School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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Barriers to Pottery Production in Kenyan Prisons
(sryahwapublications, 2020)The purpose of the paper was to investigate barriers to pottery production in Kenyan prisons. Descriptive research design guided the study. Both qualitative and quantitative methods were used to analyse data in the ... -
Quality of pottery products produced in Kenyan women prisons
(Academic Journals, 2020)The purpose of the study was to assess quality of pottery products produced in Kenyan prisons. The quality of products produced in Kenyan prisons shows lack of standardization. Descriptive research design guided the ... -
An Evaluation of Paints Determinants among the Informal Fine Artists in Kisumu City
((IJSR, 2021)One of the important viewpoints which is criticized and reviewed in Art, are the styles and techniques used in paintings. Reviewed literature confirms that the motives of choice of paints used are relegated secondary ... -
Construction of Feminine Ideology in Gusii Oral Poetry
(2019)Abagusii females of the Kisii community of Western Kenya are largely socialized through the community’s oral poetry to operate within the limits of a feminine ideology. The choice of Gusii oral poetry as a vehicle for ... -
Influence of Parent-Adolescent Communication on Adolescent Peer Relations and Gender Implications
(Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2015)This study was conceptualized against a backdrop of Kenya’s a troubled secondary school system; characterized by incidences of students’ unrests, drug abuse, examination cheating, school dropouts and other forms of ... -
Effect of cognitive behaviour therapy on depressive symptoms among HIV-infected outpatients in Kenya
(Universidad de Almería, 2017)Timely diagnosis and treatment of depression among persons living with HIV (PLWH) in sub-Saharan Africa which is home to about 70% of global HIV infection is disproportionately low. In Kenya, the effect of cognitive ... -
Men’s Emic Perspectives on Factors Contributing to Child Sexual Abuse Vulnerability on the Islands of Western Kenya
(Taylor and Francis, 2021)Child sexual abuse (CSA) is a major global health concern. Although it is prevalent in Kenya, there is scant literature on what factors contribute to CSA vulnerability on Kenya’s islands. This paper is based on a ... -
Access to Maternal Health Services During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Experiences of Indigent Mothers and Health Care Providers in Kilifi County, Kenya
(Frontiers, 2021)COVID-19 has spread rapidly in Kenya and has not spared pregnant women. Evidence from Kenya shows that during the COVID-19 pandemic, health systems have been either stressed to their maximum capacity or are becoming ... -
Female Characters Contesting Maasai Traditional Cultural Practices And Materialism In H.R. Ole Kulet’s Blossoms Of The Savannah And Daughter Of Maa
(European Centre for Research Training and Development UK, 2018): This paper examines how the Kenyan writer H.R. Ole Kulet portrays female characters vis-à-vis Maasai traditional practices in Blossoms of the Savannah and Daughter of Maa. It proceeds from the premise that characterization ... -
POTRAITURE OF FEMININITY IN GUSII ORAL POETRY
(2019)– Human communities are largely socialized through art to operate within the limits of ideologies. The form of art Abagusii have for eons used to socialize their populace into subjects of different ideologies is oral poetry ... -
Construction of Feminine Ideology in Gusii Oral Poetry
(2019)Abagusii females of the Kisii community of Western Kenya are largely socialized through the community’s oral poetry to operate within the limits of a feminine ideology. The choice of Gusii oral poetry as a vehicle for ... -
A study of terrorism discourse in taifaleo newspaper of Kenya
(MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2021)Terrorism is a global concern and usually elicits a lot of sensationalism every time it occurs. The media often finds itself in the middle of debates over this issue. Apart from the role of informing the public, the media ... -
The big five personality as a predictor of involvement in violence among students in secondary schools in Nyando Sub-County, Kenya
(Healthcare Review, 2021)Involvement in violence among students is a common menace not only in Nyando Sub-county, Kenya but also in the whole world. Predicting involvement in violence based on the big five personalities could be useful in ... -
Academic Dishonesty Among Undergraduate Students At One University In Kenya. Causes And Mitigations
(GRIN Verlag, 2021)Recent empirical studies indicate that cheating by college students is prevalent in many countries. More is known about the pervasiveness of college cheating than reasons why students cheat and how the vice can be mitigated. ... -
The Politics of Pulpit Religiosity in the Era of Covid-19 in Kenya
(Frontiers in Communication, 2021)This essay centres on the role of religion in the era of Covid-19. We juxtapose social media and religious practices in a way that challenges the conventional religion of the pulpit to deconstruct the myths and misconceptions ... -
Forging Associations Across Multiple Spaces: How Somali Kinship Practices Sustain the Existence of the Dadaab Camps in Kenya
(Springer, Cham, 2019)Scholars increasingly have challenged the idea that camps as social worlds can only be visualized in terms of helplessness, immobility, and isolation. Similarly, this contribution demonstrates that Somali kinship practices ... -
An Introduction to Communication, Nairobi, Kenya
(International Journal of Communication, 2017)because it comes at a time when communication scholars from the global South are increasingly challenging the dominance of Western modernity in communication and media studies. Many scholars have decried the U.S.–UK ... -
Evaluation Of Internal Communication Channels Used To Communicate To Employees During Unrest In Public Universities In Western Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2018)Communication experts have echoed the need for effective communication as a major factor leading to organizational success. Despite vast research on organizational internal communication, literature on how public universities ... -
Role Of Dholuo FM Radio Programmes In Flood Warning In West Nyakach Division, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2017)Flooding is an uncertain phenomenon thus advance warning, evacuation and flood control are effective and sustainable methods of reducing the devastation caused by floods. Raising awareness and preparing the population ... -
Nexus between women voters’ radio exposure and grassroots electoral participation under the new devolved political dispensation in Kenya
(Некоммерческое партнерство Национальная ассоциация масс-медиа исследователей, 2020)This article examines the nexus between women voters’ radio exposure and participation in the 2013 Kenyan general election in Kakamega County located in the western part of the country. This research grounded in political ...
