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The Pronominal System of Okiek
(Department of Linguistics and Languages, UoN, 2023-12)
This paper describes the morphological, morphophonological, morphosyntactic and semantic properties of the pronominal system of the Nessuit variety of Okiek – a branch in the Kalenjin language family in the Southern Nilotic ...
Conditional Sentences in Gĩkũyũ (Kikuyu, E51)
(University of Nairobi, Department of Linguistics and Languages, 2023-12)
This paper presents a morphosyntactic characterisation and a semantic classification of Gĩkũyũ conditional sentences. A morphosyntactic characterisation of Gĩkũyũ conditional constructions shows the following types of ...
Stakeholder Involvement and, Monitoring and Evaluation: Determinants of Schools’ Compliance with Safety Standards.
(JPAHAP, 2023-12-06)
The safety of school children at all times, and everywhere cannot be over-emphasized. Learner safety is central to the provision of quality education and globally, governments are committed to ensure safety and overall ...
Translating from English into Ekegusii in Radio Broadcasts: Presenters’ “Mistranslations” vs. Native Speakers’ Acceptability of Them
(Department of Linguistics and Languages, UoN, 2023-12)
This paper investigates the procedures which presenters on Egesa FM (a radio station broadcasting in Ekegusii) use to translate segments of news and advertisements from English into Ekegusii, a Bantu language of Kenya. One ...
Inquiry-Based Learning and Mathematics Achievement: Does Learner’s Individual Prior-Knowledge Count?
(JPAHAP, 2023-12-06)
Performance in mathematics as a foundational subject to majority of scientific disciplines continues to remain below expectation especially ability to solve real life problems. This study investigated the effect of learner’s ...
An Analysis of Substitution Errors Made in Reading Standard Chinese Characters by Students of the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi
(Department of Linguistics and Languages, UoN, 2023-12)
The present study investigated the errors made in reading standard Chinese characters by students of the Confucius Institute at the University of Nairobi. Each participant was given a passage to read aloud in isolation ...
Determinants of financial inclusion of Working Women in Uganda
(AJBUMA, 2023-12-08)
This study sought illuminate the determinants of financial inclusion among working women. The two objectives of this investigation were to establish the effect of financial literacy on financial inclusion and ...
Quasi-experimental evaluation of Kenya's pictorial health warnings versus Zambia's single text-only warning: findings from the International Tobacco Control (ITC) Project
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Background: Population studies in mostly high-income countries have shown that pictorial health warnings (PHWs) are much more effective than text-only warnings. This is the first quasi-experimental evaluation of the ...
Investment case for primary health care in low- and middle-income countries: A case study of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
Background: Primary healthcare (PHC) systems attain improved health outcomes and fairness and are affordable. However, the proportion of PHC spending to Total Current Health Expenditure in Kenya reduced from 63.4% in 2016/17 ...
Case Study: Kenyan University Libraries Status of Access to Library Spaces and Facilities for Persons With Disabilities
(University of Nairobi, 2023)
The purpose of this paper was to find out the position of library spaces and facilities at the university libraries in Kenya particularly in serving users with disabilities. The study was conducted using a pragmatic research ...