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Face attack and patients’ response strategies in a Kenyan hospital†
(Journal of social linguistics, 2010)Social power can be exercised by face attack where power differentials are sufficiently great and significant retaliation or sanctions are unlikely. Such exercise of social power is common in military contexts. It is not ... -
Face Threatening Acts and Standing Orders:‘Politenedd’or ‘politics’ in the Question Time Discussion of the Kenyan Parliament
(International Journal of Humanities ad Social Science, 2011)This paper examines politeness in the context of politics during question time discussions of the Kenyan Parliament; politeness is an attempt by the speaker to linguistically show he cares about the others feelings. Question ... -
Face threatening acts and standing Orders:‘politeness’ or ‘politics’ in the question time discussions of the Kenyan Parliament
(Journal of Pan African Studies, 2011)This discussion attempts a pragmatics analysis of Kiswahili literary political discourse. Specific examples will be drawn from poetic texts; Chembe cha Moyo by Alamin Mazrui (1988), Sauti ya Dhiki by Abdilatif Abdala (1973) ... -
Factors affecting adherence to national malaria treatment guidelines in management of malaria among public healthcare workers in Kamuli District, Uganda
(2016): Malaria remains a major public health threat accounting for 30.4 % of disease morbidity in outpatient clinic visits across all age groups in Uganda. Consequently, malaria control remains a major public health priority ... -
Factors affecting antenatal care attendance: results from qualitative studies in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi
(Public Library of Science, 2013-01-15)Antenatal care (ANC) is a key strategy to improve maternal and infant health. However, survey data from subSaharan Africa indicate that women often only initiate ANC after the first trimester and do not achieve the ... -
Factors affecting performance of trade unions in Kenya
(World Scholars, 2019)rade unions have been used to settle disputes between members and management, the implementation of changes and securing adequate representation of members in government, public and private sector. The objective of this ... -
Factors Affecting Performance of Trade Unions in Kenya
(American Journal of Business and Management, 2013)Trade unions have been used to settle disputes between members and management, the implementation of changes and securing adequate representation of members in government, public and private sector. The objective of this ... -
Factors Affecting Productivity and Profitability of Cage-Fish Farming in Siaya County, Kenya
(KALRO, 2022)Aquaculture is regarded as a critical rural development and livelihood strategy due to its vital role in livelihoods and the economy at large. However, declining capture fisheries from Lake Victoria and low pond productivity ... -
Factors affecting teaching and learning in mother tongue in public lower primary schools in Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2016)Kenya has legislated a Language in Education (LiE) policy to use mother tongue in lower primary classes (class 1-3), yet the pupils in Tabaka Division of Kenya continue to perform poorly in national examinations. The purpose ... -
Factors Affecting the Utilisation of Time as a Selected Teaching/Learning Resource in Public Day Secondary Schools in Nyacheki Division, Kisii County, Kenya
(Pacharapa Naka, 2016)The Kenyan government provides financial and technical help for the provision of teaching learning resources in secondary schools Despite the government’s effort to allocate resources to secondary schools, there is still ... -
Factors affecting women participation in electoral politics in Africa
(International Journal of Psychology and Behavioral Sciences, 2012)Women are a major force behind people’s participation in life of society today. Not only do they comprise the majority in terms of population, but they also play a crucial role in society as procreators of posterity as ... -
Factors associated with non-adherence to Artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) to malaria in a rural population from holoendemic region of western Kenya.
(Pub Med Central, 2012-06)Background Over the years, reports implicate improper anti-malarial use as a major contributor of morbidity and mortality amongst millions of residents in malaria endemic areas, Kenya included. However, there are limited ... -
Factors Associated with Substance Abuse by Students in Medical Training Colleges in South Nyanza Region, Kenya
(British Journal of Medical Health Research, 2020)Substance abuse is a worldwide public health challenge with college youth being among those affected. An estimated 10-15 % of students in medical training institutions risk substance abuse in their lifetime as they are ... -
Factors contributing to antimalarial drug resistance in Rachuonyo district, Kenya.
(2010-03-01)Drug resistance has been identified as one of the factors that lead to severe malaria and high mortality as observed in malaria endemic areas. The main objective of this study was to establish the factors that contribute ... -
Factors Contributing to Dismal Performance in Mathematics among Secondary School Girls in Nyamira County, Kenya
(2014)A good mathematics education is salient to scientific and technological development. The Kenya National Examinations Council evaluates the performance of students through the examinations it offers. Evaluation of the ... -
Factors determining community participation in afforestation projects in River Nyando basin, Kenya
(Academic Journals, 2010)Factors determining community participation in afforestation projects were investigated. Data was collected from 150 respondents who were selected from a sample population of 1,928 households using systematic random sampling ... -
Factors determining land use development in the unplanned suburbs of Kisumu Municipality, Kenya.
(2015)The paper demonstrated that land use development in the unplanned suburbs in Kisumu Municipality is dictated by several factors. It covered three unplanned suburbs namely Nyamasaria, Otonglo and Mamboleo based on Mixed ... -
Factors Determining Tertiary Tourism Education Quality in Kenya: The Perspectives of Tourism Graduate Employees and Tourism Employers
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2019)Tourism industry is one of the contributors to the growth of the Kenyan economy. Given its economic importance, both the government and the private sectors have invested heavily in the training and human capacity building ... -
Factors impeding tea production in smallholder sub-sector of the Kenya tea industry: an assessment extension staff awareness of existing technologies.
(Tea Research Foundation of Kenya, 2000)This study assessed the level of extension staff in the various technological packages when compared to the agronomic research recommendations. The survey covered 76 extension staff in Kirinyaga, Nyambene, Nandi and Nyamira ... -
Factors in the management of feeding in nursery school children as perceived by their mothers in rural Bondo County, Kenya
(BioMed Central, 2013-11-15)The effects of malnutrition on health status and survival of children has been the subject of extensive research for several decades. Malnutrition affects physical growth, cognitive development of children, morbidity ...