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A comparative analysis of Aembu and Anglican rites of passage for child socialization in Kigari Archdeaconry Embu County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The main objective of this study was to have a comparative analysis of the Aembu and the Anglican Church‟s rites of passage for child socialization in order to come up with Afro-Christian mores for instilling moral virtues ... -
A Phenomenological Evaluation of the Strategies that Create Spaces for Male and Female Hearing-Impaired Persons in Uasin Gishu County
(kenyatta university, 2021)The study focused on the spaces that lead to the inclusivity of the Deaf within Uasin Gishu County. In particular, the study specifically undertook to evaluate the strategies that can create spaces for inclusivity of ... -
Relationship between attitudes towards career counselling and uptake of career counselling services among students in universities in Nairobi city County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Despite the importance of career counselling, there is evidence that a marginal number of student’s use career counselling services. Increasing uptake of career counselling could be a critical factor in enhancing employability ... -
Maendeleo ya kiswahili nchini Uganda katika karne ya ishirini na moja
(Kenyatta university, 2023)Utafiti huu umejitenga na tafiti zilizopo kwa kuwa, ulitathmini maendeleo ya Kiswahili nchini Uganda katika muongo wa pili wa karne ya ishirini na moja, kwa kuchunguza uhusiano katika ukuaji na ueneaji wa matumizi yake. ... -
Literary study of invectives in selected works of H. K. Bidi Setsoafia
(Kenyatta university, 2023)This research studies how Setsoafia creatively uses invectives to address critical social issues like corruption, greed, poor governance, educational illiteracy, drunkenness, and prostitution as a method of literary ... -
Influence of policy networks on policy process outcomes in road transport sector within Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta university, 2023)Policy networks approach has gained prominence among scholars. This is due to myriad complex problems in public policy processes and management. Many policies are designed and implemented without meaningful participation ... -
Influence of financial policy on performance of selected public secondary schools in the North Rift Region, Kenya between 2015 and 2020
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The importance of financial policy in the performance of educational institutions cannot be underestimated. Key performance indicators would largely depend on funding. The performance of educational institutions is a key ... -
. Implications of social support exchanges on the social well-being of older persons in Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Social well-being (SWB) is an important aspect of human functionality and is experienced within social relationships. Social support is received and provided in social relationships and has been found in the literature to ... -
Itikadi za Kiuana Katika Methali za Kinyankole na Kiswahili
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Utafiti huu umechunguza itikadi za kiuana katika methali za Kinyankole na Kiswahili. Utafiti umedhamiria kubainisha itikadi za kiuana na vile zinavyoendeleza mahusiano ya kiuana kwa ukubalifu na ushawishi kati ya wanaume ... -
Government Bureaucracy and Service Delivery in State-Owned Enterprises in the Energy Sector in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Government and private institutions all over the world recognize the cardinal role of service delivery in attaining a competitive advantage in a dynamic market. State-owned enterprises in the Energy sector are a major ... -
Gothic Imagination and Construction of Monstrous Bodies in Selected Fictional Works of Nnedi Okorafor
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The Gothic writing has often been perceived as a form of Western fiction- making. This apparently is based on the fact that Gothic genre originated in Europe in the late eighteenth century, and has been widely exploited ... -
Effects of vicarious trauma on professional development among teachers in educational assessment and resource Centres in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Professional development is an important undertaking for teachers who work in Educational Assessment and Resource Centres because it enhances their competencies. However, their work environment expose them to vicarious ... -
The Phonology of Kenyan Sign Language (Southwestern Dialect)
(Kenyatta University, 2017)Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) is a thriving national sign language used by tens of thousands of signers in Kenya, and which emerged out of two deaf schools in western Kenya in the early 1960s. In this thesis, I provide a ... -
Intertextuality and Subversion in Selected Children’s Readers and their Corresponding Animated Film Adaptations
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This research sought to undertake a comparative study of selected Children’s Readers and their corresponding animated film adaptations. Central to the study was how intertextuality and possible subversions in the films ... -
Effects of Oil Extraction on the Livelihoods Vulnerability in Lokichar-Kochodin Basin, Turkana County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Discovery of oil in South Lokichar-Kochodin Basin (SLKB) in Turkana County, Kenya, in 2012, subsequent exploration and extraction, provided opportunity to assess the nature of vulnerability to displacement and impoverishment, ...
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A comparative analysis of Aembu and Anglican rites of passage for child socialization in Kigari Archdeaconry Embu County, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The main objective of this study was to have a comparative analysis of the Aembu and the Anglican Church‟s rites of passage for child socialization in order to come up with Afro-Christian mores for instilling moral virtues ... -
A Phenomenological Evaluation of the Strategies that Create Spaces for Male and Female Hearing-Impaired Persons in Uasin Gishu County
(kenyatta university, 2021)The study focused on the spaces that lead to the inclusivity of the Deaf within Uasin Gishu County. In particular, the study specifically undertook to evaluate the strategies that can create spaces for inclusivity of ... -
Relationship between attitudes towards career counselling and uptake of career counselling services among students in universities in Nairobi city County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Despite the importance of career counselling, there is evidence that a marginal number of student’s use career counselling services. Increasing uptake of career counselling could be a critical factor in enhancing employability ... -
Maendeleo ya kiswahili nchini Uganda katika karne ya ishirini na moja
(Kenyatta university, 2023)Utafiti huu umejitenga na tafiti zilizopo kwa kuwa, ulitathmini maendeleo ya Kiswahili nchini Uganda katika muongo wa pili wa karne ya ishirini na moja, kwa kuchunguza uhusiano katika ukuaji na ueneaji wa matumizi yake. ... -
Literary study of invectives in selected works of H. K. Bidi Setsoafia
(Kenyatta university, 2023)This research studies how Setsoafia creatively uses invectives to address critical social issues like corruption, greed, poor governance, educational illiteracy, drunkenness, and prostitution as a method of literary ... -
Influence of policy networks on policy process outcomes in road transport sector within Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta university, 2023)Policy networks approach has gained prominence among scholars. This is due to myriad complex problems in public policy processes and management. Many policies are designed and implemented without meaningful participation ... -
Influence of financial policy on performance of selected public secondary schools in the North Rift Region, Kenya between 2015 and 2020
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The importance of financial policy in the performance of educational institutions cannot be underestimated. Key performance indicators would largely depend on funding. The performance of educational institutions is a key ... -
. Implications of social support exchanges on the social well-being of older persons in Kitui County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Social well-being (SWB) is an important aspect of human functionality and is experienced within social relationships. Social support is received and provided in social relationships and has been found in the literature to ... -
Itikadi za Kiuana Katika Methali za Kinyankole na Kiswahili
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Utafiti huu umechunguza itikadi za kiuana katika methali za Kinyankole na Kiswahili. Utafiti umedhamiria kubainisha itikadi za kiuana na vile zinavyoendeleza mahusiano ya kiuana kwa ukubalifu na ushawishi kati ya wanaume ... -
Effects of vicarious trauma on professional development among teachers in educational assessment and resource Centres in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Professional development is an important undertaking for teachers who work in Educational Assessment and Resource Centres because it enhances their competencies. However, their work environment expose them to vicarious ... -
Government Bureaucracy and Service Delivery in State-Owned Enterprises in the Energy Sector in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2023)Government and private institutions all over the world recognize the cardinal role of service delivery in attaining a competitive advantage in a dynamic market. State-owned enterprises in the Energy sector are a major ... -
Gothic Imagination and Construction of Monstrous Bodies in Selected Fictional Works of Nnedi Okorafor
(Kenyatta University, 2023)The Gothic writing has often been perceived as a form of Western fiction- making. This apparently is based on the fact that Gothic genre originated in Europe in the late eighteenth century, and has been widely exploited ... -
The Phonology of Kenyan Sign Language (Southwestern Dialect)
(Kenyatta University, 2017)Kenyan Sign Language (KSL) is a thriving national sign language used by tens of thousands of signers in Kenya, and which emerged out of two deaf schools in western Kenya in the early 1960s. In this thesis, I provide a ... -
Intertextuality and Subversion in Selected Children’s Readers and their Corresponding Animated Film Adaptations
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This research sought to undertake a comparative study of selected Children’s Readers and their corresponding animated film adaptations. Central to the study was how intertextuality and possible subversions in the films ... -
Effects of Oil Extraction on the Livelihoods Vulnerability in Lokichar-Kochodin Basin, Turkana County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Discovery of oil in South Lokichar-Kochodin Basin (SLKB) in Turkana County, Kenya, in 2012, subsequent exploration and extraction, provided opportunity to assess the nature of vulnerability to displacement and impoverishment, ... -
Integrating African Religio-Cultural with Conventional Approach to Peace-Building In Conflicts between Luo and Nandi Ethnic Groups, Kisumu and Nandi Counties, Kenya.
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study examined the integration of the African religio-cultural approach and the conventional approach to peace building in ethnic conflicts between the Luo and the Nandi of Kisumu and Nandi counties in Kenya. It ... -
Emigration in Selected Transnational Fiction by African Women Writers: A Study of Female Characters of African Descent
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study engaged with selected works of four West African women authors whose works centre on the idea of home as interrogated through the lenses of narratives of migration. These works, including Amma Darko’s Beyond the ... -
Psychosocial Economic Vulnerability of Family Caregivers of Persons Living With Sickle Cell Disease in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Nearly 90% of the burden of the sickle cell disease (SCD) has been in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA) and a greater proportion of the burden of the disease usually fall on the involuntary family caregivers. Some form of impairment ... -
Fiscal Decentralisation and Perceived Service Performance of Selected County Governments in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)Globally, the public has been dissatisfied with the centralized approaches to service delivery at local levels; coupled with underperformance in development aspects. Therefore, fiscal decentralisation is widely recognized ... -
Gender Differentials in Adoption of Alternative Livelihood Strategies among Pastoralists in West Pokot County, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2022)This study sought to investigate gender differentials in adoption of Alternative Livelihood Strategies (ALSs) among pastoralists in West Pokot County, Kenya. This is because the differentials have persisted in spite of ...