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Constraints and Prospects of Inculturation in Kenya
(Human Resource Management Academic Research Society, 2014)
The inculturation process in Kenya has been challenged by internal and external sources. Internally the process has been destabilized by the Kenyan socio-religio cultural structures which are patriarchal: men have been the ...
Brave new world – a reading of the unbroken spirit and the verdict of death
(2015)
This is a stylistic analysis of two novels published in Africa in the twenty-first century. Fifty years ago, when the
publishing apparatus was controlled by the European colonial regime, an African writer not only had to ...
My-House-Without-A-Door-An-Egg”: Reading an African Perspective of the Chronotope in Selected Works of Amos Tutuola, Ben Okri and Alain Mabanckou
(Royallite Global, 2021)
This paper argues that the fusion of time and space in the African literary world portrayed in Amos Tutuola’s The Palm-Wine Drinkard, Ben Okri’s The Famished Road and Alain Mabanckou’s Broken Glass thickens and becomes ...
Face Threatening Acts and Standing Orders: ‘Politeness’ or ‘politics' in the Question Time Discu ssions of the Kenyan Parliament
(Centre for Promoting Ideas, USA, 2011-07)
This paper examines politeness in the context of politics during question time discussions of the Kenyan Parliament; politeness is an attempt by the speaker to linguistically show he cares about the others feelings. Question ...
The Other Side of the Coin: Borrowing and Vitality in Lubukusu
(Chemchemi International Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2016)
When languages come into contact, there is some degree of cultural contact, however limited. As a result, there is bound to be some negative as well as positive language change. Borrowing, bilingualism, code switching, ...
Responses of the stem borer larval endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes (Hymenoptera: Braconidae) to plant derived synomones: Laboratory and field cage experiments
(Taylor and Francis, 2005-05)
Laboratory and field cage experiments investigated the response of females of the stem borer larval endoparasitoid Cotesia flavipes to two synthetic synomone components, the terpenoid ( E )-ß-farnesene and the green leaf ...
The Signature of effective leadership
(2015-02-25)
The purpose of this paper is to provoke scholars and practioners in the area of leadership to re-think about the
whole concept of ‘effective leadership’. A literature gap exists in the explanation of what constitutes ...
Bottom of the Pyramid Strategy and Financial Performance of Commercial Banks: An Assessment of Agency Banking Operations in Kenya
(GIFRE.ORG : Global Institute of Research and Education, 2014)
Many organizations in Kenya banks included are reaping from clients at the bottom of the economic pyramid. High competition in the banking Industry, has prompted banks to venture into this market segment to improve their ...
Effect of Household Water-User Preference on the Sustainable Supply of Safe Water in Obunga Slums of Kisumu Municipality, Kenya
(Globeedu Group, 2015)
Access, availability, and quality of water must be in sustainable supply for humans to become water secure. Sustainable supply of
water is ensured through efficient use of water on one hand, and integrated approach to ...
Mechanical stresses upon crystallization in phase change materials
(American Institute of Physics, 2001)
Crystallization processes in different Te alloys, employed in phase change materials for optical data storage, have been investigated by in situ mechanical stress measurements. Upon crystallization a considerable stress ...