https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/109 Fri, 15 May 2026 14:01:47 GMT 2026-05-15T14:01:47Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6078 Accessibility of students with physical disability to public service vehicles in the western part of Kenya Ahonobadha, Marilyn Apella Bus termini are an essential component of urban transport facilities which define the beginning or end of the line for the transportation system. In the study area, students with physical disability frequently used bus termini to access educational institutions which were far removed from their residences. Various bus termini were linked by fourteen seater vehicles or buses. During such trips, the students encountered numerous design barriers due to the inappropriate layout of the public service vehicles. This study established that the following design barriers existed in public service vehicles: high entry steps, lack of grab bars at the entrance, narrow doors and narrow spaces between seats. While navigating these design barriers, the students encountered the following attitudinal barriers: inferiority, pity, hero worship, spread effect and backlash. This study concluded that students with physical disability experienced hampered mobility due to the design barriers highlighted above. In addition to this, other users of the vehicles compounded the problem by exhibiting attitudinal barriers. Therefore, this study recommends enforcing standards in the design of public service vehicles which enhance access for all. Further, there is a need for the members of the public to embrace people with disabilities and stop the ongoing attitudinal barriers Thu, 30 Nov 2023 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6078 2023-11-30T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6077 Status of Learning Resources in Day Secondary Schools Located in Chepalungu Sub County in the Wake of Corona Virus Pandemic Bett, Joel; Ahonobadha, Marilyn Apella Education is a fundamental human right that ideally should be available to all. Currently, Kenya supports international advocacy for universal education for all school-going children. In this Republic, 8592 public secondary schools are ascribing to subsidized free day secondary education (FDSE) programs. This program was put in place to improve access to secondary school education. The Government supports the post-primary education program by providing funds for infrastructure, tuition materials, and employment of support staff. During the implementation of the education program, the Corona pandemic struck, thereby disrupting the education process. After a short break, normal school operations resumed. Therefore, this study intended to evaluate the coping strategies used by schools in Chepalungu to deal with the mandatory spacing rules put in place by the Ministry of Health to help control the spread of the virus. The study targeted 54-day schools from which a sample of 48 was selected. A cross-sectional survey design was employed whereby questionnaires were administered to principals in the study area. Key Informant interview was also conducted with two Education officers. The study established that the FDSE funds availed to the schools were inadequate to help erect additional learning spaces, which would help enforce the social distancing rule. Classes were congested and were operating above the required capacity. This study recommends that the FDSE funds should be increased so that learning can go on in an environment that responds to the guidelines put forth by the Ministry of Health as far as containing the spread of coronavirus is concerned. Out of the study, it was found that learning resources in day schools were inadequate, and students were learning in congested environments Tue, 12 Mar 2024 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6077 2024-03-12T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5400 An Evaluation of Factors Affecting Visual Fine Artists in the wake of COVID-19 towards Economic Empowerment in Kisumu City Wagah Mical Ongachi Fine Artists are among the population residing in a cosmopolitan city of Kisumu and they leverage on their skills and talents for economic empowerment.Kisumu city economic empowerment is currently experiencing the highest average urban "poverty levels at 48% against a national average of 29%. Available statistics indicate that Kisumu, which is net food importer, registers one of the highest incidences of food poverty with 53.4% of its population living below the food poverty line as compared to Nairobi [8.4%], Mombasa [38.6%] and Nakuru [30%]. Kisumu being the third largest city, yet even Nakuru is a head of it in terms of poverty line it calls for a study to find out the position of Fine Artists who rely on their skills and talents for economic empowerment in the wake of COVI-19. The purpose of this study was to evaluate factors affecting visual fine artists in the wake of covid-19 towards economic empowerment in Kisumu city. The findings revealed that sicknessranked first, followed with low sells of artworks, then displacement from working sites and curfew contributed to the challenges respectively. Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5400 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5399 Assessment of Art and Design Students Attachment Learning Experience Relevance towards Job Market in 2021 in Kenya. Ongachi, Mical Wagah The Vision 2030 in Kenya which was officially launched in July 2008 has the Economic Pillar that aims to achieve an average economic growth rate of 10 per cent per annum and sustaining the same until 2030. Art, craft and design program at the higher institutions in Kenya embody some of the highest forms of human creativity meant to fulfill vision 2030. A high-quality art and design education engage, inspire and challenge university students, equipping them with the knowledge and skills to experiment, invent and create their own works of art, craft and design. The students are exposed after third year in their undergraduate program to attachment which is supposed to translate what is taught in class to the job market. It is upon this backdrop that this study assessed art and design student’s attachment learning experience relevance towards job market in 2021. The objective of this study was to establish whether what was taught in class was the same as what they found in attachment work stations. The population of this study was 60 third year students in public universities in Kenya. The study focused on fashion and interior design students at university level in Kenya who belong to Art and Design Department. The findings revealed that students are exposed to both theory and practical which have components that rated so high in terms of relevance while on attachment. https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijriss/Digital-Library/volume-6-issue-4/499-504.pdf Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5399 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5398 Awareness of the Role Graphic Design Play in Advertising among Small Furniture Enterprise Managers in Nairobi County, Kenya Adams Namayi Wamukhuma, Mical Ongachi Waga,Abongo Susan Graphic design (GD) is expressed through text, image, or both text and image, and large-scale furniture companies have embraced it a lot in their firms. GD is usually transmitted through print and electronic media, including websites and several social media platforms. Despite GD’s significance in large-scale furniture companies, Managers of Small Furniture Enterprises (SFEs) rely on word of mouth, referrals, and informal exhibitions, which does not reach the external market. The purpose of this study was to assess the role of graphic design in advertising among small furniture enterprise managers in Nairobi County, Kenya. The specific objective of this study was to establish SFE managers’ awareness of GD’s role in advertising. The study was guided by ‘The Graphics Triangle Theory’ by Bruce Brown (1979), whose central tenets are: Explanation Values, Persuasive Values, and Identification Values coherent in any appropriate GD messages. A sample size of 273 small furniture enterprise managers (SFEM) and 9 Small Furniture Enterprise welfare Leaders (SFEWL) was used. Questionnaires and interviews were used as methods of data collection. Findings revealed that most (SFEM) and (SFEWL) are fully aware of GD’s role in advertising and the various graphic design types. Most managers are highly aware of graphic design statutory regulations being enforced. Their unanimous assertion illustrated a high prevalence of awareness that some of the enterprise graphic designs are created by SFEMs or employees. The high rate of SFE managers’ attention is because of their formal education and advertising experiences acquired from other enterprises. Although SFEs engage graphic designers to a small extent, other entities involved in GD production are printing firms, signwriters, artists, ICT officers, media houses, painting technicians, web developers, and architects, which further illustrates their conscience for quality graphic design support in advertising. Despite the high rating on GD awareness, it was established that appreciation and application of GD in SFEs advertising are relatively negligible. The study, therefore, recommends future SFE advertising strategies to consider available GD opportunities in SFEs. Enhanced graphic design awareness amongst SFEs management, its appreciation, and application can ultimately improve visual communication values in SFE advertising http://www.internationaljournalcorner.com/index.php/theijhss/article/view/169098/115585 Sat, 01 Jan 2022 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/5398 2022-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4864 Common Dressing Styles and Attributes Associated with Students’ Dressing Styles in Kenyan Public Universities . Akinyi, O. G., Abong’o, S., & Mburugu, K The study sought to examine students’ dressing styles and common attributes assigned to them. A descriptive survey design was used in this study. The study areas were the University of Nairobi, Egerton University, Moi University, Technical University of Mombasa, Maseno and Karatina Universities. Multiple sampling procedures were used to select 566 students who participated in the study. Data were collected using questionnaires, focus group discussions and observation checklists. Results show that majority of respondents bought their own clothes with funds provided by the parents or guardians. The most outstanding feature that informed choice of dress was aesthetics, followed by comfort and design. Vests, bare chest tops and shorts were considered modest while high-slitted skirts, miniskirts, unbuttoned shirts, boob-tops, tumbo-cuts, skin-tight dresses and trousers and Bermuda shorts were found to be immodest. Recommendations have been made to develop guidelines on the choice of dress for students in institutions of higher learning to enhance personal grooming. https://doi.org/10.37284/eajis.3.1.264 Fri, 01 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4864 2021-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4634 The Object of Love is Food conceptual metaphor in selected Dholuo Benga music of 1970s and 2000s Lydia Akuno, Pamela Anyango Oloo, AL Magonya One of the ways in which people express their emotions creatively in a society is through music. Benga music is a genre of Kenyan popular music that has been in existence from 1960s to date. Over the years, Dholuo benga music has seen artistes of 1970s like Ochieng Kabaselleh, Kasongo, Owino Misiani, and many others, giving way to more recent Dholuo benga artistes of the year 2000s like Atomi Sifa, Madanji Perimeter and Otieno Aloka. Dholuo is a Nilotic language spoken along the shores of Lake Victoria, Kenya. Aspects of language, like metaphorical expressions, usually vary over time due to external and internal influences on a speech community. Variations may also occur depending on different individuals’ conceptualizations of emotions. Dholuo benga love songs are characterized by metaphorical expressions of love which are evidence of conceptual metaphors of love as perceived by Dholuo benga artistes over the decades. The aim of this comparative study was to establish similarities and variations in conceptualization of OBJECT OF LOVE AS FOOD by two male Dholuo benga artistes in Kenya, in two different time frames (1970s and 2000s). The study therefore hoped to explain language use in Dholuo benga love songs over time. The study was guided by Lakoff and Johnson (1980) Conceptual Metaphor Theory. The study population comprised a total of ten Dholuo benga love songs. Thirteen metaphoric expressions of love were extracted from lyrics of the ten love songs by Ochieng Kabaselleh and Atomi Sifa. Purposive sampling technique was used to select the love songs with required metaphorical expressions and saturated sampling technique was employed to get the requisite linguistic metaphors of love. The study findings are that there exist similarities and variations in the conceptualization of OBJECT OF LOVE IS FOOD between the 1970s and 2000s male Dholuo benga artistes Mon, 01 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4634 2018-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4632 Teaching conflict management skills in schools: Prerequisite for peace and achievement of millennium development goals in Kenya Wagah Mical Ongachi The Kenyan society is experiencing a lot of conflicts, some with devastating effects such as deaths, starvation, disease and destruction. These normally arise out of difference between people. Secondary schools being part of the society have not been left out of this challenge as evidenced by mass media reports on strikes, demonstrations and resulting closures. This being the formative age of the youth who are the majority of the Kenyan population according to 2009 census results, the opportunity of their being in school may be exploited by the society to address conflicts as a major challenge to peace today. The Ministry of Education can impart a curriculum that would perpetuate peaceful conflict management skills in the youth. So far, this has evidently not been done adequately creating gaps for mishaps such as the 2008 post-election violence, whereby if the international community had not timely sent the former United Nations Organization Secretary General, Koffi Annan of Ghana who mediated to resolve the conflict, Kenyans would have ended up in self- destruction. Police have been called in by various authorities, severally, to quell riots and disperse demonstrators across the country. Many people have been, sentenced to death, life in prison, jailed or fined by Kenyan courts due to their poor conflict resolution methods. A peaceful environment would facilitate achievement of ‘millennium development goals’ at the international level, and the vision of industrialization by 2030 in Kenya. It is against the backdrop of the importance of conflict management skills to Kenyans that this paper is addressed. Sat, 01 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4632 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4631 Challenges on implementation of art and design curriculum in secondary schools in Kenya Wagah Mical Ongachi, Michael O Okwara, Awino James Art and Design Curriculum contributes immensely in all areas of the society such as Social/cultural, Economic, Political, Utilitarian, Communication and Personal expression. This subject interlocks strongly within the political, economic and social cultural fabric of the Nation. In spite of the important role played by Art and Design Curriculum its implementation in secondary schools has not been impressive owing to some schools dropping this curriculum in Western Kenya. This implies that the Art and Design Curriculum has not been effectively implemented. The purpose of the study was, therefore, to examine implementation of secondary school Art and Design Curriculum. The study used descriptive survey. The research was carried out in Western Kenya. The main objective of the study was to identify the challenges to implementation of Art and Design Curriculum. Data was collected from Head teachers, teachers and students using Questionnaire and Observation guide. Many schools had only one Art and Design Curriculum teacher. The study also revealed that many teachers of Art and Design Curriculum had a bachelor of education degree but some teachers were untrained. Art room observation revealed inadequacy of facilities for Art and Design implementation. It is recommended that the Ministry of education should step up both the facility fund allocated for this subject and the number of teachers employed to teach Art and Design Curriculum. Tue, 01 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4631 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4630 Career Opportunities with implementation of Art and Design in secondary schools Wagah Mical Ongachi, Okwara Micheal Okello This research was conducted to examine the level of awareness on careers available for students learning Art and Design in secondary schools in Kenya because some schools are dropping this curriculum in Western Kenya. This implies that Art and Design career opportunities have not been effectively marketed. The purpose of the study was, therefore, to find out the level of awareness on careers available with Art and Design implementation in schools. The study used descriptive survey. The research was carried out in Western Kenya. Data was collected from Head teachers, teachers and Students using Questionnaire and Interview schedule. Many head teachers and Students could not name at least ten careers available for a Student with Art and Design background. It is recommended that the Ministry of Education should organize workshops for secondary school Head Teachers to equip them with skills and make them vast with knowledge of careers available for 32 subjects offered in secondary schools in Kenya because they occupy leadership position. The Head Teachers should ensure that all careers for all subjects offered in their schools are fully channeled to the learners through the career department teachers. Wed, 01 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT https://repository.maseno.ac.ke/handle/123456789/4630 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z