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How Traditions On Newly Born Infants Influence Infant Mortality In Butula Sub-County, Busia County, Kenya
(Exclusive Journal Publishing House, 1/1/2020)In most developing countries of the world high infant mortality is still a major concern that has been recognized as an issue that warrants serious attention. In Kenya, cultural factors like emphasis on large families are ... -
Our women must return home: Institutionalized patriarchy in colonial Central Nyanza District, 1945-1963
(Journal of Asian and African Studies, 10/22/2010)Colonial policies and practices were very instrumental in the creation of the Luo Diaspora. This Diaspora extended far beyond the physical and cultural boundaries of Central Nyanza as was constituted by the colonial ... -
Conflict resolution among pastoral communities in west Pokot County, Kenya: a missing link
(Academic Research International, 11/3/2012)Conflicts and conflict resolutions among pastoral communities are not new phenomena. Among the pastoral communities living in arid and semi arid environments of Kenya, conflicts over control of and access to natural resources ... -
Capacities and governance in Kenya: Lessons in technology transfer
(Springer, Cham, 12/4/2013)First, the authors set the scene by exploring the main lines of the present development debate. They take a nuanced stand, not only looking at failures of Western development initiatives, but also going into the internal ... -
Recent archaeological investigation along the Sondu Miriu river, Kenya
(Taylor & Francis group, 1999)The purpose of this note is to draw attention to a number of discoveries along the Sondu Miriu River, made during a recent Archaeological Impact Assessment (AIA) conducted by the National Museums of Kenya (NMKJ, with ... -
A Conceptual Framework for Research in Music and Music Education within a Cultural Context
(Bulletin of the Council for Research in Music Education, 2000)Music education in Kenya has been, and continues to be conducted along Western theories which fall short of defining music as experienced within traditional African cultures (New, 1980; Omondi, 1980; Kwami, 1989; Akuno, ... -
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 ... -
Conquering the conqueror: The empowerment of the African languages casts a shadow over English in Africa: Many languages in education.
(University of the Free State, 2002-03)Conquering the Conqueror ... “is an overview of literature on the effort to reintroduce African languages in education and public administration alongside English. Using examples of lexemes which resulted from informal ... -
The effect of education on business skills cognition among informal sector entrepreneurs
(journal of Vocational Education and Training, 2003)This study examined the effect of education, in comparison to training the experiential factors on Business Skills Cognition. Business Skills Cognition was a quantitative dependent variable whose measures were generated ... -
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 ... -
Student Entrepreneurship on Campus: A Survival Response or a Career Rehearsal? The Case of Egerton University Student Entrepreneurs
(Project MUSE, 2004)Kenya's university education faces a dilemma of increased demand for places against declining funding and increased graduate unemployment. The introduction of cost sharing, in an environment of increased poverty levels and ... -
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 ... -
Equity in the distribution of HELB loans in Kenya in relation to students characteristics: an empirical analysis
(Academic Journals, 2007-08)Public funding of higher education in Kenya has gone through various stages all buffeted by myriad equity challenges. This prompted the government of Kenya (GoK) to create the Higher Education Loans Board (HELB), through ... -
Student leadership in selected public Universities in Kenya: disfranchised pressure groups or an integral component in University management?
(AJOL, 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 ... -
Relationship between type of school, principals’ management approaches and level of students’ discipline in public secondary schools in Nyandarua and Laikipia districts, Kenya.
(BACHUDO SCIENCE CO. LTD PRINTED IN NIGERIA, 2008)Students’ discipline is critical to the attainment of positive school outcomes. Level of students’ discipline depends on whether the principal- as the chief executive of the school- enlists the support of teachers and ... -
Student leaders in selected public universities in Kenya: A disenfranchised pressure group or a veritable integral in university management
(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 ... -
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; ... -
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 ... -
In‐service training needs in an African context: a study of headteacher and teacher perspectives in the Gucha District of Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2008-08)Improving the quality of teaching is an educational priority in Kenya, as in many developing countries. The present paper considers various aspects on in‐service education, including views on the effectiveness of in‐service, ...
