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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 ...
Improved Livestock Breeds and Household Social Capital: The Case of Sahiwal Cattle Adoption among Isiria Maasai of Narok County, Kenya
(2020-11-11)
The utilization of pastoral resources such as grasses, shrubs, water and salt-licks is an aspect social capital. However, with climatic and socio-economic changes traditional cattle production and livelihood outcomes ...
Learners' Perceptions of Principals’ Influence on Their Academic Behaviours
(Journal of Education and Practice, 2021-04-30)
The purpose of the study was to assess learners' perceptions of the principals' influence on their academic behaviour. The study adopted cross sectional research design and proportionate random sampling to select 336 form ...
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 ...
Relationship between goal setting and learners' perceptions of school academic environments.
(2020-12-07)
The core mandate of educational institutions is to offer quality education to learners. As such academic goals are set to guide teaching and learning processes which is expected to take place in a conducive school environment. ...
Fighting HIV/AIDS through performing song: benga oral poetry in Homabay and Rangwe sub-counties in Homabay county, western Kenya
(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 ...
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 ...
Examining the Level of Illegal Water Consumption in High- and Low-Density Estates of Kisumu City, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 2021-02-28)
Water utilities around the world experience varying degrees of water loss and although there has been significant
steps towards reducing it, water losses still occur often as a result of poor infrastructure which cause ...
Comparative Analysis of Compressive Strength of Bamboo Leaf and Baggash Ash Concretes
(MACHAKOS UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, 2021)
Billions tons of conventional concrete are produced yearly as well as cement which emit
large tons of carbon dioxide due to huge millions of metric tons produced annually. Sequel to
this, there is need to produce a ...
Relationship Between Foreign Direct Investment Inflows and Selected Macroecomics Variables in Kenya.
(International Jounals Of Social Science And Information Technology, 2021-07)
Abstract: Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a key component of attaining sustainable economic growth and
development in most developing economies. This is majorly through strengthening infrastructural system,
information ...