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MASCULINITY AND FEMININITY ROLES IN MOTHER-IN-LAW TV DRAMA: A THEORETICAL PERSPECTIVE AND LITERATURE REVIEW
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH, 2011-10)This paper discusses masculinity and femininity manifestations in television drama series based on a proposed study in Eldoret municipality, a cosmopolitan area with different groups of residents with different social ... -
PARENTAL COMMUNICATION AND YOUTH SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY IN THE CONTEMPORARY WORLD: A STUDY OF ELDORET MUNICIPALITY
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF CURRENT RESEARCH, 2011-10)The paper explores the role of parental communication on social responsibility of the youths based on a proposed study in selected estates in Eldoret Municipality. The population consists of people from different ethnic, ... -
Adaptation to Rainfall Variability by Smallholder Farmers in Kwale County: A Case Study of Samburu and Tsimba Locations
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2013-10)Rainfall received in Kwale County is highly variable negatively affecting agricultural production. Due to these variations, smallholder farmers in Kwale County have attempted to implement various adaptation mechanisms ... -
Media and Ethnicity in the 2012 General Elections
(African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2015)The 2013 general elections came at a period when Kenyan was still recovering from the effects of the 2008 Post Election Violence. This was the worst political crisis ever witnessed in the country‟s history since independence. ... -
Language, Gender and Power Relations: A Study of Power Structure in Dholuo Dirges
(Research on Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)This paper examines the image of women emanating from the Luo dirges and their implications in gender relations. It identifies the expressions and idioms used in Luo dirges, describe the gender biased expressions in these ... -
The Communicative Factors Revealed in the Mother-In-Law Family Drama in Citizen TV: Kenya
(International Journal of Scientific and Educational Studies, 2016-03)Previous studies of Television programming have shown familial relationships portrayed in stereotypical ways, but none of them has narrowed down on determinants of the kind of relationship mothers-in-law have with their ... -
Enabling Conditions for Improved Use of Seasonal Climate Forecast in Arid and Semi-Arid Baringo County—Kenya
(Open Access Library Journal, 2017-08)The use of seasonal climate forecasts can inform implementation of planned adaptation strategies to stabilize pastoral livestock assets in drought prone agro ecological zones. The main objective of this study was to ... -
Rainfall Variability and Droughts in the Drylands of Baringo County, Kenya
(Open Access Library Journal 2017, 2017-08)The study was undertaken to determine rainfall variability and droughts in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Baringo County. The study used rainfall data for Perkerra Agricultural Research Station (LM5) and Nginyang ... -
Influence of Environmental Supports on Learning outcomes among learners with Autism Spectrum disorder in special school setting in Kenya
(IOSR Journal of research & method in education, 2018)The study investigated the Influence of Environmental Supports on Learning Outcomes among Learners with Autism Spectrum Disorders in Special School Setting in Kenya.The study population comprised 420 ... -
Investigating the Level of Expertise of the staff Implementing Policy on the Management of Public Early Childhood Development Education Centers in Elgeyo Marakwet County, Kenya.
(International Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences, 2018)In Kenya, the County governments, through the county education boards are tasked with the responsibility of overseeing the operation and management of Pre-primary education programs. Despite the growing ... -
Awareness of Cervical Cancer among Women in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya
(International Journal of Sciences: Basic and Applied Research (IJSBAR), 2018)Globally, cancer is a public health problem and is ranks as the fourth most frequent cancer among women.About half a million women develop invasive cancer of the uterine cervix each year, with ... -
Rainfall Variability Coping Strategies for Improved Food Security: A Case Study of Baringo South, Baringo County, Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2018-09)Climate variability impacts food production and hence food security. The Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASALs) experience water stress and drought events arising from climate variability. The focus of this study was to find ... -
Analysis of Drought Trends and Severity Using Standard Anomalies: Case of Baringo County, Kenya
(AER Journal, 2019)Increased frequency, severity and duration of drought events in arid and semi-arid lands (ASALs) of Kenya increase scarcity in water and pastures that support livestock assets. This destabilizes the livelihood base ... -
Challenges Facing the Entry of Graduates of Technical Training Institutions into Self - employment: The Case of North Rift Region
(Africa Journal of Technical & Vocational Education & Training, 2019)Technical Vocational Education and Training programmes provide significant inputs for young people to become self-reliant, opens the opportunities for innovativeness and discover jobs which fits their choices ... -
Household Level on Retention: Focus on Opportunities in Kenya Public University Education.
(International Journal of Recent Innovations in Academic Research. 2019, 2019)"The major dynamic of university education is to develop the people, society and the economy which are central to most National mission and visions. This study sought to investigate the effects of household levels on ... -
Existing Crime Prevention Practices on Student Safety in Public Boarding Secondary Schools in Trans-Nzoia County
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2019)The study examined security preparedness of the schools since there were recurrent safety problems in public boarding secondary schools even after release of the safety standards manual by the Kenyan Ministry of ... -
Which Direction for Secondary School Boys? An Analysis of the Influence of Social Media on Boys’ Academic Performance in Bungoma, Kenya
(Journal of Advances in Education and Philosophy, 2019)This paper discusses the influence of social media on the academic performance of boys in secondary schools in Bungoma East and Webuye West Sub Counties, Kenya. The period 2011-2014 had shown the performance of secondary ... -
Ethnic Conflicts and Students Participation in Secondary Education in Lowland Areas of Baringo County, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2019)This paper looks at how ethnic conflicts in lowland areas of Baringo County have influenced students’ participation in secondary education in schools. The study was conducted to establish how the students’ participation ... -
The Emergence of Bukusu-Christian Rite of Initiation and its implications on Societal Value system among the Youth in Bungoma County, Kenya
(2019)Christian churches have been in existence in Bukusu land for over a hundred years and their influence on African cultural practices cannot be overemphasized. The role of traditional circumcision initiation of boys into ... -
Being a Kenyan-Somali: A Security Threat or Neglected Citizen?
(International Journal of Business and Social Science, 2019-05)A Somalia government-backed militia, the Shifta, which called for the secession of Northern Frontier District in Kenya, was defeated by Kenyan forces and the Arusha Agreement on Ending Kenya-Somalia border hostilities was ...
