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Meanings of emerging discourses from Kenya’s mainstream press Mediatization of sino-Kenya relations
(Journal of Advance Research in Social science and Humanties, 2021)Theoretically, the Kenyan press tends to be superficial in mediatizing Sino-Kenya relations. It is important therefore that the Kenyan mainstream press goes beyond the superficial mediatization of events on Sino-Kenya ... -
Measuring Impacts of Information and Communication Advances for Development in the 21st Century
(2015)This paper explores why measuring the impacts of information and communication advances is important for development in the 21st Century and why it is statistically challenging. Measuring impacts in any field is difficult, ... -
The Media Coverage of The Hague Trials and the Construction of New Ethnic Subjectivities in Kenya
(Indiana University Pres, 2013)This paper examines the Daily Nation’s coverage of the ongoing Hague trials involving six suspects of the 2007 postelection violence in Kenya. The paper uses qualitative content analysis to investigate how the Hague trials ... -
Media Framing of Climate Change Contents in News Coverage in Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice (IJPP), 2024-10)Climate change is a phenomenon whose consequences affect nations across the globe, limiting the growth of various sectors. Climate change risk stories affecting Kenya can only gain public attention and become part of the ... -
Metrics Model for Indexing University Information Technology Teaching Professionals’ Improvement in ICT Integration: A Review of the Literature
(International Journal of Computer Science and Telecommunications, 2016-05)Despite the recent progress in the development of ICT integration indices to support management of teaching in institutions, very little empirical research focusing on metrics for continuous improvement in ICT integration ... -
Mobile Based Design for Strengthening Traditional Birth Attendant Health Care Systems in Low Resource Settings: The Case of Migori County, Kenya
(Journal of Applied Humanities and Social Sciences, 2025)Mobile health applications are established tools for healthcare management, patient education, and capacity building of healthcare providers. However, their use for strengthening Traditional Birth Attendant (TBA) health ... -
Mugabe must go: Textual Meanings of the Representation of the Zimbabwean Situation by the South African Press
(Indiana University Pres, 2011)This article is a textual analysis of the South African press representation of the political, economic, and social situations in Zimbabwe. The article argues that the South African press presents a stereotypical and ... -
Myths and Misconceptions on Covid-19: ‘Congo Check’ and ‘Talato’ Verification Experiences
(2021-03-31)Despite the challenges of connectivity and the digital divide that persists in Central Africa, an increasing number of citizens is engaging and interacting in social networks for fulfilling their informational needs. In ... -
Organizational communication on devolved governance: a case of Kisii county executive
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2018-11)Devolution being a new phenomenon in Kenya, the capacity of the counties to face up with communication challenges and potential structural complexities to ensure that they are managed sustainably is a concern. County ... -
Peace Education and Cultural Diversity: Focus on Kenya’s Post-Election Crisis
(International Journal of Humanities Social Sciences and Education (IJHSSE), 2018)It is not difficult to understand the relationship between peace and education. We can recover it from a more disciplined approach when we begin to seek the ultimate causation of the need for peace. As such peace will often ... -
Perceptions of youth on new media influence in insecurity in Migori county, Kenya: a case of Rongo Sub County
(International Journal of Social Sciences and Information Technology, 2019-10)Today, new media fully saturate our everyday lives that we are often unconscious of their presence, not to mention their influence. New media are the internet based tools and services that allow users to interact with ... -
Perspectivizing Vernacular Broadcast Media Intervention in Stemming Intra-Ethnic Conflict in Kenya: A Case of the Abakuria
(2016)The media can be used as an instrument to build as well as to destroy order, harmony and social coexistence in the human society. This study has tried to establish the inherent nature of social conflict and crises in human ... -
Philosophizing Alternative Pan-African Media and Society Approaches to Countering Female Violent Extremism in Kenya for Peace and Security
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Plagiarism conundrum in Kenyan Universities: An impediment to quality research
(Emerald Insight, 2024)Purpose- Plagiarism has been on the rise, mainly because of increased access to the internet and digital sources. To combat the threat of plagiarism, various universities have implemented countermeasures such as capacity ... -
Prioritizing Personal Data Protection in Insurance Organizations: A Review
(Journal of Information Security and Cybercrimes Research, 2023-06-22)This literature review focuses on the importance of prioritizing personal data security in insurance organi zations in the context of Web 2.0 and the fourth industrial revolution. With the increasing use of digital trans ... -
Process factors influencing data quality of routine health management information system: Case of Uasin Gishu County referral Hospital, Kenya
(International Research Journal of Public and Environmental Health, 2016-06)Global health agenda faces a challenge of ensuring sustainability of a high performing system in the context of evolving pressures, growing demand for timely and reliable information for planning. ... -
Public Libraries in Kenya: Collection Development
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2011)The public library should provide equality of access to a range of resources that meets the needs of its users for education, information, leisure and personal development. The library should provide access to the heritage ... -
Quality of instruction in upcoming universities in the case of Rongo University, Kenya
(International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2018-06-22)The study aimed at establishing the quality of instruction to Rongo University students with the aim of producing productive university graduates in all sectors of the world’s economy. To achieve this, the researcher ... -
Rethinking Workplace Conflict Management in the Kenyan School Context: A Qualitative Study of Women Principals
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science Invention, 2019-05)This study sought to explore how women principals utilised communication strategies to manage workplace conflicts at secondary school level Migori County, Kenya. The study was prompted by the fact that despite several ...
