School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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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 ... -
Sexuality and the youth with disabilities in Kenya
(2012)Sexual expression is a basic human need throughout our lives. Sexual behaviour of young people has been a source of concern to societies worldwide due to the adverse effects on the individual as well as society at large. ... -
Integrating food and nutrition, health, agricultural and environmental education towards education for sustainable development: lessons learned from the Healthy Learning …
(Academic Journals, 2009)Education for sustainable development (ESD) in seen as an opportunity for Kenya and other countries to continuously build its citizens’ capacity towards healthy measures for utilizing the country’s resources to foster ... -
Hidden shame: sexual abuse against children with physical disabilities in rural Kenya
(Scientific & Academic Publishing, 2014)Sexual abuse has for a long time been recorded in literature, art and science in many parts of the world. Reports of defilement, indecent assault, rape and other forms of sexual abuse against children with physical ... -
The use of Extensive Reading in the Teaching and Learning of English in Primary Schools in Nyakach District
(Kennedy Indembukhani, 2013)The main purpose of this study was to investigate the use of extensive reading in the teaching and learning of English in primary schools in Nyakach district. The study aimed to achieve the following objectives: to ... -
Influence of background knowledge on reading comprehension ability in Kenyan secondary schools
(Scholarlink Research Institute, 2014)Reading is a basic skill in the education system and the society because it is a precision to most subjects offered in the school curriculum. If students do not understand what they read, they will struggle to cope with ... -
Kisumu County Secondary School Students’ Preferences to Content Published In the Pulse Magazine in Retrospect to Negative Behaviour
(Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2020-10-05)Globally the print media has made strides in publishing content that is appealing to readers. The Kenyan mainstream newspapers have established colourful and sensational pullouts to attract youthful readers. Among the most ... -
Kisumu County Secondary School Students’ Preferences to Content Published In the Pulse Magazine in Retrospect to Negative Behaviour
(Scholars Middle East Publishers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates, 2020-10-05)Globally the print media has made strides in publishing content that is appealing to readers. The Kenyan mainstream newspapers have established colourful and sensational pullouts to attract youthful readers. Among the most ... -
The frequency of content with elements of negative behaviour published in the pulse magazine
(Quantum Academic Publisher, 2020-10-18)Globally the print media has made strides in publishing content that is appealing to readers. The Kenyan mainstream newspapers have established colourful and sensational pullouts to attract youthful audience. Among the ... -
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 ... -
Participatory approaches to rural development. A case study of Muhoroni sugar company, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)The primary objective of most of the organizations that are geared towards profit realization is productivity, efficiency and competitiveness. Achieving these objectives necessitates adaptability and responsiveness to ... -
The Implication of Socio-Economic Characteristics of the Farmers on their Level of Participation in Rice Irrigation Management for sustainable household food security in Kisumu County, Kenya
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)Community participation in rice irrigation management as acknowledged world over has the potential to boost sustainable household food security. Despite the transfer of irrigation management to rice farmers in Ahero ... -
Establishing Relations: Health Workers' Views on Integration of Mobile Phones during Follow-Up
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Regulation of Media Content in Kenya: In Search of a Paradigm in the Era of Convergence
(Scholars Middle East Publishers, 2017)With advancement in information and communications technology, there has been convergence of various communication channels into few distribution platforms or same media organizations owning several media channels. Media ... -
The effect of Mass Media on youth participation in governance: a case study of Masinga District
(University of Nairobi, 2011)This research study seeks to find out if mass media have had influence on youth participation in governance in Masinga district. It further seeks to find out whether mass media has been used as a tool to empower the youth. ... -
Conflict Management through War Metaphors in 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches
(IISTE, 2017)Political campaigns employ war metaphors that bring forth the resemblance between the rigours of war and the struggle to occupy electoral offices. In this regard, the political candidates are soldiers, the constituents ... -
Cross-cultural Variations of the HIV/AIDS IS DEATH Pictorial Metaphor
(Horizon Research Publishing Co., Ltd., 2017-09-01)or three decades now, HIV/AIDS undeniably remains one of the leading killer diseases in Sub-Saharan Africa. The same narrative is advanced in the literature by sociologists and epidemiologists where mental images that ... -
A pragmatic analysis of figurative language used in HIV/AIDS discourse in Kenia: a case study of english and Kiswahili messages
(University of Geneva, 2012)This research investigates whether Kenyans from 42 mutually intelligible communities homogeneously comprehend AIDS posters. In this regard, the five research objectives are: (1) to investigate whether Kenyan AIDS posters ... -
A Portrait Subverting the Normative Gender Identity
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2018)Autobiographical discourses written by women globally in their perceptions indicate that women are struggling to be given an equal playing field in academia and politics. The paper looks at a portrait of the Legacy of ...