School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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A HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS LANGUAGE MASS MEDIA EMPOWERMENT FOR SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AMONG THE TURKANA COMMUNITY OF KENYA, 1963-2022
(2023)The Turkana, a pastoralist community inhibiting the arid and marginalized regions of Northern Kenya, have faced numerous challenges including poverty, food insecurity and limited access to basic services. Over the years, ... -
IMAGES OF WOMEN IN LUHYA POPULAR MUSIC: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SONGS OF WILBERT WANYAMA AND ALI AKEKO
(2023)The study, ‘Images of women in Luhya Popular Music: a case study of Selected Songs of Wilbert Wanyama and Ali Akeko’ sets out to examine selected popular songs with a view to explore the portrayal of images of women in the ... -
EFFECTS OF PROCEDURAL JUSTICE REFORMS ON SATISFACTION OF VULNERABLE VICTIMS, A STUDY OF KAKAMEGA LAW COURTS, KENYA
(2023-11)The promulgation of the Kenyan Constitution in 2010 and the enactment of the Victim Protection Act in 2014 significantly advanced the status of victims of crime within the Kenyan criminal justice system. The victim is no ... -
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH'S EFFICACY IN ALLEVIATING NORMATIVE CHALLENGES IN HEALTHCARE PROVISION IN THE CATHOLIC DIOCESE OF KERICHO
(2023-11)A comprehensive goal of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals of 2015 was to ensure healthy lives and promote wellbeing for all ages. The divide between the haves and the have-nots is, however, rapidly expanding ... -
A MORPHO-SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF TENSE AND ASPECT IN LUTSOTSO
(MMUST, 2021-09)This study focuses on tense and aspect in the verb structure of Lutsotso, a dialect of the Oluluhya macro-language. While numerous studies have been conducted on the analysis of the Oluluhyia macro-language at phonological, ... -
APPRAISAL OF SECTION 4 (b) OF THE BORSTAL INSTITUTIONS ACT IN JUVENILE OFFENDERS’ REHABILITATION AT SHIKUSA IN KAKAMEGA COUNTY, KENYA.
(MMUST, 2022-11)With modernization and industrialization, the magnitude and complexity of crimes committed by juvenile offenders has changed over time. This prompted governments and other international institutions such as the United ... -
THE ABABUKUSU TRADITIONAL WIDOWHOOD RITES AND THE EFFECTS ON WIDOWS IN THE CONTEXT OF FRIENDS CHURCH IN WESTERN KENYA
(MMUST, 2021-05)Religion, life and death are entwined and the knowledge of one requires the knowledge of the other. Religions have addressed the question of how one should live with awareness of inevitability of death. Consequently, ... -
VERNACULAR FM RADIOAS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATING CULTURAL VALUES: A CASE OF MURANG’A COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-12)Currently, numerous FM stations have mushroomed in Kenya, many of them using vernacular languages in their broadcast. The radio programmescover a variety of topics including politics, business, relationships, ... -
UTILIZATION OF SOCIAL MEDIA IN UNIVERSITY STUDENTS’ELECTIONS IN KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-11-02)Several studies have been carried out on the role of social media in political democratization where most of the mbased on national elections in different countries.However,little attention ... -
HISTORICAL DEVELOPMENTOF THE LAND QUESTION IN BUKUSU-SABAOT INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN MOUNT ELGON AREA SINCE1850
(MMUST, 2020-11-02)Ethnic conflicts have been witnessed world over; where, different communities fight each other over territorial boundaries, limited natural resources and political supremacy. This worrying trend disturbs ... -
VERNACULAR FM RADIOAS A TOOL FOR COMMUNICATING CULTURAL VALUES: A CASE OF MURANG’A COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-10-05)Currently, numerous FM stations have mushroomed in Kenya, many of them using vernacular languages in their broadcast. The radio programmescover a variety of topics including politics, business, relationships, ... -
THE EMERGENCE OF ABAGUSII DIASPORA IN KENYA’S SOUTH RIFT, 1895-2007: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)Migration is a spatial phenomenon involving movement of people between distinct places, locations imbued with meaning and power. It explicitly refers to people changing their places of residence, where ... -
LEXICAL BORROWING IN SPOKEN LUKABARAS FROM THE NANDILANGUAGE IN CHEPSAITA SCHEME, UASIN GISHU COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-05-21)The borrowing of lexical itemsas one of the outcomes of languages in contact may affect a speaker’s communicability with other speakers of the same language in differentsettings.In this perspective, thisstudy ... -
SUSTAINABILITY OF FM RADIO STATIONS IN A COMPETITIVE ENVIRONMENT AMONG SELECTED FM RADIO STATIONS IN BUNGOMA COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2020-08-24)As a result of the liberalization policies in the early 1990s, the broadcast media in Kenya has grown exponentially. The number of radio stations has multiplied significantly bringing with it cut throat competition among ... -
CHRISTIANITY AND TRANSFORMATION OF ADULT CRIMINAL BEHAVIOUR IN KAKAMEGA MAIN AND WOMEN PRISONS
(MMUST, 2019)Adult criminal behavior is one of the vices that affect society. Various initiatives have been proposed to address it. However, most of the initiatives are not clear in their consideration of religion in general, and ... -
HISTORICAL ANALYSIS OF THE LAND QUESTION IN BUKUSU-SABAOT INTER-ETHNIC CONFLICT IN MOUNT ELGON AREA SINCE 1850
(MMUST, 2019-08)Ethnic conflicts have been witnessed world over; different communities fight each other over territorial boundaries, limited natural resources and political supremacy. This worrying trend disturbs livelihoods, access to ... -
INFLUENCE OF TEENAGE SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR ON ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE AMONG PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS IN BUNGOMA SOUTH SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2018-05)Sexual activities among adolescents have been reported to be on the increase. The trend across the world shows that many adolescents are initiating sexual activity from as early as 10 years with many disastrous effects on ... -
A MORPHO-SYNTACTIC ANALYSIS OF SHORT FORM ERROR IN FORM THREE SECONDARY ENGLISH COMPOSITIONS: A CASE OF KAKAMEGA CENTRAL SUB-COUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)The study explores the error analysis of linguistic errors attributed to short forms in form three written English compositions at secondary school level within Kakamega Central Sub-County, Kenya. The infiltration of ... -
A GENDER- BASED STUDY OF INFLUENCE OF LUTSOTSO CONSONANTS ON PRONUNCIATION OF SELECTED ENGLISH CONSONANTS AMONG FORM ONE STUDENTS IN LURAMBI SUBCOUNTY, KENYA
(MMUST, 2017-11)The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of Lutsotso consonants on pronunciation of selected English consonants among Form One Students, learning English as a second language (ESL), in Lurambi Sub-County, ...
