School of Education and Social sciences

When two Horses Become Minji na Ndengũ (Peas and Green Grams): A Cognitive Integration Analysis of Blended Idioms of Political Campaign in Kenyan Newspapers

Ogal, George Ouma; Gathigia, Moses Gatambuki; Maitaria, Joseph Nyehita (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

Mwangi, L.; Maitaria, J.N. (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

Karari, P. (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

Gichohi, C. W. (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

Chrismas, R. (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

Adebayo, A; Akintona, E.O (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

Tarus, I. (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

Osamba, J.O. (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

Ogal, G. O.; Macharia, K.T. (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. ...

Role of Lifeskills Education in the Prevention of Corruption in Kenya

Njoka, J.N.; Githui, P.K. (African Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences (AJHSS), ISSN:2307-2164 Volume 1 Issue 1, 2019, 2019)

Eradication of corruption in the public sector has remained an elusive challenge to most countries in the world especially Kenya. The menace has continued to ravage the economies, compromise service delivery to the citizens ...

Access to Safe Drinking Water and Sanitary Facilities and Pupil Participation in Education in Public Primary Schools in Kenya: A Case of Gichugu Constituency, Kirinyaga County

Mwaruvie, John; Gachahi, W. Michael; Githaka, W. Priscah (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019)

Provision of safe water for consumption and appropriate sanitation facilities have variously been advocated as critical forerunners to pupil participation in primary school education. However, these facilities are not ...

Effectiveness of Counselors in Managing Discipline in Public Secondary Schools in Kenya: Case of Mt. Kenya East Selected Counties

Njoka, N. Johannes; Kimotho, W. Flora; Gitumu, W. Margaret (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019-09)

Various innovative approaches to shaping of students’ discipline have been introduced in schools since the banning of corporal punishment; one such strategy is the involvement of school counselors as an alternative to ...

Challenges Facing Technical Training Institutes in Kenya: A Case of Nyeri, County

Kagema, Josephat; Wanjohi, E. Waihura; Kimiti, Richard; Kimosop, Maurice (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019-09)

Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) was deemed as a key ingredient for Kenyans Economic development by offering mid-level technical managers for industrial transformation. The purpose of this study was ...

Challenges facing Juvenile Delinquents Rehabilitation Centres in Kenya: A Case Study of Othaya Rehabilitation Centre, Nyeri, Kenya

Njoka, N. Johannes; Kariuki, W. Rosalind; Ndegwa, W. Lucy (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2019)

Incidences of juvenile delinquency have been escalating at an alarming rate. The government has established rehabilitation centres for admitting adolescents who for some reason have had contraventions to the legal system. ...

Principals’ Role in Promoting Teachers’ Professional Development and Learners’ Performance In Secondary Schools in Murang’a and Kirinyaga Counties, Kenya

Mwihaki, Irungu Cecilia; Kagema, Josphat N; Wambugu, Gachahi Michael (International Journal of Education & Literacy Studies, 2019-10)

Students’ overall performance in country wide national examinations in Kenya has recorded below mean achievement as attested by Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education (KCSE) results. The number of students scoring grade ...

Students’ Conceptions of Role of Guidance and Counselling in Discipline Management in Secondary Schools in K1rinyaga County, Kenya

Magdalene, Wamugunda; Michael, Gachahi; Maurice, Kimosop (Australian International Academic Centre, 2019-10)

Discipline is vital in the success of educational processes. Guidance and Counselling (GC) have been adopted as strategy to manage student discipline the world over including Kenyan schools. Though students form the major ...

Reactions of Schools’ Headteacher Toward Computer Use in Teaching and Learning in Secondary Schools in Tharaka-Nithi County in Kenya

Mbugua, Zachariah Kariuki; Muthomi, Mercy Wanja; Githua, Bernard Nyingi (International Journal of Information Science and Education, 2013)

Technology innovation has become a common-place phenomenon with widespread use of computers in society. The use of computer in Kenyan classrooms is still in its infancy and the perceptions and experience of head teachers ...