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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
(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 ... -
Access to health information for persons with disabilities during the COVID-19 pandemic in Kenya
(African Journal of Social Work, 11(4), 172-181., 2021)This study explores the effectiveness of media in promoting access to COVID-19 health information in Kenya. The focus will be on how persons with disabilities accessed COVID-19 information through television within the ... -
ActionAid International Kenya’s Initiatives in Fostering Good Governance in Garissa County, Kenya
(Journal of Public Policy and Administration, 2025)Purpose: The study sought to assess the effectiveness of ActionAid International Kenya’s initiatives in fostering good governance in Garissa County. Specifically, it examined the influence of grassroots advocacy, legal ... -
Allure of Pentecostalism in Mainstream Churches in the Wake of the Commoditization of the Gospel.
(International Journal of Research Publication and Reviews., 2025)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 ... -
ASSESSMENT OF RAINFALL VARIABILITY AND MAIZE CROP FARMING IN NYANDARUA COUNTY, KENYA
(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, ... -
Betting Menace: Riddle of Television Advertising and University Students Betting Behaviour
(International Journal of Communication and Public Relation, 2023)Purpose: To establish the influence of television’s testimonial advertisement technique on sports betting among the university students in Kenya. Methodology: The study used a mixed method design. In this case a ... -
Celebrity Endorsement: Television Advertisements and Sports Gambling Behavior among University Students in Kenya
(2023-02)Purpose: To establish the influence of Television’s celebrity endorsement advertisement technique on sports gambling behaviour among the university students in Kenya. Methodology: This study employed mixed method design. ... -
The centre and pathology: Postmodernist reading of madness in the oppressor in contemporary fiction
(Taylor & Francis Group, 2023-08)This study examines the pathological consequences of in-between identity on the members of the dominant group in polarized cosmopolitan settings in Lessing’s The Grass is Singing (1950). The study is a postmodernist reading ... -
Challenges Facing Reporting of Child Sexual Abuse in Kibera Slum, Nairobi, Kenya
(2013-12)This article examines challenges child sexual abuse victims and their families experience in trying to access healthcare services and justice in Kenya. Child sexual abuse is a vice that shocks and traumatizes the victims ... -
Characterization of Small Scale Farmers’ Low Levels of Adoption to Crop Insurance as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Variability in Nyandarua County of Kenya.
(Asian Journal of Agriculture and Food Sciences, 2021-08)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 ... -
Circumcision Contestation Among African Christians in the Advent of a Rejuvenation of African Cultural Practices
(International Journal of Recent Advances in Multidisciplinary Topics, 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 African ... -
CITATION:Jacob, W. M.,& Moi, E. (2024). Public participation influence on sustainability of water projects in Makueni County, Kenya.Reviewed Journal of Social Science & Humanities, 5 (1), 718–732.Vol. 5, Iss. 1 (2024), pp 718–732, November 25, 2024. www.reviewedjournals.com, ©Reviewed JournalsPUBLIC PARTICIPATION INFLUENCE ON SUSTAINABILITY OF WATER PROJECTS IN MAKUENI COUNTY, KENYA
(Journal International of Social Science & Humanities, 2024)The main objective of this study was to ascertain the impact of public participation on the sustainability of water projects in the Makueni sub-county. Evaluating the effects of participatory management, ... -
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 ... -
Colonialism and Mimicry: A Literary Lens into Governance in Africa
(African Conflict & Peacebuilding Review, 2022)In the recent past, scholars have delved into the challenges African countries face in establishing Western-style democracy, often overlooking the insights provided by literary works. Most political and social science ... -
COMMUNAL LAND MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CONFLICTS IN SAMBURU COUNTY, KENYA.
(International Academic Journal of Arts and Humanities., 2025)In Samburu County, where pastoralism serves as the primary livelihood, communal land is essential for sustaining local communities. However, conflicts frequently arise over access to grazing land, water resources, and ... -
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION ON CRIME PREVENTION IN ISIOLO COUNTY, KENYA
(2024)Economic prosperity of any nation owes its growth to myriads of factors such as political, economic, environmental, and social. Crime has proved to be a major bottleneck to economic growth and development as it causes ... -
A Concise History of the Colonial State and Gender Inequality in Sports in Kenya
(Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies, 2023)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, ... -
Confronting the challenges of Journalism Education in Rwanda in the context of educational reforms
(SOTL in the South, 2019)Policy reforms aimed at improving access to and equity in tertiary education have meant that university classes are not only larger, but more diverse in terms of students’ competencies and experiences. Despite the increase ... -
Constraints and Opportunities for Greenhouse Farming Technology as an Adaptation Strategy to Climate Variability by Smallholder Farmers of Nyandarua County of Kenya
(East African Journal of Science, Technology and Innovation, 2021-05)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, ... -
Constructions of Moral Values in Reader Comments of the Samantha Sex Robot Discourse in East African Newspapers
(Journal of Religion, Media and Digital Culture, 2021)Although artificial intelligence (AI) has been touted as revolutionary, this technology has sparked ethical concerns, with man accused of attempting to create a ‘play God’ with it. While creators of sex robots have been ...
