School of Arts and Social Sciences

Social Outcomes of Alternative Healthcare-Seeking Behaviour Among Persons Living with Diabetes in Rongo Sub-County, Migori County, Kenya

Owuor, MacDonald Odhiambo; Onyango, Erick Ater; Oyoo, Eliud Oure (Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science (AJHES), 2023-06-29)

Background: Diabetes burden manifests in social outcomes, with Kenya having the second highest global mortality rate (88.4%), attributable to the inadequacies of mitigation measures. Despite diabetes being manageable, there ...

Perceptions of Men on Male Partners Involvement in Maternal and Child Health: An Analysis of Kuria East SubCounty, Migori County, Kenya

Nyabuto, Maureen Kwamboka; Shivachi, Taji Isindu; Sibuor, John Odero; Otengah, Wilson A.P. (Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science (AJHES), 2023-06-29)

Background: Male partner involvement is critical to maternal and child health outcomes. In Kenya, male partners are entitled to a two-week paternal leave with full pay to encourage male partner support in antenatal and ...

Pre-colonial Luo land tenure systems and agricultural practices in Awendo sub county, Kenya

Miganda, Mark Omondi Oder; Kandagor, Daniel Rotich; Ntabo, Michael (International Journal of Contemporary Applied Researches, 2019-09)

This paper examined the pre-colonial Luo land tenure systems and agricultural practices in Awendo Sub County, Kenya. The objective was to account for the pre-colonial land tenure systems of the Luo and agricultural practices ...

Application of Rules and Regulations on Students’ Involvement in Arson at public boarding secondary schools in Migori County, Kenya

K’odero, Jannes Okinyi; Otengah, Wilson A. P.; Okello, Lazarus Millan (International J ournal of Re search and Innovati on in S ocial Sci ence (IJRISS, 2022-05)

In the last 20 years, there has been a global increase in episodes of school unrest characterized by violence and arson attacks. They resulted in the destruction of school property and deaths. Arson persists, with the ...

Positive sanctions on children social development: an analysis of the influence of rewards in children social development in Kuria east sub-county, Migori county, Kenya

Amolo, Amos; Sibuor, John; Oyoo, Eliud (Global Scientific Journal, 2021-11)

Children's social development is the foundation for holistic learning. Many countries,, including Kenya have adopted uptake of positive sanction methods in form of rewards to promote children's social development as advocated ...

Patterns of Influence of Diabetics’ Integrating Healthcare- Seeking Behaviours on Diabetes Management in Rongo Sub- County, Migori County, Kenya

Owuor, MacDonald Odhiambo; . Otengah, Wilson A.P; Onyango, Erick Ater; Oyoo, Eliud Oure (African Journal of Health Sciences, 2021-08)

Diabetes is a fast-growing socio-economic burden, highly prevalent in Kenya due to inadequacies of mitigation measures; though manageable through appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviours (HSBs). High malaria and ...

Patterns of Influence of Diabetics’ Integrating Healthcare Seeking Behaviors on Diabetes Management in Rongo Subcounty, Migori County, Ken

Owuor, MacDonald Odhiambo; Otengah, Wilson A.P.; Onyango, Erick Ater; Oyoo, Eliud Oure (African Journal of Health Sciences, 2021-08)

Diabetes is a fast-growing socio-economic burden, highly prevalent in Kenya due to inadequacies of mitigation measures; though manageable through appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviors (HSBs). High malaria and HIV/AIDS ...

Girl child defilement” does the cultural practice determine the crime in the 21st century, a study of semi- rural Kenya, Rongo sub county

Odima, Beatrice Atieno; Otengah, Wilson A.P.; Mabururu, Michael Ntabo (International Journal of Management Studies and Social Science Research (IJMSSSR), 2020-10)

Girl-child defilement is a specific form of child sex abuse occurring in many communities around the world. Girls are vulnerable defilement because of their inability to physically resist the male perpetrators and to make ...

Management of student discipline: does the preventive approach work?

Otengah, Wilson; Alfred, Otara; A. Lynnette, Rakiro (International Journal of Research in Education Humanities and Commerce, 2021-09-05)

The purpose of this study was to assess the effectiveness of school principals’ Preventive approach in the management of students’ discipline in public secondary schools. The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design ...

Semiotic Analysis of Gender Constructions among Facebook Users in Kenya

Njura, Gerald; Omondi, Erick; Oloo, Pamela (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 ...

Fighting HIV/AIDS through performing song: benga oral poetry in Homabay and Rangwe sub-counties in Homabay county, western Kenya

Ochieng, Billy Odhiambo; Tunai, Kesero; Orina, Felix (2020-10-31)

This study examines the relationship between the artist, the performance and the audience. It examines the audience's interaction with the oral performances and analyzes the impact that these performances have on the ...

Construction of Feminine Identity through Metaphor in Facebook Discourses

Njura, Gerald; Oloo, Pamela; Omondi, Erick (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 ...

A Pragmatic Analysis of Impoliteness Forms and Strategies in Ekegusii Arbitration Discourse, Kenya

David, Ongarora; ONGARORA, DENNIS; Dr. Nyakoe, G. Damaris (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 ...

The Communicative Functions of Tanzanian Online Newspaper Headlines

Nyakoe, Gechemba Damaris; Musa, Nasibu M. K.; Odhiambo, Kenneth (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, ...

Nafasi ya mwingiliano fani katika kukuza fasihi ya watoto

Ibrahim, Matin; Nyandiba, Caren; Mohochi, Sangai (2021-09)

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 ...

Patterns of Influence of Diabetics’ Integrating Healthcare-Seeking Behaviours on Diabetes Management in Rongo Sub-County, Migori County, Kenya

Otengah, Wilson; Owuor, MacDonald Odhiambo; Onyango, Erick Ater; Oyoo, Eliud Oure (African Journal of Health Sciences, 2021-08)

Diabetes is a fast-growing socio-economic burden, highly prevalent in Kenya due to inadequacies of mitigation measures; though manageable through appropriate healthcare-seeking behaviours (HSBs). High malaria and HIV/AIDS ...