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Impact of HIV/AIDS on Mortality among the Inpatients at Motebang Hospital, Lesotho

Mburu, Francis; Naidoo, Sudeshni (2004-08)

Study design. A retrospective descriptive study of the mortality trend among inpatients at Motebang district hospital in Lesotho. Aim. To assess the impact of HIV/AIDS on the mortality of Motebang Hospital inpatients ...
Kiswahili and Its Expanding Roles of Development in East African Cooperation: A Case of Uganda

Prof. Mukuthuria, Mwenda (2006)

Kiswahili is an indigenous African language whose origin is the coast of Kenya. In the 20th C. it was readily accepted in Kenya and Tanzania where it has played key roles of national development. However, in Uganda Kiswahili ...
Strategy for promoting sport in Kenya

Mwisukha, Andanje; Mukolwe, Newton (Journal Of Educational Research And Development, 2007)

Sport is a human activity that contributes immensely to the welfare of participants and the society as a whole. It is appreciated across people of varying cultures, races, age, gender, colour and religion. It is recognized ...
Upekee wa Utenzi wa Swifa ya Nguvumali: Utenzi wa Mpito, Mseto wa Imani za Jadi Na Usasa

Prof. Mukuthuria, Mwenda (2007)

Nguvumali epic is arguably a unique epics amongst the Kiswahili classics. The features that make this epic unique include narration artistry, successful use of dialogue, well-elaborated characters, and classical themes ...
Islam and the Development of Kiswahili

Mukuthuria, Mwenda (Journal of Pan African Studie, 2009)

The development of Kiswahili into an international language in the 19th century was contributed by trade, wars, colonial administration policies, linguistic advantage of this language being related to Bantu languages in ...
Understanding Physical Activity Behavior of Type 2 Diabetics Using the Theory of Planned Behavior and Structural Equation Modeling

Prof. Walingo, Mary Khakoni; Omondi, D.O.; Mbagaya, G.M.; Othuon, L.O.A (http://www.sciencepublishinggroup.com/j/jfns, 2010)

Understanding patient factors related to physical activity behavior is important in the management of Type 2 Diabetes. This study applied the Theory of Planned Behavior model to understand physical activity behavior among ...
Responsiveness to HIV Education and VCT Services among Kenyan Rural Women: A Community-Based Survey

Mukuthuria, Mwenda; Karau, Paul Bundi; Mueni, Saumu Winnie; Muriira, Geoffrey (2010)

Uptake of VCT and other HIV prevention strategies among rural African women is affected by various socio-cultural and economic factors which need elucidation. Our aim was to establish the responsiveness to HIV education ...
Responsiveness to HIV Education and VCT Services among Kenyan Rural Women: A Community-Based Survey

Karau, Paul Bundi; Mueni, Saumu Winnie; Muriira, Geoffrey; Mukuthuria, Mwenda (African Journal of Reproductive Health, 2010-09)

Uptake of VCT and other HIV prevention strategies among rural African women is affected by various socio-cultural and economic factors which need elucidation. Our aim was to establish the responsiveness to HIV education ...
Revitalising Transformational Governance for Sustainable Development: Perspectives from Kenya

Misati, Joseph Akuma; Ontita, Edward (Zimbabwe International Journal of Open & Distance Learning, 2011)

Efficient delivery of public services in Kenya and other developing countries has for long been hindered by highly centralised governments. Recognising the need to achieve high economic growth and reduce poverty-related ...
Phonological Processes In Nouns across Maasai Dialects

Meitamei, Alexander; Furaha, Chai; Onyango, James Ogola (International Journal of Science and Research, 2012)

Maasai language has 22 dialects whose noun parallel varies phonologically. This short work describes the phonological processes causing the variation across the dialects of this language. Maasai noun synonyms are either ...
Radio Soccer Commentary as Reconstruction and Performance of Political and Social-cultural Reality: The Case of Kenya in the 1980s

Waliaula, Solomon (2012)

This paper has developed the argument that live radio soccer commentary (LRSC) is a representation of soccer match events at one level but a performance of dominant socio-cultural and political trends of the societies at ...
Envisioning and visualizing English football in East Africa: the case of a Kenyan radio football commentator

Waliaula, Solomon (2012)

This paper examines Mohammed Juma Njuguna’s radio commentary on English Premier League football to a Kenyan audience. It observes that this commentator’s performance uniquely deviates from the play-by-play style of radio ...
Influence of Islam and Language Prestige in Kinubi Maintenance in Kibera, Kenya

Odhiambo, Kenneth (http://scik.org, 2012)

This paper strives to point out a how a language used in religious practices and a people’s prestige can influence the maintenance of an indigenous language such as Kinubi. Kinubi is an indigenous language of the Nubi ...
A Study of Terrorism Discourse in TaifaLeo Newspaper of Kenya

Mr. Owala, Silas Odhiambo (MCSER-CEMAS-Sapienza University of Rome, 2013)

Terrorism is a global concern and usually elicits a lot of sensationalism every time it occurs. The media often finds itself in the middle of debates over this issue. Apart from the role of informing the public, the media ...
Regional Variations of Infant Mortality in Kenya: Evidence from 2009 KDHS Data

Misati, Joseph Akuma (2013-10)

High infant mortality rates remain a great challenge to the Kenyan Government as she strives to attain the Millenium Development Goals (MDGs). In its current Development Blue – Print, Vision 2030, the country aims at ...
Dependency in international regimes: the case of the apparel industry in sub-Saharan Africa

Kindiki, Moses Mpuria (Review of African Political Economy, Routledge, 2014)

This paper shows the relationship between regime and dependency theories. Its central argument is that international regimes primarily serve the accumulation interests of metropolitan capitalism, and hence perpetuate ...
Assessment of the Physicochemical Properties of Selected Commercial Soaps Manufactured and Sold in Kenya

Onyango, P. Vivian; Oyaro, Nathan; Osano, Aloys; Mesopirr, Linda; Omwoyo, Wesley Nyaigoti (2014)

a day to day basis by households. The physicochemical properties of soaps determine their quality and hence determine their efficiency and their cleansing properties. It remains obscure the quality of the soaps that are ...
A ctive audiences of Nollywood video-films: An experience with a Bukusu audience community in Chwele market of Western Kenya

Waliaula, Solomon (2014)

This article explores the distinctively heuristic approach to Nollywood video-films used by a Bukusu-speaking audience community in Chwele Market, Western Kenya. As this audience views video-films on witchcraft in particular ...
Explicitation in Courtroom Interpretation: Evidence from Kenyan Courts

Odhiambo, Kenneth (www.theijhss.com, 2014-07)

This paper explores the issue of explicitation in courtroom interpretation in subordinate courts in Kenya. Explicitation is one of the communication strategies that court interpreters employ in courtroom communication. It ...
Integration of Information Communication Technology in Teaching in Public Secondary Schools in Nakuru County, Kenya

Mbugua Ngugi (2015)

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