Journal Articles (HSS)

The Effect of the Porous Kenya-Somalia Border on Education in Garissa County

Heibe, Mohamed Ali; Kiragu, Patrick K.; Njoroge, Ruth N. (African Journal of History and Geography, 2025)

Globally, border regions face unique developmental challenges, particularly in fragile and conflict-affected environments. These regions are vulnerable to security threats, governance challenges, and the provision of ...

Ideology, Elitism, Gender and the Evolution of Sports Management in Colonial Kenya, 1923 – 1963

Patrick, Kiragu K.; Reuben, Matheka M.; Dorothy, Nyakwaka A. (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, 2023)

Marginalization of women in sports management in Kenya has a long history. However, the existing literature on the subject overlooks the interplay of ideology and elitism in gendering inequality in sports management in ...

Socio-Economic Determinants of Diarrhea Occurrence Among Children Under Five Years Old in Kenyan Slums: A Case Study of Korogocho, In Nairobi County, Kenya

Muriithi, David Ikua (World Wide Journal of Multidisciplinary Research and Development, 2024)

According to the recent world estimates, children below the age of five years are in most cases at a very high risk of contracting diarrhea infections. The socio-economic characteristics of the caregivers and the households ...

Environmental Risk Factors Influencing Diarrheal Occurrence among Children Under Five Years Old in Informal Urban Settlements: A Case Study of Korogocho, in Nairobi County, Kenya

Muriithi, David Ikua; Wakajummah, John Obwa; Kennedy, Japhan Omoke (Scholars Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2021)

The paper's main objective is to establish the relationship between environmental risk factors of childhood diarrhea and its occurrence in the Korogocho slum in Nairobi County. The hypotheses to be tested were; no ...

Constraints and Opportunities for Greenhouse Farming Technology as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Variability by Smallholder Farmers of Nyandarua County of Kenya

MURIITHi, David I.; Wambua, B. N; OMOKE, K J (East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2021)

Nyandarua County of Kenya has been for a long time, manifested itself as one of the major food baskets in the country. This is because of its high and sustainable output in crop farming i.e., maize, Irish potatoes, wheat, ...

Characterization of Small Scale Farmers’ Low Levels of Adoption to Crop Insurance as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Variability in Nyandarua County of Kenya

Muriithi, David I.; Wambua, Boniface N.; Omoke, kennedy J. (Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 2020)

Kenya is one of the many countries in Sub Saharan Africa affected by climate variability and its related hazards due to changes in temperature and variations in rainfall in most parts of the country. The present study has ...

Access to Clean Drinking Water and Diarrhea Occurrence among Children Under Five Years Old in Informal Urban Settlements: A Case Study of Korogocho, in Nairobi County, Kenya

Muriithi, David Ikua; Wakajummah, John Obwa; Omoke, Kennedy Japhan (THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2020)

World Health Organisation (WHO) has quantified the occurrence of childhood Diarrhea as a consequence of poor access to clean drinking water. This is because the water in informal urban centers is highly contaminated due ...

The Marriage Debate Among African Christians in the 21st Century: Tradition, Faith, and Emerging Realities

Kamau, Patrick Maina (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RESEARCH AND INNOVATION IN SOCIAL SCIENCE, 2025)

Africans life revolves around survival of the self and the race. Nothing guarantees this survival better than marriage. In many African communities, marriage which is primary a union with partners of the opposite sex, ...

Cultural Revival Among Kikuyu Christians: Impact and Implications in the 21st Century

Kamau, Patrick Maina; Katola, Prof. Michael T.; Waweru, Dr. Humphrey M. (Sprin Journal of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, 2024)

The Kikuyu people were exposed to Christianity in the year 1900 following the arrival of Reverend McGregor. Subsequently, an overwhelming majority of individuals have adopted Christianity, with more than 90% identifying ...

Circumcision Contestation Among African Christians in the Advent of a Rejuvenation of African Cultural Practices

Kamau, Patrick Maina; Katola, Michael T.; Waweru, Humphrey M. (2024)

: Circumcision among many African communities is a vital and common rite of passage. Traditionally the rite was performed on both male and female teenagers but with the coming of the Europeans and the conversion of ...

Allure of Pentecostalism in Mainstream Churches in the Wake of the Commoditization of the Gospel

Kamau, Patrick Maina (International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews, 2022)

Commoditization of the Gospel and the rise of prosperity Gospel have altered the Christian dogma. Principles such as humility, poverty and solemnity have been replaced with opulence and charisma. Human suffering including ...

A Negotiation Process between Postmodern Worship Practices and Traditional Worship Practices in Selected Anglican Churches in Muranga County, Kenya

Maina, Patrick; Nderitu, Dr. Simon (INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATIVE RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT, 2014)

Religious postmodernism is a philosophical method that attempts to analyze the present as it occurs on matters of doctrine, faith and practice particularly the view that no religion or religious view is absolutely right ...

ASSESSMENT OF RAINFALL VARIABILITY AND MAIZE CROP FARMING IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA

Ikua, David muriithi; Wambua, B.N; Omoke, K.J (International Journal of Agriculture, Environment and Bioresearch, 2023)

Crop farming is crucial to the livelihoods of communities living in the rural areas of Kenya. The sector largely depends on climatic variables such as rainfall for optimum crop output. This article presents the analysis, ...

Evolution in Professionalization of Sports and the Links to Gender Inequality in Management of Athletics and Football in Kenya

Kiragu, Patrick K; Matheka, Reuben M; Nyakwaka, Dorothy A (Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies (JAIS), 2022)

The professional era of Kenyan sports has allowed women onboard as competitors while limiting their role in top management. This article argues that the interests of stakeholders influence the meaning of sports which in ...

A Concise History of the Colonial State and Gender Inequality in Sports in Kenya

Kiragu, Patrick Kinyua (Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies (JAIS), 2024)

The purpose of this article is to provide a concise history of gender dynamics in sports during the colonia period in Kenya. The interests of the state have structured issues of inclusion in Kenyan sports. Historically, ...

GENDER ISSUES IN AFRICAN HISTORY OF FREEDOM STRUGGLE: THE CASE OF FIELD MARSHALL MUTHONI AND THE MAU MAU MOVEMENT OF KENYA, 1930- 2015

Kiragu, Kinyua; MATHEKA, R. M; ONYANCHA, B.K (JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL ACADEMIC RESEARCH FOR MULTIDISCIPLINARY, 2016)

In 1952, thousands of Kikuyu men and women took up arms in a guerilla war to drive the British out of their land. They referred to their movement as the Kenya Land and Freedom Army (KLFA), popularly known as the Mau Mau. ...