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An exploration of extra linguistic factors of English – Kiswahili code switching in FM Industry in Kenya.
(Journal of Language Technology and Entreprenuership in Africa, 2009-03-26)
The paper examines English and Kiswahili Code-switching (CS) in Kiss Fm and Easy Fm radio stations in Kenya.CS is a recently formed practice in Fm stations in Kenya. Liberalization of the air waves led to a shift in the ...
Factors Associated with Differential School Performance in the Gucha District of Kenya
(SAGE Journals, 2008-11)
Emotional and behavioural difficulties (EBD) are common in children, and forecasting their prevalence in schools is of interest to both academic researchers and local authorities. Percentage of pupils eligible for free ...
Reflective Practice: the Challenge of Journal-Writing
(2009-09)
Reflective practice is one of the concepts that the Aga Khan University-Institute
for Educational Development, Eastern Africa values as essential for teacher
learning and development. It is incorporated in the Certificate ...
Women’s organising for self-improvement in colonial and post-colonial Kenya: A historical analysis
(2002)
Research on women’s activities and interests was spurred by the feminist movement in the 1960s and has sustained its recognition as a genuine field of investigation. Since early 1970s national and international attention ...
Evaluating language revitalization in Kenya: The contradictory face and place of the local community factor
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2008)
As a result of the necessity to revitalize languages that have shown clear signs of endangerment, several proposals have been put forward by various studies (Paulston, 1994; Yamamoto, 1998; Landweer, 1998; Crystal, 2000; ...
The historical Earth bank enclosures of Western Kenya
(Kenya Museum Society, 2009)
An investigation into the distribution, design and origins of 'Gunda-Buche' -the Luo term for the bank-and-ditch enclosures unique to the northern Nyanza region of western Kenya.
No archaeological work had been undertaken ...
Secrets in stone
(Kenya Museum Society, 2006-01)
Ohingni (singular: ohinga) are ruins of dry-stone walled settlement enclosures unique in Kenya and East Africa. They are architecturally similar to the dry-stone structures of Zimbabwe and Botswana, though less skillfully ...
Spatial distribution and settlement system of the stone structures of south-western Kenya
(Taylor & Francis group, 2003)
During the Later Iron Age period in Kenya, communities that built structures known in the local language as ohingni (singular - ohinga)' occupied the Lake Victoria region in south-western Kenya. The term refers to both ...
Sexual and demographic determinants for herpes simplex virus type 2 among fishermen along Lake Victoria, Kenya
(BMJ Publishing Group, 2008)
Objectives: To determine the prevalence and correlates of herpes simplex virus type 2 (HSV-2) seropositivity among fishermen along the shores of Lake Victoria in Kisumu district, Kenya.
Methods: Sera from a random sample ...
Effects of floods on crop farming: a case study of Budalangi Division, Kenya
(International Journal for Disaster Management & Risk Reduction, 2008-07)
Floods are extreme weather events that occur when water rises to overflow on land that is not normally submerged. Flood is one the major natural disasters affecting man and his environment in Kenya, floods have been declared ...