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Bride Price and the Cost It Entails on Domestic Violence, A Study of Tunyai Division, Tharaka District in Kenya

ABSTRACT The purpose of the study was to examine the bride price and the cost it entails on domestic violence in Tunyai Division, Tharaka south District-Kenya. The research was guided by the following objectives: to analyze the bride price in Tharaka Community, to determine the impact of bride price on family violence in Tharaka Community and to identify the way forward on bridal price in Tharaka Community The research applied both qualitative and quantitative research designs in presenting a...

Perception of Listeners on Effectiveness of Translation in Media Houses: A Case Study of Radio Gotel Yola, Adamawa State, Nigeria.

ABSTRACT The study was on perception of listeners and effectiveness of translation in Radio Gotel Yola, Adamawa state, Nigeria. The following objectives guided the study. i) To examine the level of listeners perception of language translation at Gotel Radio station in Yola, Adamawa state. ii) To determine the level of effectiveness of language translation at Gotel Radio station Yola, Adamawa state. The study used frequency and percentage to analyze the demographic characteristic of the respon...

Socio-Economic Reintegration of Ex-Combatants and Peacebuilding in Kamanyola Town, South Kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

ABSTRACT This study delved into the relationship between reintegration of ex-combatants and peace building process where the following aspects were investigated: (1) socio-demographic characteristics of the respondents; (2) social reintegration of ex-combatants and peace building, implementation of reintegration process of ex-combatants and others as well. This study is contextually new which intend to fill in the gap where there was no similar been done in the specific area of reintegration ...

Child Protection Systems and Response to Child Protection Concerns in Selected Payams in Tambura County, Western Equatoria States, South Sudan

ABSTRACT The study was meant to investigate Child protection system and response to child protection concerns in selected Payams in Tambura County, Western Equatoria South Sudan from May to September 2012.Both primary and secondary data were examined. It was also a descriptive-correlation since it sought to examine the relationship between the independent variables and the dependent variable. The population of this study was the records on the variables of the study and targeted 400 responden...

Street Children Panacea for a Healthy Future of Society in Uganda. A Case Study of Lira Municipal Council.

TABLE OF CONTENTS; Pages ~cknowledgement I )eclaration jj ~pproval Ill [able of Contents IV .0 CHAPTER ONE • .1 Background 1 1.2 Statement of the Problem 4 1.3 Research Objectives 5 .4 Specific objectives include 5 • .6 Research questions 5 • .7 Scope of the study 5 • .8 Significance of the study 6 CHAPTER TWO LITERATURE REVIEW ~.2 Causes of influx of children onto the streets 7 ~.3 The problems faced by street children in Uganda 9 ~.4 Interventions made to solve the problem of street...

ICT Adoption and Social Service Delivery in Public Institutions in Rwanda A Case of: Rwanda Social Security Board

ABSTRACT This study is a result of an academic research entitled "ICT adoption and social service delivery in public institutions in Rwanda. Case study of Rwanda Social Security boards". The purpose of this study was to test the null hypothesis of no significant relationship between ICT (information and communications technology) adoption and quality of service delivery in public institution in Kigali Rwanda, to generate new information from the existing data. The objectives of this study wer...

Zanzibar Leo Newspaper and Advocacy of the Right of People with Disability in Urban West, Zanzibar

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to examine the role played by Zanzibar Leo Newspaper through its involvement in advocating for the right of people living with disabilities in Zanzibar. The study to examine the magnitude of Zanzibar Leo newspapers’ involvement in advocacy of the right of people with disabilities.To explore the challenges faced by the media (Zanzibar Leo newspaper) in advocating for the rights of disabled people and To find out other ways concerned by the media to advoc...

Mentorship and Girl Child Education in Secondary Schools in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia

ABSTRACT The study sought to examine the impact of mentorship and girl child education in secondary schools in Garowe, Puntland, Somalia. The study objectives were; to establish the relationship between guidance and counselling and girl child education in Garowe, Puntland, to find out the relationship between role modelling and parental attitudes toward girl child education in Garowe, Puntland and to establish relationship between learning environment and girl child education in Garowe, Puntl...

Interlingua Translatabimty of Figurative Expressions a Case Study of English and Tera in Gombe State, Nigeria

ABSTRACT This research was carried on Translation titled, Interlingual Translatability of figurative expressions with reference to Tera language spoken in Gombe State, Nigeria as receptor language. The research tries to investigate and identify firstly some existing obstacles in the process of inter-lingual translation of idiomatic expressions, and then suggests some weighty theoretical strategies to overcome such difficulties. In line with Baker’s (1992) classification of dif~flculties and...

Cultural Conflict as a Correlation of Commercializing Fishing Industry on Gender Roles: A Case of Nyachebe Village, Mbita District, Kenya

ABSTRACT This study set out to establish the implications of commercialising fishing industry on gender roles in the fishing community. This was done through an analysis of the dynamic and changing gender roles in the fishing sector resulting from commercialisation focusing on the experiences of a fishing community, Nyachebe village Mbita district Kenya A combination of quantitative and qualitative methods of data collection were used to conduct the research that: examined the influence of cu...

Road Communication Network as a Factor in Resolving Recurrent Conflict Amongst Pastrolists in Mandera and Garissa Districts of Northern Kenya

ABSTRACT The study was set out to establish the efficiency and effectiveness of improved road communication network in affecting the trends, intensity and impact of recurrent ethnic conflict among pastoralist communities of Garissa and Mandera. Over the years conflict has remained the major cause of under-development in the area. The conventional cause i.e scarcity of pasture, water, small arms proliferation e.t.c appears not to have eminent solution due to the deteriorating climatic change a...

Secure Management of Ict Resources for a University: The Case of Kampala International University

ABSTRACT Information and Communication Technology (ICT) is one of the keys pillars in development in the current society. Every institution or company uses ICT facilities and services to carry out their day to day activities. For this reason the security of these services and facilities is very important. An institution which has a proper and reliable ICT security management stands good chances of continuity and on the other hand poor ICT security spells out doom to the company. Institutions ...

Embodying Essence in Existence: Liberation Theology & Prophetic Prose in Quaker-African Worldview

Participatory Culture deals with a present culture sensing the context of the contemporary, thus questioning the existence of certain concepts within an existing tradition or culture, then seeking to remix the previous concepts into renewed practices with necessary adaptations in meeting present conditions while savoring its continuity. (Class Notes) A framework is a significant aspect for decision-making because the framework is the figurative root for shaping our perceptions, which our conc...

An Appraisal of Mediation as Alternatwe Dispute Resolution in Kenya

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to appraise the different methods used in conflict resolution as opposed to litigation, and make recommendations to the Proposed Amendments to 1~ntroduce Alternative Dispute Resolution and Case Management in Kenya This study sought to assess the views on mediation as an alternative method to dispute resolution, and also to consider whether mediation should be adopted as an alternative dispute resolution in judicial proceedings. The research was a cross-s...

Resource Management and Project Implementation in Selected Primary Schools in Chamwino District, Tanzania

ABSTRACT The purpose of this study was to determine if there was a significant relationship between the degree of resource management and project implementation in selected primary schools in Chamwino District,Tanzania.The objectives of the study were to establish the profile of the respondents as to gender, age, marital status, level of education and length of service; to determine the extent of resource management in selected primary schools in Chamwino district, in Tanzania and to determin...


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