Study of Selected Novels from Africa‟ is based on analysis of four texts namely: The Beautyful Ones Are Not Yet Born by Ayi Kwei Armah, The Cockroach Dance by Meja Mwangi, Nervous Conditions by Tsitsi Ndangarembga, and Arrows of Rain by Okey Ndibe. It specifically examines how these writers explore political, social and cultural circumstances of society in relation to psychic processes. In this regard, the study is g...
ABSTRACT This study endeavored to investigate Dahl’s Law in reference with nouns, verbs and borrowed words in Ekegusii. The research intended to accomplish this by realizing the following three objectives; to explain Dahl‟s Law as revealed in Ekegusii, to illustrate how borrowed words in Ekegusii reveal Dahl‟s Law, to examine diachronic and synchronic versions of Ekegusii and their characteristics. The research was based on the Optimality Theory (OT) that was postulated by Prince and Sm...
ABSTRACT Kenya holds a huge honeybee population and the ability of honey production is high due to different ecological conditions. Beekeeping therefore has the potential of promoting economic development by supplementing household incomes from selling of honey and other products from the hive. Investment in bee farming contributes to environmental conservation because it helps reduce pressure cropping exerts on agricultural land. Many dry areas of Kenya usually face acute food and nutrition ...
ABSTRACT Conflict in Nakuru has been studied throughout the years. It has attracted the attention of several international and local scholars. However most studies have focused on general factors that have contributed to the conflict and few studies have looked at the role of international agencies in promoting women peace building activities. Consequently, the study examined the response of international agencies to conflict in Nakuru County. Specifically, it integrated the role of USAID in...
ABSTRACT The study investigated the extent to which gender, type of school, academic achievement and causal attributions predict academic disidentification of secondary school students. The extent to which academic self-esteem mediated the relationships with two specific aspects of disidentification, discounting and devaluing was also studied. The study employed correlational and exploratory designs. Martin Covington's Self-worth Motivation Theory and Carl Rogers' Self Theory of Personality D...
ABSTRACT Over the past five decades, global forest area has been diminishing rapidly due to deforestation. Over 1.6 billion rural people globally depend on forests for their livelihoods, with about 70% of the African population relying on forests for their survival. In Kenya, many communities rely on forests for their everyday needs, yet they are diminishing yearly at an approximate 12,000 hectares per year. Projects such as the Afforestation Reforestation Clean Development Mechanism project ...
ABSTRACT There has been an upsurge of school violence (SV) in public secondary schools in Kenya despite numerous efforts to find a sustainable solution. This study therefore investigated the contribution of peace education (PE) towards promoting peaceful coexistence among students in public secondary schools in Nairobi, Kenya. The objectives of the study were as follows: 1) To establish the prevalence of SV in these schools; 2) To analyse the secondary school curriculum content so as to estab...
ABSTRACT Juvenile delinquency has been a major problem in most parts of the world including Kenya due to its complexities attributed to its dynamic nature among different categories of children. Gender-based delinquency prevalence studies have identified female juvenile delinquency to be a developing key delinquency challenge as compared to male juvenile delinquency. In addition, research indicates that female juvenile delinquents are more prone to mental health problems attributed to incarce...