Browsing PT-School of Humanities and Social Sciences. by Title
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FM radio entertainment programs and parental guidance among youth in selected churches in Nairobi county in Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014-10-30)The purpose of this study is to investigate the influence of Frequency Modulation (FM) radio entertainment programs on parental guidance among Christians in Nairobi County. Parental guidance is influenced by various ... -
Impact of occupational stress on job performance among criminal investigation police officers: case of Nairobi county, Kenya
(2014-08-13)It is a well known fact that a job occupation causes stress on the personnel involved. The study will examine the impact of occupational stress on job performance among police officers under the Directorate of Criminal ... -
The impact of peace committees on conflict transformation: a case of Ng'arua division, Laikipia county
(2014-08-13)The quest for peace has generated many strategies. One such strategy is the model of peace committees. This is largely a hybrid structure that borrows heavily from indigenous conflict resolution mechanisms and modem formal ... -
The impact of small arms proliferation on human Security: a case of Makindu sub county in Makueni county from 1999 - 2013
(Kenyatta University, 2014-11-03)The efforts to improve human security of individuals to alleviate human suffering has been the campaign in many states and experience has shown that the recipients in Makindu sub county, Makueni County have suffered ... -
Impact of. obstetric-fistula on womanhood: the. case of West pokot county,Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014-11-03)Women in the developing world, are experiencing "unimaginable suffering" due to lack of effective care during pregnancy and childbirth. Of particular interest in this study is the formation of obstetric fistula. An ... -
The impacts of participatory budgeting process on resource allocation: the case of Kiambu County Government, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014)The Local Authority Service Delivery Action Plan (LASDAP) and Constituencies Development Fund (CDF) have been the main vehicles of community participation at the local level. A major weakness in the CDF Act has been the ... -
Implementation of re-entry policy in public secondary schools: case of Tetu constituency, Nyeri county - Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014-10-10)The re-entry to school policy advocates that girls who drop out of school due to pregnancy should be re admitted after weaning. The aim of this policy is to fmd measures to help prevent the exclusion of young mothers ... -
Indigenous Kenyans' Perspective of Personality and its Implications on Multi-Cultural Counselling
(Kenyatta University, 2014-10-09)Personality is shaped by both genetic and environmental factors. The most important of the latter are the cultural influences. Culture is a key determinant of what it means to be a person. Culture influences people's ... -
The influence of secular music on secondary school going girls' social behaviour in Nairobi county
(2014-08-12)This study aims to examine the influence of secular music on public, day secondary school going girls' social behavior in Nairobi County. The study will be based on a premise that adolescents listen to music for three to ... -
Inter-ethnic conflict between the Gabra and Dassenetech communities of Marsabit County(1960-2011)
(2014-08-01)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 ... -
An investigation into women participation in elective politics among the Meru- a case of Nkuene division. (1963- 2010)
(Kenyatta University, 2014)Women in Kenya constitute more than half of the population having a better voter turn-out compared to that of men. Women in Kenya have also been recognized for their key contribution in both the economic and social ... -
Knowledge and practice of 'ABC' strategy of HIV prevention among Christians in the catholic and African inland churches in Thika east district, Kiambu county - Kenya
(2014-07-24)Despite the global decline in HIV prevalence, new HIV infections are on the rise. These new HIV infections are occurring largely in stable or long-term relationships, including marriage. This is because of heterosexual ... -
Language change as observed in the names used to refer to the months of the year in Ekegusii
(Kenyatta University, 2016)The purpose of the study was to identify and describe the change in the naming of the months of the year in Ekegusii. In doing so, the study examined the change in language in relation to cultural change in the Gusii ... -
Lexical Variation and Change in Kiimenti Nouns as Spoken in Meru County, Kenya.
(2013-12-23)The proposed study will seek to investigate lexical variation and change in Kimeru language. In particular, it will focus on lexical variation and change in the Imenti dialect of the Kimeru language. It will seek to ... -
Linguistic manipulation in Kenyan political party names, symbols and slogans
(Kenyatta University, 2016)Language has been an important tool in mobilizing voters through deliberate choice of specific linguistic items that capture not only the feelings of a participating party but to also exclusively distinguish it from competing ... -
Mwingilio wa kileksia wa kikuyu katika uandishi wa insha za Kiswahili katika shule za msingi.
(Kenyatta University, 2014)This research intends; to..' analyze the nature of lexical interference of Kikuyu language on the written -" Kiswahili composition by Kikuyu learners of Kiswahili as a second language. The goal of the research is to ... -
Nativisation of swahili loanwords into kipsigis: An optimality theory approach
(Kenyatta University, 2016)This study focuses on nativisation of loanwords from Swahili language to Kipsigis dialect using Optimality Theory. Nativization is the process of making loanwords appear like native words in a language. OT is used in the ... -
Parental correlates of adult victimization to intimate partner violence among men in Nyeri county, Kenya
(Kenyatta University, 2014-10-30)Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a prevalent problem that threatens the societal welfare both in developed and developing nations. Much effort to alleviate it in Kenya and other nations has focused on women victims of ... -
Parental influence on cigarette smoking among secondary school students in Kilungu district, Makueni county Kenya
(2014-07-24)Despite government's effort to control drug abuse in Kenya cigarettes smoking remains the second abused drug in secondary schools. Cigarette smoking among adolescents is caused by several factors among them parental ... -
Phonological Nativisation of Kipsigis Loanwords
(2013-12-16)Nativization is the linguistic readjustment that a language experiences at the phonological, morphological, syntactic and lexical levels due to the influence of local languages and various Socio-cultural factors. This study ...
