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The differing worldviews on childlessness between the Catholic Church and the Luo community in Kisumu diocese-Kenya
(Maseno university, 2015)
Infertility in marriage is generally viewed as something unfortunate. Each community desires to have itself perpetuated through the birth of children. The traditional Luo society strived toward its perpetuation and in cases ...
Assessment of reading skills development in public secondary schools in Emuhaya district, Kenya
(Maseno university, 2015)
The significance of reading skills in the development of English as a second language cannot be underrated. The Kenyan secondary schools curriculum for English requires a student to have developed competence in reading ...
A syntactic interpretation of ambiguous Dholuo long distance anaphors
(Maseno university, 2015)
Anaphors refer to expressions that are not capable of independent reference or meaning and cannot be used deictically. The Binding theory (BT), a sub-theory of the Government and Binding (GB) theory states that Condition ...
The socio-cultural factors influencing infant feeding practices among HIV positive women attending post-natal clinic at Kisumu East sub-county hospital, Western Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)
Prevention of Mother-To-Child Transmission of HIV (PMTCT) intervention is a global health priority, whose aim is to increase child survival and to reduce HIV infections in infants. Reducing post-natal MTCT of HIV especially ...
The denigration of the male image in Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye’s selected novels
(Maseno University, 2015)
This study investigates Marjorie Oludhe’s portrayal of male image in Coming to Birth and The Present Moment. Of primary influence to the study is that little attention has been given to the analysis of women’s writings in ...
Linguistic naturalization of the English premier league football discourse by Radio jambo, Kenya
(Maseno University, 2015)
Cameron (2001) argues that linguistic forms can be manipulated to suit context and serve intended purposes. Although there is evidence of widespread coverage of proceedings of the English Premier League ( EPL) by media in ...
Linguistic features of in-group language among construction workers in Gem sub-county, Kenya
(2015)
Communication is the essence of human interaction. The nature of communication is dependent on interaction between two or more individuals. Construction sites in Gem sub-County, Kenya bring together a variety of people of ...
On completely positive maps
(Maseno University, 2015)
Completely positive maps is an important field due to its significance, application and mathematics itself. While discussing the properties of the positive maps, researchers have questioned whether the properties of the ...
Gender perspective in the allocation, use of space and use of time in a periodic market. A case study of Kibuye market in Kisumu city.
(Maseno University, 2015)
Periodic marketing systems engage 84% of women working in the informal sector and are characterised by inadequate infrastructure and poor organisation. Allocation of space is on first come first served basis, disadvantaging ...
The determinants of inflation in the Kenyan economy
(Maseno University, 2015)
Since 2003, the monetary policy in Kenya has pursued inflation targeting policy that pegs the desired inflation rate at 5 per cent. However, Inflation targets in Kenya have been missed frequently and the CBK has been ...