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The Polysemy Of The Gĩkũyũ Nouns That Denote Celestial Bodies
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Advanced Studies, 2018)This paper examines from a Cognitive Linguistic approach the polysemy of the GĩKũYũ nouns from the semantic field of celestial bodies namely: mweri “moon”, njata “star” and riua “sun”.These nouns have multiple meanings ... -
The Polysemy of the Gikũyũ Body Part Terms Kĩongo ‘Head’ and Gũtũ ‘Ear’: a Cognitive Linguistic Approach
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2018)Polysemy is defined as a phenomenon where a single linguistic unit has several yet related meanings (Evans and Green 2006). Using the Cognitive Linguistics Approach, this paper analyses the polysemy of two Gikũyũ body ... -
Systematic Polysemy in Gĩkũyũ
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2018)Polysemy is a phenomenon whereby words have multiple distinct yet related senses. These senses are related in a systematic way and form systematic patterns. This paper explores the different systematic patterns of polysemy ... -
Conceptual Metaphors and Perception Verbs in GĩKũYũ
(International Journal of Linguistics, 2018)This paper examines the polysemy that exists in the semantic field of perception verbs in Gĩkũyũ which is a Bantu Language of the Niger – Congo group spoken in Kenya. These verbs do not only convey the meanings that are ... -
Animal Metaphor in Gĩkũyũ
(Journal of Applied Linguistics and Language Research, 2018)Animal metaphors are prevalent in many languages. Animals are closely related to the human beings and they provide a rich basis for the conceptualization of human beings and their activities. Using the cognitive linguistics ... -
Citizen Perceptions of the Governance of Projects in Kenya.
(International Journal of Innovative Research and Knowledge, 2018)This paper describes the citizen perceptions of the governance of projects in Kenya. The paper is based on the study of the process of citizen involvement on local government carried out in Elgeiyo Marakwet and Nandi ... -
Procurement Financing and SMEs Growth: Insights from Public Procurement Practices in Nyamira County, Kenya
(International Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2026)Access to procurement financing remains one of the most pressing challenges hindering the growth of Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya. Despite deliberate policy interventions aimed at increasing SME participation ... -
Indigenous Weather Forecasting Methods among the Kikuyu Community of Kenya.
(Regional Journal of Information and Knowledge Management., 2025)Purpose:This study aimed to identify and document the indigenous knowledge used by the Kikuyu community of Kenya to forecast weather events.Methodology:The study involved farmers and agricultural officers from Murang’a, ... -
Determinants of E-Services Use in Higher Education: A case of a Kenyan University Academic and Non Academic Staff
(International Journal of Education and Research, 2024-05)The establishment of electronic services (e-services) has been an important policy goal in many universities worldwide. This notwithstanding, staff access to e-services and its reliability still remains an issue of concern ... -
Leadership in Public Administration: Which way to go?
(International Journal of Law, Humanities & Social Science, 2017)Whether performance in public administration is improving or not, it is not governments only concern, too much emphasis on performance distracts attention from organizational capacity and underlying government values. ... -
INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTCONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND EDUCATION PROJECTS IN TESO SOUTH CONSTITUENCY, BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(Journal of International Business, Innovation and Strategic Management, 2022)National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) was introduced in Kenya with an aim of bringing resources closer to the people to enhance equitable development and alleviation of poverty. However, most ... -
Gender-Based Leadership Inequality and Economic Development in Kenya
(Kenya Institute for Public Policy Research and Analysis, 2021)The need to achieve gender-based leadership and reduce the inequality that has existed before cannot be without women’s empowerment. Having female leadership increases equality, since most African countries are ... -
Intergroup Cohesion and Its Effects on Employees Performance in Schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering (ijasre), 2021)Most organizations have been reporting their inability to achieve the set objectives. Several factors have been pointed out to be the major cause. Apart from other external factors such as adequate finance, political ... -
Review of the Implementation of South Sudan’s National Gender Policy in Jubek State, South Sudan. International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2021-11)Most studies have shown that gender mainstreaming in South Sudan has not been well undertaken this is due to lack of working policy or lack of policy implementation. While expansive body of literature has explored the ... -
Review of the Implementation of South Sudan’s National Gender Policy in Jubek State, South Sudan
(International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS), 2021)Most studies have shown that gender mainstreaming in South Sudan has not been well undertaken this is due to lack of working policy or lack of policy implementation. While expansive body of literature has explored the ... -
INFLUENCE OF COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON PERFORMANCE OF NATIONAL GOVERNMENTCONSTITUENCY DEVELOPMENT FUND EDUCATION PROJECTS IN TESO SOUTH CONSTITUENCY, BUSIA COUNTY, KENYA
(Journal of International Business, Innovation and Strategic Management, 2022)National Government Constituency Development Fund (NG-CDF) was introduced in Kenya with an aim of bringing resources closer to the people to enhance equitable development and alleviation of poverty. However, most ... -
Intergroup Cohesion and Its Effects on Employees Performance in Schools in Nairobi City County, Kenya
(International Journal of Advances in Scientific Research and Engineering, 2017-11)Most organizations have been reporting their inability to achieve the set objectives. Several factors have been pointed out to be the major cause. Apart from other external factors such as adequate finance, political ... -
MENTORSHIP AS LEADERSHIP MODEL: AN EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS OF AUTHENTIC MENTOR-MENTEE
(International Journal of Leadership and Governance, 2022)Purpose: The purpose of this study conveys the continuity of leadership in the organization. This is by ensuring that the outgoing leaders who are mentors ensure that upcoming leaders who are mentees would continue with ... -
Effects of Police Roadblock Checks on Reduction of Road Accidents along Salgaa-Mau Summit Highway
(International Journal of Public Administration and Management Research (IJPAMR), 2022)Despite efforts by the Kenyan government to enhance road safety, Kenya ranks among the top countries with high road fatality rates. Therefore, this study examined the effects of police roadblock checks on reduction of ... -
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN USAID FUNDING AND LEVEL OF EDUCATION ACCESS IN NAIROBI KENYA
(International Academic Journal of Arts and Humanities, 2022)Education access is quite important to each and every individual in a country. In Kenya the illiteracy levels are slowly declining due to more and more citizens gaining access to education. In the past education access ...
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