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The emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya: apomediaries or infomediaries?
(2020-06)Purpose – The main purpose of this study was to investigate the emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya, with a view to determining whether they perform better as apomediaries or infomediaries. The specific objectives ... -
Contextualized Strategies in Handling Medical Products, Vaccine and Technologies for Millennium’s Sustainable Achievements in HIV/AIDS Care
(International Journal of Health Sciences and Research, 2020-06)Realization of global health goals is dependent on how efficiently and effectively ill health resulting from Non-Communicable Diseases, emerging and reemerging infectious disease including HIV/AIDs are handled within ... -
Using Supervised Extensive Reading (SER) for Improving English as a Language of Instruction (LoI) and Learning: An Exploratory Study based on Observational Evidence
(World Journal of Research and Review (WJRR), 2020-06)Supervised Extensive Reading (SER) for 180 second language secondary school learners provided extra input in English.The learners read books graduated according to difficulty for two lessons a week.They made ... -
The effectiveness of local strains of Fusarium oxysporium f. Sp. Strigae to control Striga hermonthica on local maize in western Kenya
(2020-06-03)Striga hermonthica weed infestation continues to persist among smallholder poor farmers in Kenya who depend on traditional maize (Zea mays L.) seeds for their livelihood. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the ... -
Interventional measures for the control of psychosocial issues to promote academics in public secondary schools in Migori county, Kenya
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2020-07)With the prevalence of psychosocial issues in the world at large, learning institutions have been so much hit by this menace since the young generation who are the adolescents form the largest population and are normally ... -
Semiotic Analysis of Gender Constructions among Facebook Users in Kenya
(2020-07-02)This study aimed at examining how male and female identities are constructed using visual images posted in particular Facebook Groups frequented by Kenyans. To this end, the theory of Visual Social Semiotics by Kress and ... -
A Pragmatic Analysis of Impoliteness Forms and Strategies in Ekegusii Arbitration Discourse, Kenya
(Accelerating the world's research., 2020-07-07)Politeness is a pragmatic concept that assumes mutually co-orperative behavior considerateness for others and polished behaviour in verbal interactions. Politeness guards against harming the hearer and speaker’s self-esteem ... -
Working with Bioactive Substances from Medicinal Plants in Animals
(2020-07-20)Background: Working with bioactive substances from the medicinal plant requires various steps from plant extract preparation to the calculation for scientific evaluation and safe medicinal plant extract administration. The ... -
Contribution of Home-Based Psychosocial Issues on Students Academic Performance in Public Secondary Schools in Migori County, Kenya.
(Advances in Social Sciences Research Journal, 2020-07-25)The home environment plays pivotal role in determining children’s future. Every other parent strives to be a role model to be emulated by the children right from childhood to maturity level when these children can now ... -
Sensory evaluation and consumer acceptability of Snack ValueAdded Rice Products in Eldoret Town, Kenya
(IOSR Journal of Humanities And Social Science (IOSR-JHSS), 2020-07-31)Farmers in developing countries are greatly affected by post-harvest losses due to poor handling techniques, over maturation, poor storage conditions, infestation by pests and fungal infections. This explains the high ... -
Construction of Feminine Identity through Metaphor in Facebook Discourses
(2020-08-08)One of the ways through which people construct their identities and others' identities is through use of conceptual metaphors. Conceptual metaphors are not just elements of language but are elements of thought as well and ... -
Depletion of phosphate rock reserves and world food crisis: Reality or hoax?
(African Journal of Agricultural Research, 2020-09)Phosphate rock (PR) deposits are the major source of phosphate (P) fertilizers for soil fertility replenishment. The demand for P fertilizers in the year 2014 was 42,706,000 tons and was expected to reach 46,648,000 tons ... -
Female Characters’ Resistance to Masculine Stereotypes in Asenath Odaga’s Selected Novels
(International Journal of Liberal Arts and Social Science, 2020-09)Female characters are often depicted as fighting and struggling for their gender space in the writings of African especially in East Africa. Asenath Odaga projects how women have risen up against the societal boundaries ... -
Corporate governance and performance of universities in Kenya
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2020-09)Although strategic management literature strongly acknowledge the existence of a relationship between corporate governance and the overall organizational performance, some studies have reported mixed results about the ... -
The Communicative Functions of Tanzanian Online Newspaper Headlines
(International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 2020-09)This paper sought to analyse the communicative functions Tanzanian online newspaper headlines. A sample of Mwananchi and The Citizen dailies was obtained purposively from10 Tanzanian registered online newspapers. Also, ... -
Morphosyntactic Study of Dholuo Verb Phrase
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2020-09)Dholuo is a Nilo-Saharan language spoken by about 4.06 million people according to the Kenyan census that was done in 2009 and the result formally released in 2010.The language is spoken by the Luo who are mainly living ... -
NAFASI YA MWINGILIANO FANI KATIKA KUKUZA FASIHI YA WATOTO
(2020-09-02)Katika juhudi za kusawiri uhalisia wa kijamii, fasihi aghalabu hulenga hadhira fulani kwa kutumia vigezo mbalimbali. Miongoni mwa vigezo hivyo ni kuwa kutegemea uzito wa maudhui na uchangamani wa msuko, kazi ya fasihi ... -
INFLUENCE OF SUBJECTIVE NORMS OF FAMILY MEMBERS ON STUDENTS’ PERFORMANCE IN MATHEMATICS IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MIGORI COUNTY, KENYA
(INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH IN EDUCATION AND PSYCHOLOGY (IJREP), 2020-09-30)Performance in Mathematics has been poor at secondary level in Kenya despite initiatives like Strengthening Mathematics and Science Studies Education (SMASSE), providing text books and employing trained mathematics ... -
Effectiveness of Internal Communication Strategies at Lake Victoria North Water Services Board
(2020-10)The Government of Kenya initiated reforms in the Water Sector in the year 2002 with an aim of making the sector more efficient and effective in service delivery, with the coming of the Water Act 2002. The reforms were ...