School of Arts and Social Sciences: Recent submissions
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The Role of Context in Interpretation of Political Utterances on Hate Speech in Kenya
(Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2016)This paper analyses the role of context in interpretation of political utterances on hate speech in Kenya. The political landscape in Kenya has been characterised by multiparty politics since early 1980’s. When the Kenya ... -
Aspects of Dholuo coronal harmony
(International Journal of Scientific Research and Innovative Technology, 2016)Coronal harmony in Dholuo refers to the co- occurrence restriction on dental and alveolar obstruents and nasals. The purpose of this paper is to describe and explain coronal harmony as it manifests in Dholuo. This involves ... -
Feature correspondence amongst Dholuo coronals
(International Journal of Social Science and Technology, 2016)This paper discusses the nature of correspondence amongst Dholuo coronals. This can be approached in two ways, either as feature spreading or feature agreement which seem to be controversial in literature. Dholuo coronal ... -
A Linguistic Analysis Of form and Content of Al-Shabaab’s Press Statements on the Recent Kenyan Terror Attacks
(Multilingual Academic Journal of Education and Social Sciences, 2017)This paper examines the form that is structure as well as the content of the statements and press releases of Al-Shabaab at different times with the hope of establishing a pattern of phraseology and consistent references ... -
Language use and choice: A case study of Kinubi in Kibera, Kenya
(International Journal of Humanities and Social Science, 2012)This article analyzes the domains of language use and choice of the Kinubi speaking community in Kibera, Kenya in relation to Kinubi maintenance in a multilingual location. Language use and choice has been a debated ... -
Valence Decreasing Processess in Lutsotso
(Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, 2015)This paper analyzes valence decreasing process in the sentence of Lutsotso. Lutsotso is a dialect of the larger Luluhyia, an agglutinative Bantu language of Kenya with very rich morphology. The paper shows how verbal ... -
Coordinate Ellipsis in EkeGusii: An Overview
(Jadavpur Journal of Languages and Linguistics, 2019)This paper gives the distributional characteristics of coordinate elliptical constructions in EkeGusii. The syntax of the constructions is given using a Phase theoretic approach, one of the current theoretical constructs ... -
Syntactic Aspects Of Ekegusii Subject And Object Markers
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies (IJIRAS), 2020)The verbal complex in Bantu languages is an important unit in the syntactic structure. The verbal word in Bantu, in particular, EkeGusii, has a structure which accommodates affixation of a variety of morphemes as prefixes ... -
Women groups: A pathway to rural development in Nyamusi Division, Nyamira County, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovation and Scientific Research, 2014): Despite their fundamental socio-economic responsibilities, rural women still have less access to knowledge, assets, services and participation in decision-making. These inequalities affect their ability to carry out ... -
The dilemma in sustainability of community-based projects in Kenya
(Research gate, 2015)Globally, billions of shillings have been spent in communities to enhance the living situation of the people. However, one of the most critical obstacles is the extent to which the projects are able to persist despite the ... -
Investigation of Optimal Temperature Distribution, Mechanical Properties and Microstructures of Friction Stir Welded Copper Alloy Joints
(Research gate, 2018)In this work to determine the maximum temperature at weld zone by using three dimensional finite element heat transfer model is developed by ANSYS. Copper specimens were prepared under different FSW condition, by varying ... -
Design & Analysis of Ladder Frame I Section Chassis
(International Journal for Research in Applied Science & Engineering Technology (IJRASET), 2018)This Chassis frame is the basic frame work of an automobile. It supports all the parts of an automobile which are attached to it. With the increase in the weight of the chassis, load on the engine increases thus performance ... -
Historical survey of the concept of ecumenical movement its model and contemporary problems
(International Journal of Applied Sociology, 2012)The term “ecumenical” in theology today generally refers to the movement which seeks to achieve external unity among the world’s denominationally divined churches.The original meaning of the word (from oikeo:to dwell, ... -
RNA interference: a pathway to drug target identification and validation in trypanosome
(Academic Journals, 2008-03-31)RNA interference (RNAi) is a phenomenon through which double stranded RNA (dsRNA) induces potent sequence-specific degradation of homologous transcripts. Besides its function in cellular defense and developmental regulation, ... -
An examination of co-existence of religion and politics
(Academic Journals, 2009-11-30)This article is an attempt to prove that Religion and politics are two realms inseparable basically because they concern the same subject matter, namely man and woman, who are both material and spiritual. This article ... -
An assessment of the Catholic charismatic renewal towards peaceful co-existence in the Roman Catholic Church
(Academic Journals, 2010)This study concerns the Catholic Charismatic Renewal, a movement within the Catholic Church that had direct influence from the Protestant Pentecostals. Subsequently, it spread through clearly defined, pre-existing social-metric ... -
Unbounded christologies: the case of widows' christology-'Jesus Christ is breath'
(Scriptura, 2015)This article draws upon African widowhood for theological reflection. It shows that experiences of widowhood characterize widows in rural western Kenya as liminal individuals located at a threshold. These widows experience ... -
Analysis of the Composition and Rituals of the Repentance and Holiness Church in Kenya
(2015-10-01)The repentance and holiness (RHC) church in Kenya is a prophet healing church which has attracted people from all walks of life. It was founded by Prophet Dr. David Edward Owour and is among the new emerging trends that ... -
Prayer for rain: a pentecostal perspective from Kenya
(John Wiley & Sons Ltd., 2017-10)Nairobi, the capital city of Kenya, has a population of 3.5 million people. The concentration of Pentecostal and charismatic churches in Nairobi, as in other African cities, has more than doubled since the 1970s. The ... -
The Glory is Here!’Faith Brands and Rituals of Self-Affirmation for Social Responsibility in Kenya
(2017-11-21)Female Pentecostal-Charismatic (PC) church leadershave a quest to legitimize their leadership at all levels. This quest for acceptability and legitimacy to the congregation they lead can be daunting especially in ...
