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Widow inheritance and HIV prevalence in Bondo District, Kenya: Baseline results from a prospective cohort study

Agot, Kawango E.; Stoep, Ann Vander; Tracy, Melissa; Obare, Billy A.; Bukusi, Elizabeth A.; Ndinya-Achola, Jeckoniah O.; Moses, Stephen; Weiss, Noel S. (PLOS, 11/17/2010)

Background Widow Inheritance is a widespread cultural practice in sub-Saharan Africa that has been postulated as contributing to risk of HIV transmission. We present baseline results from a study designed to investigate ...

Equity in the distribution of bursary to secondary school students in Busia district, Kenya

Odebero, Stephen O.; Sang, Anthony K.A.; Bosire, Joseph N.; Othuon, Lucas A. (Educational Research and Review, 2007-11-12)

This study sought to find out the opinion of the head teachers on equity of the established criteria in bursary support for the needy. It was done in the District’s 27 secondary schools with the total student enrolment of ...

Student Leadership in Selected Public Universities in Kenya: disfranchised pressure groups or an integral component in university management

Bosire, Joseph N.; Chemnjor, C; Ngware, M (African journals online, 2008)

This paper was based on an exploratory study carried out on student leadership in three public universities in Kenya in 2004/2005 academic year. The study was premised on the challenges facing student leadership and the ...

Nomiya luo church: a gender analysis of the dynamics of an African independent church among the Luo of Siaya district in the twentieth century and beyond.

Ndeda, Mildred A. J. (2011)

This paper explores the connections between gender and the independency Christian ideology in the formation of new social relations as well as affirmation of traditional relations of domination between men and women. Women's ...

Challenges in leadership and management of church sponsored secondary schools in Kenya: Examining the relationship between principals and sponsors

Onderi, Henry (International Journal of Educational Research and Review, 2013-07)

The Kenya’s Education Act 1968 and revised 1980 makes provision for the appointment of sponsors in school management and empowers them to participate in the management of schools or colleges that they sponsor. This article ...

Globalization factors and implications for change in teacher education curriculum in private universities in Kenya.

Amimo, Catherine; Role, Elizabeth; Bosire, Joseph N. (2014)

This study was part of a wider research that investigated management of change in teacher education curriculum in Kenya. The aspect discussed in this paper considered dimensions of globalization that were driving the changes ...

PRODUCTION AND USE OF LEARNING MATERIALS IN SPECIAL NEEDSEDUCATION

ESE 812 (JOOUST, 2014)

The function of service charter as a communication tool for consumers of immigration services in Kenya

Otteng, Osir; Jagero, Juliet (2014)

This study sought to establish the role played by communication in the on-going reform programmes in Kenya’s public sector, specifically in the immigration department. In particular, it has investigated the function of the ...

The effects of home-based lunch provision on child retention in primary schools in Mbita Sub-County Kenya.

Abonyo, Nelson; Onderi, Henry; Ayodo, T. M. O (Journal Articles, 2014-12)

Despite the introduction of Free Primary Education in 2003 by the Kenya government in its quest to increasing access, retention and equity in education provision, child survival rate in primary schools in Mbita Sub-county ...

Intra-national Ethnic Diasporas: Popular Culture and Mediated Translocal Spaces in Kenya

Ogone, James Odhiambo (2015)

Diasporas are conventionally perceived in terms of dispersed populations on a transnational scale. However, this paper demonstrates that the international dimensions of diasporas do not discount their potential for ...

School-based factors influencing the implementation of inclusive education in public primary schools in Nyamira County, Kenya

Osero, Peterson O.; Omoke, Charles M.; Gudo, Calleb O. (International Journal of Multidisciplinary Research Review, 2015-12)

Inclusion is a philosophy that is based on values aiming at maximizing participation of all in society and education by minimizing exclusionary and discriminatory practices. Educational institutions are to provide learning ...

Effects of farmers’ demographic and socio-economic characteristics on soil degradation in different physiographic units of Nyakach Sub-county, Kenya

Kodiwo, Maurice Odhiambo; Otieno, Charles A.; Ang`awa, Francis Okere (Net Journal of Agricultural Science, 2015-12)

A number of scholars contend that demographic and socio-economic characteristics influence soil degradation. However, the nature and extent of the relationship varies spatially and temporally. Nyakach Sub-county in Kenya ...