School of Arts and Social Sciences

Genderized Perspectives on Contraceptive Use: An Exploratory Study of Persons Living with HIV in Rural Kenya

Omollo, Chrisphine; Shivachi, Taji; Agwanda, Alfred Otieno (International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2021)

This study set out to investigate gender differences in contraceptive use and preference among persons living with HIV and AIDS (PLWHAs). The study was conducted in a rural setting in the South-western part of Kenya. ...

The Role of Creative Arts in the Fight against COVID-19 in Kenya

Mohochi, Ernest Sangai; Mwita, James Marwa (EAS Journal of Humanities and Cultural Studies, 2021-02)

: Initial response to the outbreak and fast spread of the coronavirus (Covid-19) disease was very slow in most countries. Rightly, most efforts at understanding it turned to and concentrated on the medical field, and ...

Female Characters’ Resistance to Masculine Stereotypes in Asenath Odaga’s Selected Novels

Sigera, Moses Okea; Tunai, Kesero; Bwonya, Jane (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 ...

Optimisation of Online Newspaper Headline Length with Characters

Musa, Nasibu M.K; Nyakoe, Gechemba D.; Odhiambo, Kenneth (East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2020)

The question of how many characters should an online newspaper headline have is still debatable. This study therefore, sought to examine the optimal length for the online newspaper headlines by using characters as the ...

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

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

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 ...

The role of ethnomedicine in the provision of primary health care: the case of Iguhu location, Kakamega South District, Kakamega County, Kenya

Shivachi, Taji (2012)

Primary health care is essential health care based on practical,scientifically sound and socially acceptable methods and technology made universally accessible to individuals and families in the community through their ...

The incertitude surrounding the use of HIV preventive services among male boda boda operators in Homa Bay County, Kenya

Otengah, Wilson; Omolo, Winnie Akinyi (International Journal of Management Studies and Social Science Research, 2020)

Bodaboda operators in the transport sector are a bridge population that gets in contact with both the general population and the key population. This places them at a greater risk of HIV and AIDs acquisition. Due to their ...

Motorcycle taxi in addressing the rural transport conundrum

Obudho, Samora Marchele; Otengah, Wilson; Shivachi, Taji (2020-03-26)

Rural people need transport services to access basic services and livelihoods. This study analyses the extent to which the motorcycle taxi addresses rural transport problems. Such an analysis could inform the future of ...

Convenient or Nuisance? The Paradox of Motorbike Taxis in Rural Kenya. The Case of Rongo Sub-County, Kenya

Obudho, Samora Marchele; Otengah, Wilson; Shivachi, Taji (2020)

This study sought to assess rural people‘s level of satisfaction with motorcycle taxi transport services, taking Rongo Sub-County, Kenya as a typical case. This awareness is crucial to transport planning, particularly ...

What Has Science to Do with Religion? A Looming Challenge of Traditional and Religious Practices on Curbing the Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya

Alwala, Bernard (East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, 2020)

The association between religion and science is a theme of unceasing discussion in philosophy and theology and recently in politics and governance as experienced in Kenya. To what degree are religion and science (e.g., ...

The Fate of Prosperity Gospel in Kenya

Alwala, Bernard (East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, 2020)

The prosperity gospel announcement is new in religious scenery but is speedily growing at a force to be taken into consideration in Kenya. It has a greater chance of enduring beyond our contemporary society to the coming ...

What Has Science to Do with Religion? A Looming Challenge of Traditional and Religious Practices on Curbing the Spread of COVID-19 Pandemic in Kenya

Alwala, Bernard (East African Journal of Traditions, Culture and Religion, 2020)

The association between religion and science is a theme of unceasing discussion in philosophy and theology and recently in politics and governance as experienced in Kenya. To what degree are religion and science (e.g., ...

A survey of kindergarten through 12th grade teacher perceptions of the learning environment in the mid-atlantic region of the United States

Okello, Lazarus Millan; Olung’a, Thomas M. (International Journal of Novel Research in Education and Learning, 2020)

The purpose of this study was to determine what factors Kindergarten through 12th grade teachers identify as important for creating positive learning environments. Fifty four teacher practitioners were involved in a three ...

Stakeholders Level of Involvement in Decision Making Process in the Management of Public Secondary Schools in Awendo Sub County, Kenya

Okello, Lazarus Millan; Omolo, Hezekiah Otieno (2018)

This research utilizes the survey questionnaire data collected in May/June 2017 from 200 Public Secondary Schools in Awendo Sub-County of Migori County to analyse Level of Involvement in Decision Making Process in the ...

Influence of Socio-Dramatic Play on Pre-School Children's Holistic Development in Homa Bay Sub-County, Kenya

Okello, Lazarus Millan (International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences(IJRESS), 2018)

Structural Policy Issues on Rehabilitation and Recovery: A Case Study of Alcoholics Anonymous Centre in Kenya.

Okello, Lazarus Millan (International Journal of Research in Economics and Social Sciences(IJRESS), 2018)

Alcoholism is one of the chronic problems of a modern society. Many lives have been lost and thousand others ruined as a result of alcoholism. It has both social and economic implications and the effects are felt beyond ...

Efficacy of Alcoholic Anonymous Programmes on Rehabilitation and Recovery of Alcoholics at one selected Recovery Centre in Kenya

Okello, Lazarus Millan; Ogolla, Peter Onyango (2016)

Alcoholism is one of the chronic problems of a modern society. Many lives have been lost and thousand others ruined as a result of alcoholism. In the recent times, Alcoholic Anonymous (AA) institutions have been the desirable ...