Department of Art & Design

An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Visual Fine Artists in the wake of COVID-19 towards Economic Empowerment in Kisumu City

Wagah Mical Ongachi (World Journal of Innovative Research (WJIR), 2021)

Fine Artists are among the population residing in a cosmopolitan city of Kisumu and they leverage on their skills and talents for economic empowerment.Kisumu city economic empowerment is currently experiencing the highest ...

Assessment of Art and Design Students Attachment Learning Experience Relevance towards Job Market in 2021 in Kenya.

Ongachi, Mical Wagah (International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2022)

The Vision 2030 in Kenya which was officially launched in July 2008 has the Economic Pillar that aims to achieve an average economic growth rate of 10 per cent per annum and sustaining the same until 2030. Art, craft and ...

Awareness of the Role Graphic Design Play in Advertising among Small Furniture Enterprise Managers in Nairobi County, Kenya

Adams Namayi Wamukhuma, Mical Ongachi Waga,Abongo Susan (THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2022)

Graphic design (GD) is expressed through text, image, or both text and image, and large-scale furniture companies have embraced it a lot in their firms. GD is usually transmitted through print and electronic media, including ...

Common Dressing Styles and Attributes Associated with Students’ Dressing Styles in Kenyan Public Universities

. Akinyi, O. G., Abong’o, S., & Mburugu, K (East African Journal of Interdisciplinary Studies, 2021)

The study sought to examine students’ dressing styles and common attributes assigned to them. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. The study areas were the University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Moi ...

The Object of Love is Food conceptual metaphor in selected Dholuo Benga music of 1970s and 2000s

Lydia Akuno, Pamela Anyango Oloo, AL Magonya (Linguistics and Literature Studies, 2018)

One of the ways in which people express their emotions creatively in a society is through music. Benga music is a genre of Kenyan popular music that has been in existence from 1960s to date. Over the years, Dholuo ...

Teaching conflict management skills in schools: Prerequisite for peace and achievement of millennium development goals in Kenya

Wagah Mical Ongachi (Academic Journals, 2011)

The Kenyan society is experiencing a lot of conflicts, some with devastating effects such as deaths, starvation, disease and destruction. These normally arise out of difference between people. Secondary schools being ...

Challenges on implementation of art and design curriculum in secondary schools in Kenya

Wagah Mical Ongachi, Michael O Okwara, Awino James (Academic Research International, 2013)

Art and Design Curriculum contributes immensely in all areas of the society such as Social/cultural, Economic, Political, Utilitarian, Communication and Personal expression. This subject interlocks strongly within the ...

Career Opportunities with implementation of Art and Design in secondary schools

Wagah Mical Ongachi, Okwara Micheal Okello (Progressive Academic Publishing,, 2014)

This research was conducted to examine the level of awareness on careers available for students learning Art and Design in secondary schools in Kenya because some schools are dropping this curriculum in Western Kenya. ...

Barriers to Pottery Production in Kenyan Prisons

M. O. 1. Otieno J., Abong’o, S and .Wagah (sryahwapublications, 2020)

The purpose of the paper was to investigate barriers to pottery production in Kenyan prisons. Descriptive research design guided the study. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyse data in the ...

Quality of pottery products produced in Kenyan women prisons

Otieno Jane, Wagah Mical Ongachi (Academic Journals, 2020)

The purpose of the study was to assess quality of pottery products produced in Kenyan prisons. The quality of products produced in Kenyan prisons shows lack of standardization. Descriptive research design guided the ...

An Evaluation of Paints Determinants among the Informal Fine Artists in Kisumu City

Dr. Mical Ongachi Wagah ((IJSR, 2021)

One of the important viewpoints which is criticized and reviewed in Art, are the styles and techniques used in paintings. Reviewed literature confirms that the motives of choice of paints used are relegated secondary ...

Accessibility of washrooms in bus terminals in Western Kenya to learners with physical disability

Onyango G. and Wagah G. Ochieng’ M. (Journal of Accessibility and Design for All, 2017)

Learners with physical disability in the western part of Kenya frequently make use of bus terminals during in the trip to and from school. Special schools attended by learners with a physical disability are few in number ...

Accessibility of Students with Physical Disability to Washrooms in Bungoma Bus Terminus, Kenya

Marilyn Apella Ochieng, George Mark Onyango, George Godwin Wagah (VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT AMSTERDAM, 2013)

Purpose: To assess the accessibility of students with physical disability to washrooms in Bungoma main bus terminus. Method: A case study approach was used. Data were collected through a structured questionnaire and an ...

Adult Literacy Programme has been providing knowledge and skills to enhance human capital for the solution of various problems in society. The problem in the area of study has however been environmental degradation occasioned by persistent deforestation. The study set out to establish the impact that the planning and implementation of the programme has on enhancing environment development and management in view of the continued environmental degradation in the County. A conceptual framework based on educational production function theory was used to explain the link between the programme and environmental development and management. Using descriptive survey design, the findings revealed that, learners’ theoretical understanding and practical application of skills learnt were assessed. The study concluded that, as knowledge and skills acquired were applied, more evaluation needs to be done downstream to ascertain the practical returns to education

Marilyn Ahonobadha, George Mark Onyango, George Godwin Wagah (Càtedra d'Accessibilitat, 2017)

Learners with physical disability in the western part of Kenya frequently make use of bus terminals during in the trip to and from school. Special schools attended by learners with a physical disability are few in number ...

Animation as an Aid for Higher Education Teaching in Kenya: The Case of Africa Nazarene University

Rose Oduho, Raphael Ogutu (GlobeEdu Group, 2016)

Higher education worldwide is increasingly becoming digitized through online pedagogical platforms. In Kenya, the desire to go digital is one of the key agendas of the current government. This vision is to be achieved ...

Food Hygiene Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices amongst Food Handlers in Selected Hotels and Restaurants In Thika Town, Kenya

Michael Murimi, G. Waweru (http://www.ijcrt.org/papers/IJCRT2007252.pdf, 2020)

The aim of this study was to investigate food hygiene knowledge, attitude and practice amongst food handlers’ in selected hotels and restaurants in Thika Town, Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was adopted. The ...