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Influence of Vegetation Cover and Topographic Position on Water Infiltration, Organic Matter Content and Aggregate Stability of Grassland Soils in Semi-Arid Kenya
(Advances in Agricultural Science, 2019)A study was conducted in Mpala and Ilmotiok ranches in Laikipia County, Kenya, to investigate the influence of vegetation cover and topographic position on soil organic matter, bulk density, aggregate stability and water ... -
When two Horses Become Minji na Ndengũ (Peas and Green Grams): A Cognitive Integration Analysis of Blended Idioms of Political Campaign in Kenyan Newspapers
(Advances in Language and Literary Studies, 2019-07)Political campaigns are emotive activities that rely on language to attract the attention of the public. In fact, electioneering periods in Kenya are heavily laced with idiomatic expressions such that one would be required ... -
Cutting with Words: Kick out Corruption with Swahili Proverbs
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)Corruption is a thorny issue that has (and still) is being discussed by the people and features prominently in social media: not a single day passes without it being mentioned either openly or in secrecy. In Kenya and in ... -
Traffic Police Corruption, Vehicular Emissions and Disease: The Case of Kenyan Smoking Vehicle
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)In its Global Corruption Barometer of 2010/2011 and in a study of ten countries of the world, Transparency International (TI) describes corruption as an overwhelming tragedy that has infiltrated the global society. However, ... -
Institutionalization of Corruption in Kenya: A Review of Disintegration of the Moral Fabric
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)Institutional corruption is a term that was coined by Dennis F. Thompson in 1995 and has since been used by scholars to analyze the seemingly increasing trend of systematically using public offices to influence outcomes ... -
Police Corruption and Canada’s Distinction
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences, 2019)Corruption in policing is a topic for renewal, in any country, as the growing challenges and opportunities of advancing technology and Internet access, changing police science and the ever-evolving relationship of police ... -
The Yoruba Philosophy of Law and the Challenge of Corruption in Nigeria
(AFRICAN JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES (AJHSS), 2019)One of the challenges confronting nation-building in Africa today is the incessant, destructive social forces and corruption in particular. The mechanism of accountability and transparency has been perverted not only by ... -
Rent-seeking and Taxation Pilfering in Kenya: Impact on Post-colonial Economy
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)Kenyans have witnessed taxation injustice since the colonial period. At the onset, colonial taxation in Kenya materialized as an instrument of submission, governance and of economic exploitation. It is through taxation ... -
A Review of the Changing Nature of Corruption in Post-independent Kenya
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)Corruption continues to be a major challenge to Kenya’s socio-economic and political development. Corruption has undergone a metamorphosis over the years. In the 1960s and 1970s, corruption was referred to in terms of “ten ... -
Euphemistic Sugarcoats of Bribe in Dholuo: A Cognitive Integration Model
(African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), 2019)The supposition by cognitive linguists that certain language data requires analysis above conventional provisions of grammar is the take-off point in the studies exploring the relationship between cognition and language. ...
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