ABSTRACT This chapter presents VolP as a disruptive technology to GSM technology as well as the issues. controversies, and problems surrounding its deployment. It gives a general introduction of the evolution of communication systems from the POTS, 10 GSM, and now VoIP. Several issues that surround the deployment of VoIP such as provision of PSTN equivalent services by VoIP service providers, regulation of the service, introduction of latency and other counter measures by some operators, thre...
One of the major challenges facing secondary education sector in Kenya over the years is low transition and completion rates. The initiation of Free Primary Education (FPE) in 2003 and Free Secondary Education (FSE) in 2007 in Kenya has enhanced enrollment but still a wide gap exists between primary and secondary enrolment. Financing secondary education is a great challenge to both government and households. In Kenya whereas households meet a negligible cost to cater for Free Primary Educatio...
Humanitarian organizations have been in the forefront meeting the needs of the people in rebuilding the social institutions like schools, hospitals, roads and provision of emergency food services to famine-stricken population of the country. The study sought to determine the contribution of humanitarian organizations towards cohesion of the communities with a focus of Pageri County in Southern Sudan. The specific objectives that guided this study were to establish the nature of programs under...
Abstract This study aims to determine the factors affecting the academic achievement of eighth– grade students the foundation stage. Data were collected by questionnaire for first-grade students of secondary and distributed 300 questionnaires to four government schools secondary analysis method was used to determine the global factors affecting the academic achievement of eighth-grad students the foundation stage and hypotheses of the study is the most important variables on academic�...
Maritime security, which involves efforts related to ensuring that legal human activities taking place in marine environments are carried out without any form of illegal interference and destruction to the environment, is critical for the success of all sectors and industries of a country’s economy including the blue economy. This implies that for countries turning to blue economy as an additional avenue to boost their economies, investing in the security of their marine resources is a...
This study was designed to find out the constraints to electronic books utilization in private university libraries in Kenya. Although E-books have been around for some time and in spite of the advantages that may accrue from their use, they remained less utilized compared to other electronic resources in private university libraries in Kenya.
As a whole, this study in its psychoanalytical, cultural and biblical investigations on the origins, contents and functions of dreams will propose some answers to some of the above pertinent questions. One of the African cultural approaches to dreams that motivated the writing of this academic writing.
Youth failing to participate in the Church programmes though they attend church in large numbers has been a major concern in the Presbyterian Church of East Africa (PCEA) Kajiado Presbytery. As a result, most of church groups are being led by the elderly people. Failure of youths to be represented in various church groups is a great threat to growing churches because it means that future leaders are not being groomed which can result to having weak churches or even dissolution of some co...
This study was conducted within the Church of the Nazarene, Malawi Central District. The study sought to investigate the effectiveness of pastoral counselling in the management of HIV/AIDS in the church. The objectives of the study were to establish the role of pastors concern for members welfare in effective management of HIV/AIDS; to assess the role of pastors social skills in HIV/AIDS management; to examine the role of pastors training (technical skills) in HIV/AIDS; and to determine�...
The phenomenal rise of the Prosperity Gospel Teaching (PGT) continues to mushroom in Christian circles and has an influence on the whole-life stewardship. The purpose of the study was to investigate the impact of prosperity gospel teaching (PGT) on whole-life stewardship in AGC in the Kampala area, Uganda. The conceptual framework for the whole-life stewardship has three independent variables as popular prosperity gospel teaching, biblical theology of material prosperity, and cultural co...
There is general appreciation of the fact that African countries still face challenges when it comes to enacting policies to develop either economically, socially and politically. This is more so in less performing economies where; trade, urbanization, and decentralization as is the case all over the world is key to assisting these countries develop in many ways. Government is the first and last resort employer because it is through legal government policies that public and private indus...
Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) continues to be an everyday threat to citizens in disputes across the globe, and universally for ages, have been a selected armament for non state armed groups. This has been attributed to the proliferation of terrorist groups which have carried out attacks against security agencies and civilians alike. As a result, statistically, many deaths have been caused by IED attacks. In Kenya, since the Kenya Defence Forces (KDF) joined the African Union Missio...
Previous studies reveal that the hearing impaired learners face several challenges in their written English. These challenges affect their communication, which is likely to affect their education and career aspirations. This study investigated the use of cohesion in hearing-impaired learners’ English written texts. It investigated ways by which hearing impaired learners in Form Three have been able to achieve cohesion in their written texts as well as the errors related to the use of c...
ABSTRACT Developing a customer ftlcus is an absolute necessity for any organization that wants to be successful, be it a ·Federal, Stale or Local government, company X or one of the many federal departments or agencies. The importance of recognizing customers' desires, needs, and expectations in planning for the future cannot be overemphasized. Each of the best-inclass partners has recognized this and ha~ taken active, even aggressive, steps to make sure that the customers are heard111�...
The study sought to assess the effects of devolved governance on health service delivery in Thika level five hospitals in Kiambu County, Kenya. The specific objectives of the study were to examine the influence of devolution of the health sector on health care service delivery in Thika level five hospital, assess various strategies that the Kiambu county government is using to support and improve health care service delivery in Thika Level Five Hospital, and explore the challenges affecting t...