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Language use and choice: A case study of Kinubi in Kibera, Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)This article analyzes the domains of language use and choice of the Kinubi speaking community in Kibera, Kenya in relation to Kinubi maintenance in a multilingual location. Language use and choice has been a debated ... -
Le Kenya National Drama Festival: identité culturelle dans un corpus dramatique anglophone et francophone
(2016-02-10)This study analyszes the representation of cultural identity in sixteen drama texts written by Kenyans in English and in French for the Kenya National Drama Festival (KNDF). Considering the colonial history and the ... -
Learning together: Participatory rural appraisal for coproduction of climate change knowledge
(SAGE, 2020)Literature indicates a general consensus that knowledge on climate change is critical for enhancing community-based adaptation. Local knowledge tends to be localized to specific contexts and needs to be enhanced to ensure ... -
A Lexico-Pragmatic Interpretation of Peace in the 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches Regarding Conflict Management
(ARC Journals, 2017)Words have power to control human thoughts and behaviour. In a country like Kenya which has experienced election-related conflict since 1992, with the exception of 2013, various lexical choices, especially by the political ... -
A Linguistic Analysis Of form and Content of Al-Shabaab’s Press Statements on the Recent Kenyan Terror Attacks
(Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2017)This paper examines the form that is structure as well as the content of the statements and press releases of Al-Shabaab at different times with the hope of establishing a pattern of phraseology and consistent references ... -
Linguistic Conceptualizations of Disease Among the Luo of Kenya
(Sage Publications, 2018)The region inhabited by the Luo ethnic group in Kenya is disease endemic. However, disease awareness initiatives register low acceptance due to the sociocultural images of disease and illness conceptualized in the local ... -
A Linguistic Overview of the Patronymic and Gender Names amongst the Selected African Communities
(American Journal of Linguistics, 2018)Most family systems world over are basically patriarchal in that children are given names bearing those of their fathers. The tendency cuts across almost all cultures in the world. This trend has continued to exist from ... -
Linkage between Food Hygiene Knowledge and Practices among Food Handlers in Restaurants and Hotels in Thika, Kenya
(http://www.ijrar.org/viewfull.php?&p_id=IJRAR19L1769., 2020)The purpose of this research was to establish the linkage between food hygiene knowledge and practice among food handlers’ in restaurants and hotels in Thika, Kenya. A cross sectional survey design was adopted for the ... -
Literature and Society: A Reflection on the Youth’s Health in John Habwe’s Kiswahili Novels.
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)The youth face a Myriad of health related challenges. Progressive nations rely on healthy youths who can engage in national building. However, literature has shown that youths who are the most productive people in society ... -
Local perspectives on policy implementation of free maternity health services in Kenya: Implications for universal health coverage.
(African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2023-05-02)Kenya introduced free maternity services (FMS) in 2013 to enable all pregnant women to give birth for free in all government public health facilities. Currently, Kenya is rolling out universal health coverage (UHC), which ... -
Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ anger/ irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning in nine countries
(American Psychological Association, 2020)The present study examined parents’ self-efficacy about anger regulation and irritability as predictors of harsh parenting and adolescent children’s irritability (i.e., mediators), which in turn were examined as predictors ... -
Longitudinal associations between mothers’ and fathers’ anger/irritability expressiveness, harsh parenting, and adolescents’ socioemotional functioning in nine countries.
(American Psychological Association, 2020-03)The present study examines parents’ self-efficacy about anger regulation and irritability as predictors of harsh parenting and adolescent children’s irritability (i.e., mediators), which in turn were examined as predictors ... -
Longitudinal associations between parenting and youth adjustment in twelve cultural groups: Cultural normativeness of parenting as a moderator.
(American Psychological Association, 2018-02)To examine whether the cultural normativeness of parents’ beliefs and behaviors moderates the links between those beliefs and behaviors and youths’ adjustment, mothers, fathers, and children (N = 1,298 families) from 12 ... -
A longitudinal examination of mothers’ and fathers’ social information processing biases and harsh discipline in nine countries
(Cambridge University Press, 2014-08)This study examined whether parents’ social information processing was related to their subsequent reports of their harsh discipline. Interviews were conducted with mothers (n = 1,277) and fathers (n = 1,030) of children ... -
Longitudinal trajectories of four domains of parenting in relation to adolescent age and puberty in nine countries
(Society for Research in Child Development, 2021)Children, mothers, and fathers in 12 ethnic and regional groups in nine countries (N = 1,338 families) were interviewed annually for 8 years (Mage child = 8–16 years) to model four domains of parenting as a function of ... -
Longitudinal trajectories of four domains of parenting in relation to adolescent age and puberty in nine countries
(Society for research in child development, 2021-07)Children, mothers, and fathers in 12 ethnic and regional groups in nine countries (N = 1,338 families) were interviewed annually for 8 years (Mage child = 8–16 years) to model four domains of parenting as a function of ... -
Mabadiliko katika Umbo la Ushairi na Athari zake katika Ushairi wa Kiswahili
(Academic Journals, 2008)Mwanadamu amejaribu kwa vyovyote vile kuvumbua na kunyumbua mambo mapya ambayo yataleta mvuto na kupimia akili yake kiubunifu katika hali ya kutaka kutangamana zaidi na binadamu mwenzake au kutaka kuelewa zaidi ulimwengu ... -
Male Circumcision Interpersonal Messages and Uptake of Voluntary Medical Male Circumcision (VMMC) among Married Men in Teso South Sub County, Kenya: A Qualitative Study Using
(The International Journal of Humanities and Social Studies, 2018)Voluntary Medical Male circumcision (VMMC) reduces risk of heterosexually acquired HIV. Kenya adopted VMMC as an HIV intervention in 2008 and has been making remarkable progress towards achieving its male circumcision ... -
Maternal psychological distress and appraisal of parenting experience predict social-emotional development of Kenyan infants
(Routledge, 2018-08-03)This study investigated whether higher maternal psychological distress, lower provision of psychosocial stimulation and a negative appraisal of parenting experience were associated with lower cognitive, motor, social-emotional ... -
Matumizi ya Maigizo Kama Mbinu ya Kufundisha Tamthilia Katika Shule za Upili, Kaunti ya Bungoma Kusini, Kenya
(East African Journal of Swahili Studies, 2019)Utafiti huu ulilenga kuonyesha matumizi ya maigizo kama mbinu ya kufundisha tamthilia; mfano wa Kigogo katika shule za upili, Kaunti ya Bungoma Kusini. Ufundishaji wa somo lolote hujikita kwenye mawasiliano baina ya ...