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Item Assessment of Implementation of the Community Policing Programme in Nakuru Police Division, Nakuru County, Kenya(2013-12-18) Njiri, N. M.; Ngari, L. K.; Maina, L.The concept of community policing has become popular in recent times. Burdened with high crime rates and low public trust in the police, community policing has been embraced in a number of countries. In Kenya the security situation has deteriorated, and this has necessitated the introduction of community policing in various police stations. The purpose of this study is to assess the implementation of community policing programme in Nakuru Police Division. The objectives of the study are to assess the nature of community policing and establish the institutional arrangements of community policing. It will also identify the successes and challenges facing community policing and suggest recommendations to community policing in Nakuru Police Division. The study will employ a descriptive survey design. The study will target 330 police officers and community members involved in the community policing programme. Stratified simple random sampling techniques will be used to select a sample size of 141 respondents. Data will be collected using questionnaires. Descriptive statistics namely frequency, percentages, mean and standard deviation will be used to analyze the data. Qualitative data analysis will include the interactive processes of data description and classification for the purpose of coding and reducing data to themes. The findings of the study will provide useful information for evaluating and monitoring community policing programme. It will also form a basis for further research by scholars and students. The findings may also be used by the government in making decisions pertaining to ways of strengthening community policing programmes.Item An Ethnoarchaeological Study of Pottery in Evurore Division, Mbeere North District, Embu County, Kenya(2014-02-24) Kabangi, Rosemary Wangari; Ngari, L. K.; Matanda, Margaret O.The purpose of this study was to examine pottery production, marketing and consumption by the contemporary Mbeere people. Pottery production was one of the earliest technologies adopted by farming communities whereby they used pots as storage facilities for their agricultural produce (Sharer and Ashmore, 1987). This industry has continued to date and thus studies in pottery have been carried out to understand cultural groups, how they adapt and manipulate the environment to meet their needs. The study revolved around selected villages of Evurore Division, Mbeere North District, Embu County, Kenya. An investigation of cultural continuity/discontinuity was carried out using archaeological potsherds. This was achieved by comparing the archaeological Evurore potsherds from the sites and contemporary Mbeere pottery. The study adopted descriptive design. Data was collected through interviews, questionnaires, on – site observation, museum artifacts and library research. The study employed snow ball type of purposive sampling because the renowned contemporary potters were few thus mentioning other potential potters. Systems theory and functionalist approach guided the study. Attribute and thin section analysis as well as qualitative and quantitative methods of data analysis were used. Attribute analysis was extended to comparative data analysis in investigating cultural continuity/discontinuity. The study found Evurore contemporary potters to be using a flattened coil in forming their vessels, decorating them through incising, firing them in open fire and using them for domestic purposes. The results from this study showed that pottery industry in Mbeere is a cultural continuum. The researcher recommends the study of the clays in Kogari in order to improve the quality of vessels made in this village. Finally, the findings of the study may be used by the policy makers in addressing issues that have emerged to improve pottery in Evurore DivisionItem Inter-ethnic conflict between the Gabra and Dassenetech communities of Marsabit County(1960-2011)(2014-08-01) Diba, Yattani I.; Kinyanjui, F.; Ngari, L. K.This proposed study intends to analyse the causes and effects of ethnic conflict among the communities of Marsabit County with special emphasis on Gabra and Dassanetch communities of Marsabit North Sub-County. The researcher will study Inter-ethnic conflicts between the Gabra and Dassanetch under the period 1960 to 2011. This research will look at the effects of conflicts on access to resources such pasture and water, livestock raids, market access by warring communities, alternative livelihoods and socio-economic expenditure and how they all combine to impact on the communities under the study. The study will be guided by Edward E. Azar protracted social conflict theory which emphasizes reasons why protracted social conflicts occur in developing countries by singling out deprivation of basic needs, communal identity, role of the state and the pattern of international linkages. It also identifies factors such as colonial legacy, domestic historical setting, and the multi-communal nature of the society and how they play important roles in shaping the genesis of protracted social conflict. The study will be based on three main objectives: It will examine the causes of the frequent conflicts between the Gabra and Dassanetch communities, determine the effects of economic and social dynamics of the conflict and investigate any earlier attempts at conflict resolution in order to device more concrete conflict resolution mechanisms. In methodology, the study will adopt a descriptive survey design which will involve carrying out a survey on the way things happened. It will involve collection of data from members of a population in order to determine the current status of that population with respect to one or more variables. Descriptive survey design is appropriate for the investigation of all aspects surrounding the community conflicts in Marsabit North Sub-County since the information will be gathered directly from primary sources, summarize, present and interpret them. Purposive sampling technique will also be employed in this study to get the location or district in which the units of observation have the required characteristics, along with snowball sampling which is useful when the population that possess the characteristics under the study is not well known and therefore need to find subjects. Also the research will be obtained from the secondary information that will include the review of the previous document that included books, journal and news papers. This will provide essential procedure for the data analysis where the data analyzed will be presented in form of tables, charts and graphs. The premises of the study, several factors combined contributes to frequent conflicts between two warring communities, economic and social dynamics always influence conflict in Marsabit County and various attempt have been made to try and resolve the conflicts. Marsabit County which is home to a number of diverse ethnic communities namely; the Borana, Burji, Gabra, Rendille, Samburu, Turkana, Dassanetch and El - Molo. This diversity has made the County to experience some of the highest incidences of inter-ethnic conflict. This research is justified on the basis that many studies done on inter-ethnic conflicts have tended to neglect the Gabra and Dassanetch communities of Marsabit County. Many researches done on conflict in Somali have tended to emphasize the role of political leaders and neglect by the national government of the situation on the periphery, the proliferation of weapons but little covered with emphasis on specific conflict between the Gabra and the Dassanetch.Item Trends of internal displacement in Kenya: the case of Kuresoi, Nakuru County, 1992 - 2008(2014-08-01) Mutugi, Doughlas Muriithi; Kiruthu, Felix Macharia; Ngari, L. K.This study will investigate trends of internal displacement in Kenya; the case of KuresoiNorth Sub-County between 1992-2008. The sub-county is inhabited by several ethnic groups although the Kipsigis (a sub-group of the larger Kalenjin), the Kikuyu and the Kisii are the most populous. Since the introduction of multi-party politics in 1991, the sub-county has been experiencing political violence resulting into internal displacement during general elections. After providing some historical background to the study, relevant literature is reviewed on Iraq, Sudan, Kenya and Molo. The reviewed literature show that although there is much literature on ethnic violence at international, regional and national levels, little effort has been made to interrogate trends in regards to the motives, trends in the process and the consequences of internal displacement in Kuresoi North Sub-County in the period 1992-2008. This gap justifies the need for this study. The study will be guided by three objectives; to analyze trends in the motives for internal displacement, to examine trends in the process of internal displacement and to analyze the consequences of internal displacement in Kuresoi North Sub-County between 1992-2008. The study is predicated on three fundamental premises. First, internal displacement in the study area was motivated by political competition. Second, internal displacement was characterized by violence. Finally, internal displacement inKuresoi North Sub-County between 1992-2008 led to loss of residents' livelihoods. The study will employ Protracted Social Conflict theory to analyze data. In terms of methodology, the study will employ oral interviews and questionnaire guideline to collect data. The data will be collected from respondents who will be classified into four strata; host communities' elders, IDPs, government officials, and NGOs and religious organizations. Qualitative data will be analyzed, organized, and categorized into key thematic areas. Quantitative data will be sorted, coded, and classified according to descriptive numerals. The data will be presented in tables, bar graphs and pie charts.