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AN ANALYSIS OF HEALTH LITERACY AMONG MERU WOMEN ATTENDING SELECTED MATERNAL CHILD HEALTH CLINICS IN MERU COUNTY, KENYA

KIRIGIA, ELIUD K. (Laikipia University, 2014)

ABSTRACT Upon her independence in 1963, Kenya set out to eradicate three endemic ills: poverty, disease and ignorance as stipulated in Sessional Paper No 10, of 1965. “Illiteracy” has largely been associated with these ...
DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINE IDENTITIES IN NEWSPAPERS PULLOUT MAGAZINES IN KENYA

NGUMO, CYRUS MUGAMBI (Laikipia University, 2014)

ABSTRACT The study analyzed the discursive constructions of masculine identities in newspapers’ pullout magazines in Kenya. It examined if there was a disconnect between the way Kenya’s mainstream newspapers’ pullout ...
DISCURSIVE STRATEGIES IN KENYA’S 2008 POST-ELECTION CONSULTATION DISCOURSE

Barasa, Margaret Nasambu (Laikipia University, 2014)

This study addresses itself to the post-election consultation discourse of the two former Principals, the former President Mwai Kibaki and the Prime Minister Raila Odinga in the Kenyan Coalition Government between 2008 ...
THE ROLE OF CATHOLIC JUSTICE AND PEACE COMMISSION IN PEACE - BUILDING IN TURKANA COUNTY, KENYA, 1978 ─ 2007

KARIUKI, VISCOUNT JAMES KIMATHI (Laikipia University, 2014)

Although there is adequate literature on both humanitarian and development activities of NGOs in northern Kenya, and Turkana County in particular, there is little on the role of these civil societies in peace building ...
DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF SELF-IDENTITY AMONG INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN KENYA’S 2007/2008 POST ELECTION VIOLENCE

NDIRITU, NELSON NG’ARUA (Laikipia University, 2015)

This study investigated the self-identity of the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) following Kenya’s 2007 election-related violence. The study looked at how the attacks the IDPs suffered and life under displacement ...
CONSTRAINTS BASED CODE-SWITCHING DURING THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE LESSON IN A MULTILINGUAL CLASSROOM IN KENYAN PRIMARY SCHOOLS: A STRUCTURAL PERSPECTIVE

NJERI, NGUGI BETH (Laikipia University, 2017)

ABSTRACT This study is a descriptive survey of code-switching in selected lower primary classes in selected Kenyan schools. The study investigated code-switching in English lessons and its implications on second language ...
UKIUSHI WA KANONI KATIKA HADITHI TEULE ZA WATOTO ZA JOHN KOBIA NA WADI WAMITILA

MIRICHO, ERASTUS MUTAHI (Laikipia University, 2021-03)

Fasihi ya watoto inaweza kufasiliwa kama kazi ya sanaa inayotungwa ikilenga watoto kama hadhira kuu. Fasihi hii hutungwa na kuhakikiwa kwa misingi ya kanoni ambazo ni vigezo vya kupimia ubora wa fasihi hii. Vigezo hivi ...
ADULT-ADOLESCENT COMMUNICATION ABOUT SEXUALITY AND ADOLESCENT SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR: A CASE OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA

NDEGWA, FRANCIS MUGURO (Laikipia University, 2021-06)

Adolescent sexual health is an issue of concern not only in Kenya but also globally. High levels of adolescent school dropout due to sexual issues has been alarming in the recent past. This study examined how communication ...
UHIMILI WA HEJEMONIA NA NAFASI YA VIJANA KATIKA RIWAYA TEULE ZA KISWAHILI

OGUTU, HARRISON ONYANGO (Laikipia University, 2021-10)

Ingawa wasomi wengi wa fasihi wameweza kuangazia masuala yanayohusu hejemonia, suala la ni kwa namna gani hejemonia inahimiliwa na kudhalilishwa mintarafu ya riwaya za kisasa bado lilihitaji kumulikwa. Hivyo, utafiti huu ...
A HISTORY OF HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN KENYA, 1952-2013

RIOBA, MWITA DENNIS (Laikipia University, 2022-06)

There has been an extensive and disturbing history of human rights violations in Kenya from 1952 to 2013. The Kenyatta, Moi and Kibaki regimes presided over shocking and ,sometimes,brutal human rights violations ...
INTERLANGUAGE FOSSILIZATION IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND CLASSROOM INSTRUCTION AMONG SECONDARY SCHOOL LEARNERS IN NAKURU COUNTY, KENYA

MICHENI, BEATRICE W. (Laikipia University, 2022-06)

Fossilization is a universal phenomenon that characterizes lack of sufficient linguistic competence as a learner approximates a particular target language. This phenomenon was thought to be evident in the learning of ...
INTERFACE BETWEEN CLASSICAL GREEK AND AFRICAN DRAMA: AN EXAMINATION OF NOTIONS OF SPIRITUALITY, JUSTICE AND GENDER

ONKOBA, STEPHEN OKARI (Laikipia University, 2022-06)

Convergence of many disciplines such as philosophy, psychology, sociology, religion, economics, gender studies, history and anthropology in literary scholarship points to blurred disciplinary boundaries and interconnectedness. ...
ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE IN ADULT LEARNERS: A CASE OF ADULT LEARNERS IN LITERACY CENTRES IN IMENTI-NORTH SUB-COUNTY, MERU COUNTY, KENYA

MURIUNGI, CAROLYNE MWENDWA (2022-10)

ABSTRACT The adult education programme in Kenya is meant to improve literacy levels (reading and writing skills) as well as numeracy skills. There is need for adult learners to learn English as a second language and use ...

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