Dissertations / Theses: 'Missionary influence in Kenya'

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Chiko, Wilson Mungoma. "The social influence of Islam in Kenyan society since 1963." Thesis, University of Wales Trinity Saint David, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.683274.

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Nunow, Hussein Abdi. "Parental Influence on HIV Vertical Transmission in Kenya." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5511.

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Mother-to-infant vertical transmission of HIV usually occurs during pregnancy, labor, delivery or breastfeeding. It is the third leading cause of transmission of HIV after sexual intercourse and blood transfusions. In 2008, 12 million women aged 15 years and above were anticipated to be living with HIV in countries within Sub-Saharan Africa. In this study, the association between parental HIV knowledge, attitudes and risk reduction practices, and HIV vertical transmission in Kenya were explored. The health belief model was used to help understand and interpret the findings. For this quantitative study, data were collected via surveys from 212 participants in 3 HIV clinics in Kenya. Data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. Around 45% of respondents lacked knowledge on key aspects of Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission (PMTCT) of HIV particularly on expressing and heat treating milk from HIV positive mothers to make it safe for their babies. About 65% of Participants had awareness towards Mother to Child Transmission (MTCT) of HIV. Logistic regression showed no association between socioeconomic factors and parental knowledge on MTCT of HIV. Logistic modeling found that there was association between attitude and MTCT, revealing that attitude increased the likelihood to influence MTCT. Being married was associated with reduced risk of MTCT of HIV. The overall results indicated gaps in knowledge and information packaging. The potential positive social change implication of this study is that factors related to HIV vertical transmission identified in this study might be utilized to develop and implement HIV prevention strategies to reduce HIV vertical transmission and decrease associated morbidity and mortality among this vulnerable population.

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Ngatia, Ndiritu. "The influence of Micro-Finance Institutions (MFIs) on Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) in Kenya." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2007. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1009436.

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In Kenya, like in many developing countries, Micro and Small Enterprises (MSEs) have become the main focus for achieving the much-needed social and economic development and alleviating poverty. However, their development has been hampered by lack of access to appropriate financial and related services. Micro financing has been seen as a viable alternative to providing financial services to entrepreneurs in the MSE sector. The focus of this study was to explore the role of MFIs in the development of MSEs and to see if there are ways in which this role can be enhanced to better support the growth of MSEs. Such enhancement would contribute greatly towards government efforts to foster social-economic development. The results of the research indicate that generally, MFIs appear to have positively influenced the growth of MSE in Kenya and have potential to further influence MSE growth. There were however a number areas that if paid attention to could enhance this influence. These include the need for MFIs to offer supportive services as opposed to merely credit facilities to MSEs and the need for government intervention by putting in place a suitable Act to regulate the operations of MFIs.

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Ochwada, Hannington. "Negotiating difference the Church Missionary Society, colonial education, and gender among Abetaaluyia and Joluo communities of Kenya, 1900-1960 /." [Bloomington, Ind.] : Indiana University, 2007. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3297112.

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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Indiana University, Dept. of History, 2007.
Title from dissertation home page (viewed Sept. 25, 2008). Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-02, Section: A, page: 0713. Adviser: John H. Hanson.

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Konuche, P. K. A. "Influence of light environment on indigenous tree seedlings in Kenya." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 1994. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/11008.

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Attempts to restock large areas of exploited forests in Kenya have been hampered by inadequate understanding of the ecological requirements of indigenous tree species. In particular, very little is known about the responses of these species to different levels of light. This study, therefore, examined the significance of shade and light in regeneration of some important tree species. The species studied were Cordia africana Lam., Vitex keniensis Turill, Markhamia lutea (Benth.) K. Schum. and Olea capensis L. Artificial shading experiments were carried out in the nursery using seedlings of C.africana and V.keniensis. The effects of different shade levels were compared to full sunlight under low and high nutrient regimes. The response of seedlings transferred among different light environments was also examined. The effects of different levels of light quality (R:FR ratios) were tested. In a forest clearing, seedlings of the four species were grown under artificial shading and their responses were compared to those grown under full sunlight. The influence of deep canopy shade on survival and growth in seedlings of the four species was also determined. In the nursery, seedlings of C.africana and V.keniensis maintained positive relative growth rates at irradiance level of 19% of full sun and their growth was enhanced by increasing irradiance. The supply of nutrients at high level also enhanced the growth. Seedlings transferred between light environments acclimated within a month. Acclimation to increase in light availability was faster than acclimation to decrease. Although acclimation was mainly physiological, biomass was allocated in favour of shoots and roots when seedlings were shaded and exposed respectively. The supply of nutrients at higher level had no effects on the acclimation process.

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Zhang, Tao. "Media and modernity : the influence of the missionary press in late Qing dynasty China." Thesis, Nottingham Trent University, 2004. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.410531.

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The aim of the thesis is to trace the contours of the emergence of the modern Chinese press from its origins in the western Christian missionary press in the late 19th century. The study analyses the subsequent transformations this brought about in Chinese culture and society - its transition to modernity - and explores some of the consequences of this for the situation the Chinese media face today. I attempt to show that the development of modern print journalism - from the missionary press to the Chinese 'gentry-scholars' press - was an integral part of the rise of modern Chinese society. Drawing on theoretical approaches provided by western theorists - Anthony Giddens, Harold Innis, Antonio Gramsci and, most significantly, JUrgen Haberrnas - the study firstly builds a theoretical framework for the investigation of the missionary press's contribution to the shaping of early modernity in China. As a prelude to the analysis of the impact of the western missionary press, the study next sketches the history of the imperial press and the related social structure of traditional China. Then, the picture of an emergent modern Chinese press is drawn, focusing on the case study of 'WGGB', the most influential missionary journal in the late 19th century. With these historical data, the study applies the theoretical framework to scrutinize the profound influences of the missionary press from four perspectives: a new sense of time-space and cosmology; innovation in printing technology; a changing sense of national identity; and the rise of 'the scholars' public sphere'. However the study does not assume the missionary press to be the sale agency of modern transformation for the Chinese press and the 'scholar-gentry' class. Rather, it probes the role which Confucian tradition played in China's transition to modernity. A critical assessment is also offered to deal with the controversies and complexities aroused by the notion of 'cultural imperialism' on the missionary enterprises, including the press, in the 19th century. Finally, the study concludes that the 19th century missionary press, though it produced enormous influences upon Chinese society and particularly the gentry scholars, failed to establish the liberty of the press as a sustainable institution. Over a century, Chinese intellectuals are still seeking for a free press in the tug between Chinese tradition and western modernity.

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Mutizwa-Mangiza, Shingai Price. "Political party institutionalization : a case study of Kenya." Thesis, Rhodes University, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10962/d1013258.

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This thesis explores the nature and extent of political party institutionalization in Kenya. More specifically, it focuses on the four dimensions of party institutionalization, namely organizational systemness, value-infusion, decisional autonomy and reification. The study itself is largely located within the historical-institutionalist school of thought, with particular emphasis on the path dependency strand of this theoretical framework. However, the study also employs a political economy approach. It recognizes that the development trajectory of party politics in Kenya did not evolve in a vacuum but within a particular historical-institutional and political-economic context. The thesis advances the notion that those current low levels of party institutionalization that are evident in almost all parties, and the relatively peripheral role that they have in Kenya's governance can be traced to Kenya's colonial and post-colonial political history, the resource poor environment and the onset of globalization.

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Murimi, Sammy. "Factors that keep Africans from entering the missionary vocation an evaluation of perceptions and views of Christian nationals in three churches in Nairobi, Kenya /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Kurgat, Alfred Kipchumba. "Socio-economic factors that influence farmer participation in agroforestry in Ainabkoi and Moiben Divisions, Kenya." Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/53058.

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Thesis (MScFor)--Stellenbosch University, 2002.
ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Kenya's economy depends largely on agriculture for growth and development and yet only 20% of the total land area lies in high potential farming areas that support 80% of the total population and 50% of the total livestock in the country. Intensified cropping as a result of the high population concentration on high potential areas has put pressure on land and other resources to an extent that potential productivity of these areas has been degraded. Loss of soil nutrients through soil erosion has caused decreased food production, deterioration of croplands and, siltation and eutrophication of water bodies. Over reliance on forest resources by the communities in the study area has led to deforestation as well as the general disturbance of watershed areas and its functions. There is need therefore to find alternative ways of retaining and/or restoring lost fertility through community participation so as to increase food production. The aim of this study was to investigate the socio-economic factors that influence farmer participation in agroforestry activities in Moiben and Ainabkoi Divisions of Uasin-Gishu District. Data was collected using participatory methods. One set of data was collected using a questionnaire that had both open and closed ended questions. Through random sampling, a total of 300 farmers were interviewed. Additionally, key informants from various government departments were interviewed. The other set' of data was obtained through resource assessment in a forest adjacent to the communities in the study area. This study found that the majority of the farmers had not practised agroforestry despite many being aware of it. Socio-economic problems that hindered them from adopting and practising agroforestry technologies included lack of forest extension services as a reliable source of information about suitable tree species, and how to plant and best locate them within the farm, gender-related issues hindered vulnerable groups, particularly women and children and lack of secure land tenure was a disincentive to those farmers who live on trust land and the married sons who have not been allocated land by their parents. Farm labour during peak farming period was found to scarce due to farmer prioritisation of farm activities. Farmers mentioned that trees occupy land that is already becoming scarce and only give returns in the long term yet farmers need immediate benefits. Forest extension services were ineffective due to scarcity of resources that would enable officers to discharge their duties efficiently. Resources within the gazetted forests were being over exploited since that was the only source with cheaply available wood and non-wood products. It was also found in this study that the majority of the farmers faced environmental problems that included soil erosion, decreased crop yields as well as shortage of wood products. In the future, affordable extension techniques need to be employed in order to reach the farmers. The current regulations that govern private land ownership should be streamlined so as to enable all family members participate in decision-making on utilisation of land. There is need to incorporate agroforestry adult literacy classes as well as in local school curricula. Being multi disciplinary, agroforestry can be spread to the farmers by involving stakeholders at every stage. The current crop of extension agents should be re-trained or should be attending in-service courses regularly. This could transform them into facilitators. Further research should be done on farmers' attitude towards trees, cheaper techniques of disseminating information on agroforestry should be investigated while the current extension techniques should be evaluated for their strengths and weaknesses.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: Kenia se ekonomie is grootliks afhanklik van landbou vir groei en vooruitgang. Slegs 20% van die totale beskikbare landbougrond in hoe-potensiele landbou areas ondersteun 80% van die totale bevolking en 50% van die totale lewende hawe. Hoë bevolkingsdigtheid vereis intensiewe oesverbouing wat weer hoë druk op landbougrond en ander bronne plaas. Dit het tot gevolg dat die moontlike produktiwiteit van hierdie areas agteruit gaan. Die verlies van voedingstowwe as gevolg van gronderosie het verlaagde voedselproduksie, agteruitgang van landbougrond en toeslikking van waterbronne tot gevolg. Die algehele afhanklikheid van gemeenskappe op bosprodukte het tot ontbossing en algemene versteuring van opvanggebiede gelei. Dit is dus noodsaaklik om alternatiewe maniere te kry om die grondvrugbaarheid te behou en/of te herstel deur gemeenskapsamewerking en om sodoende voedselverbouing te verhoog. Die doel van die studie is om ondersoek in te stel na die sosio-ekonomiese faktor wat die landbouer se samewerking in Moiben en Ainabkoi gebiede van Uasin-Gishu distrik beïnvloed. Die inligting is ingesamel deur deelnemende metodes te gebruik. 'n Vraelys met keuse- en ander soortige vrae is gebruik om die inligting in te samel. 'n Totaal van 300 landbouers is deur toevallige keuring ondervra asook segsmanne van verskeie regeringsdepartemente is vir inligting genader. Nog inligting is verkry deur hulpbronopnames in die gebied aangrensend tot die gemeenskappe van die studiegebied. Hierdie studie het gewys dat die meerderheid van die landbouers nie agrobosbou toepas nie alhoewel hulle wel daarvan bewus is. Sosio-ekonomiese faktore wat hulle verhinder om agrobosbou toe te pas sluit die gebrek aan lanboudienste as betroubare bron van inligting oor geskikte boomspesies en boomaanplantingmetodes in. Ook het geslagverwante probleme, kwesbare groepe veral vroue en kinders, gehinder. 'n Tekort aan gewaarborgde grondbesit vir landbouers wat op trustgrond werk en die getroude seuns aan wie nog nie grond deur hulle ouers toegeken is nie, was terughoudende faktore. Plaasarbeid was ook nie standhoudend nie. Landbouers het ook gevoel dat bome waardevolle en skaars grond gebruik en slegs voordele op die lange duur gee terwyl die landbouers die voordele dringend moet kan benut. Landbouvoorligtingsdienste was nie effektief nie as gevolg van die skaarsheid van hulpbronne wat personeel kan help in hulle verpligtinge. Voedsel- en ander bronne uit die bosreservate word uitgeput aangesien dit die enigste goedkoop bron is. Die studie het ook bevind dat die meerderheid landbouers omgewingsverwante probleme soos erosie en swak oeste asook 'n tekort aan houtprodukte ondervind. Voortaan behoort bekostigbare landbouvoorligtingstegnieke gebruik te word om landbouers te bereik. Die huidige bepalings wat privaatbesit reguleer behoort vereenvoudig te word sodat al die lede van een gesin 'n aandeel kan hê in die besluitnemingsproses oor die gebruik van die grond. Daar is ook 'n behoefte aan volwasse-geletterdheidsonderrig vir landbouers as deel van die skoolprogram. Aangesien agrobosbou verskeie gebiede raak, kan landbouers in enige stadium betrek word. Die huidige groep personeel behoort heropgelei te word of behoort gereeld indiensopleiding te ontvang. Dit kan hulle tot fasiliteerders bevorder. Verdere navorsing is nodig om landbouers se houding teenoor bome te verander en om goedkoper landbouvoorligtingstegnieke vir agrobosbou te vind. Huidige landbouvoorligtingstegnieke behoort ook ondersoek te word om die sterk - en swakpunte te bepaal.

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Mbuthia, Lydia Muthoni. "The influence of service performance measurement on service delivery: expectations of university students in Kenya." Thesis, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/10948/d1021064.

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The demand for university education has increased at a higher rate than the resources available for universities to offer the required services. In Kenya, the demand for university education has continued to rise with university enrolment increasing tremendously over the last four decades. This growth calls for an investigation to find out the impact of this expansion on service delivery in universities. Kenya has thirty-nine fully-fledged universities that have been accredited by the Commission for University Education (as at 31st March 2013). Twelve others are operating with interim letters of authority (ILO). This development has created competition amongst universities and, as a result, necessitated the development of strategies to ensure survival in this changing environment. The review of existing literature on this subject has established that service delivery is a service differentiator and therefore could be utilised by universities to gain a competitive advantage and therefore enhance their overall performances. Based on this background, this study sought to establish the influence of service performance measurement on service delivery in relation to the expectations of university students in Kenya. Secondary sources were used to formulate a theoretical model of the influence of service performance measurement on service delivery that guided this study. The theoretical model indicates that non-academic aspects, academic aspects, reputation, programme issues and access factors may influence service delivery at the university. These five dimensions were used in the study as the independent variables of service delivery at the university. The outcomes of service delivery at the university were identified as student expectations, student satisfaction, student loyalty and student retention in the theoretical model; these were treated as dependent variables. Hypotheses were formulated that proposed relationships between the independent variables and service delivery. Hypotheses in respect of relationships between service delivery and the outcomes were also developed. A quantitative research approach was adopted to empirically evaluate the relationships between service delivery and the variables in this study. Data for the study was collected through the use of a structured self-administered questionnaire that was distributed to 720 university students in Kenya. Six hundred and thirty useful survey responses were received from fifteen universities. The data collected was subjected to factor analysis and multiple regression analysis to test the hypothesised relationships between the variables and service delivery. Descriptive statistics were also obtained from the raw data. The findings of this study indicate that non-academic aspects, academic aspects and access factors have positive and significant influence on service delivery in Kenyan universities. The quality and adequacy of academic, entertainment and sports facilities together with increased accessibility to services by students are important factors that influence service delivery at a university. The university students would like to be treated with respect and courtesy by academic and administrative staff during these service encounters. The empirical results of the study also reveal that student perceptions of service delivery impacts positively on student expectations, student loyalty and student retention related to convenience as well as student retention related to quality assurance.

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Ansah, Frank. "The influence of adolescent's perceptions of parental behaviors on academic achievement orientation in Kenya." Oxford, Ohio : Miami University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc%5Fnum=miami1249500832.

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Muvandi, Ityai. "The influence of cultural factors on contraceptive use, fertility attitudes and behaviour in Kenya." Thesis, University of Surrey, 2003. http://epubs.surrey.ac.uk/842871/.

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Sociological research on contraceptive and fertility behaviour worldwide has largely focused on demographic and socio-economic factors and only marginally incorporated cultural variables. Given the important role that cultural variables may play in influencing contraceptive and fertility behaviour, most of the models of fertility determination are likely to have been incorrectly specified. This thesis focuses on the systematic study of the role that variables measuring cultural and ethnic origins play in influencing attitudes towards contraception, contraceptive use and fertility as measured by the total number of children desired by currently partnered men in Kenya. Data for this thesis were collected from a probability sample of 2,191 men aged 20-54 years in six Districts, namely, Kajiado, Kakamega, Machalcos, Migori, Nyeri and Mombasa. Both tabular and multivariate logistic regression analysis techniques have been used. This research revealed that cultural and ethnic origins variables (especially ethnicity), age, demographic (child mortality, age at first marriage and number of surviving children) and socioeconomic factors influence inter-spousal communication on family planning related issues and contraceptive use. Attitudes towards contraception emerged as mechanisms through which age and to a lesser extent ethnicity influence contraceptive behaviour. Ethnicity has diverse direct and indirect effects on fertility. It is the most influential variable in the cultural and ethnic origins block and reflects the ways in which people in these groups are socialised into the existing values and belief system. These values and belief system shape attitudes towards contraception. This is evidenced by the fact that the Kikuyu and Kamba whose cultures have been strongly influenced by western ideas especially through education and exposure to media have different positive attitudes towards contraception, are most likely to use contraception and desire small family sizes. On the other hand, the Luo, Maasai and to a lesser extent, the Luhya whose cultural practices have been resilient to change have negative attitudes towards contraception and most likely to be non-users of contraception and desire large family sizes. Thus, the process of cultural socialisation occurs in local communities especially among people from the same ethnic groups, which results in the acquisition of specific normative attitudes and behaviour. Education also has strong linear effects on contraceptive use but its effects on total number of children desired are mediated by contraceptive use, cultural and ethnic origins and socio-economic factors. These findings provide the basis for a model of fertility determination, which is presented in this thesis.

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Shore, Brian M. "The Influence of Emotional Woundedness on Clergy Leaders In the Christian and Missionary Alliance A Q Methodology Study." UNF Digital Commons, 2018. https://digitalcommons.unf.edu/etd/842.

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This Q research designed study sought the answer to the research question, “What are the range of collectively help perceptions of leaders in the Christian and Missionary Alliance toward the impact that emotional woundedness has had on their leadership?” In doing so a conceptual framework was constructed from three psychological theories. These theories were Need Reduction Theory (Hull, 1973), Goal Theory (Adler, 1927) and finally a Theory of Cognitive Dissonance (Festinger, 1957). The 39 participants of this study were clergy leaders of the Christian and Missionary Alliance. The participants perspectives were compared and grouped, and three factors were revealed, along with one bi-polar factor. These factors were described as The Community Leader, The Alienated Leader, The Empathic Leader, And the Redemptive Leader. These factors were discussed and finally study implications and limitations, and recommendations for further research, were suggested.

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Connan, Dominique. "La décolonisation des clubs kényans : Sociabilité exclusive et constitution morale des élites africaines dans le Kenya contemporain." Thesis, Paris 1, 2014. http://www.theses.fr/2014PA010258.

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En prenant pour objet les clubs, lieux d'une sociabilité exclusive, il s'agit de restituer par l'archive et l'ethnographie le sens des luttes morales et symboliques qui ont présidé à l'investissement sélectif par les Africains d'une institution d'abord réservée au Kenya, aux seuls Européens. Ces luttes renvoient à la production des clubs comme entreprises de prestige collectif. Elles ont pour enjeu la disqualification morale et esthétique des autres groupes sociaux; la légitimation de l’accès à l'État et à ses ressources; la production et le maintien de formes partagées d'honorabilité. Elles dépassent largement le référent colonial et s'inscrivent désormais dans la temporalité africaine des éthiques de l'accumulation économique et de la responsabilité civique des dominants. Par-delà leur genèse coloniale, les clubs sont devenus Kenya des lieux de réinvention de la différence élitaire, où l'appartenance à un style de vie propre à ce que l'on pourrait nommer une bourgeoisie mondiale imaginée renvoie en premier lieu aux transformations de l'État et des modes locaux de gouvernement
During the colonial era, Kenya's Clubs, exclusive places of sociability, were only opened to members "of pure European descent". Today, they have become African institutions. Using archives, interviews and ethnographies, this thesis aims at telling why. Analyzing clubs as enterprises of collective prestige allows to describe the moral and symbolic stakes that have defined their africanization : the moral and aesthetical disqualification of other people' s lifestyles, the legitimacy of accessing State positions and resources, the production of shared patterns of honour and social recognition. Studying these issues leads to question clubs as more than the mere institutional legacy of the colonial times, as their contemporary history is fully intertwined with African historicities of economic accumulation and civic (ir)responsibility. Beyond their colonial genesis, Kenya's clubs became place of reinvention of elite difference, which expresses a belonging to what we could term "an imagined world bourgeoisie", nonetheless deeply rooted in State metamorphosis and local modes of government

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Nzinga, Jacinta. "Improving delivery of hospital care in Kenya : understanding how health workers and contexts influence change." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2016. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/91559/.

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Introduction: Despite considerable efforts directed at developing international evidence based guidelines to improve clinical management, adoption of evidence based practices can be poor in low-income settings including Kenya. Studies in Africa rarely consider the implementation and change processes as influenced by the structural and organizational context in which clinicians are embedded nor how these can influence performance. This thesis builds on existing literature and theory on behavioural change, clinician-managers’ identity construction processes and contextualized leadership processes by examining these and their effect on guideline adoption in the complex contexts of Kenyan county hospitals. Methods: Methodologically I explored these issues through qualitative ethnographic approaches using in-depth interviews, focus group discussions and non-participant observations. I analyzed data inductively and deductively borrowing from the grounded theory approach to develop plausible explanations of collated data and observations. Results: Early work indicated limited attention to local dissemination of the new guidelines and poor leadership in implementing Evidence Based Medicine (EBM) as key barriers. However, specially introduced ‘study facilitators’ as part of an intervention study emerged as leaders of change often acting as role models, friendly supervisors and peer educators to facilitate EBM implementation. Further work reviewing literature on the roles of clinical mid-level managers (MLMs; department leaders) in improving service delivery emphasized the importance of ‘soft skills’ e.g. building interpersonal relationships, mentoring, coaching and effective communication skills. Subsequent in-depth empiric work on identity transitions of these clinical MLMs indicated that ‘identity work’, drawing on competing professional and managerial institutional logics resulted into ‘willing’, ‘ambivalent’ and ‘reluctant’ hybrids. Distributed leadership by hybrids was undermined by existing hierarchical professional autonomy and cadre delineations between nurses and doctors in the public county hospitals we studied. Discussion: The thesis describes both a set of work and a research journey. My initial work was predominantly based on applying the Theory of Planned Behaviour to explain behaviour of front-line health workers. However, it quickly became clear that this provided only a partial understanding of guideline adoption within a hospital overlooking the pivotal role of clinical team leaders / in influencing change. There emerged valuable lessons for current Kenyan leadership and management development programmes which are likely to be transferable to other African health systems. Particular recommendations from this work are the importance of a focus on the soft-skills of those stepping into clinical hybrid manager roles and considering the ‘practical norms’ of Kenyan public hospitals in understanding the gap between desired official institutional norms and health workers actual behavioural practices.

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Kirui, Bernard K. Y. "Influence of species diversity on the return of ecosystem functions in replanted mangroves in Kenya." Thesis, Edinburgh Napier University, 2008. http://researchrepository.napier.ac.uk/Output/9236.

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Rates of loss of biodiversity caused by human action are on the increase worldwide. However implications of species loss on the natures' ability to provide ecosystem services and goods are still poorly understood. Despite providing an array of critical services and goods, mangrove ecosystems are under intense threat. In attempts to address the problem, several mangrove restoration initiatives have been formulated in many areas of the world with different objectives. Over the last two decades, experiments manipulating species diversity and measuring ecosystem functions have been conducted mainly using grassland ecosystems and have exhibited positive relationships. More recently, experiments investigating this relationship have emerged in longterm woody species i.e. trees; however these have concentrated on terrestrial forests. This study experimentally manipulated different mangrove species and measured a range of ecosystem functions including sapling survival, above and below ground biomass production and sediment C02 efflux. Enhanced sapling growth was positively correlated with plot height above datum, percentage silt and nitrates and negatively correlated with sediment salinity, ammonium and phosphates. Also high values of above and below ground biomass, root: shoot ratios, mean tree height, leaf area index as well as naturally recruited saplings were observed in mixed plots (particularly with Avicennia marina in the mixture) compared with monospecific plots. Species selection effect, particularly from the fast growing A. marina species was the mechanism behind a range of the observed ecosystem functions. However complementarily effects were observed particularly on above ground biomass. However sapling survival and sediment CO2 efflux was not influenced by species richness. We conclude that there is variation in the stages of plant development at which species richness effects manifest themselves, in addition the effects of environmental variables has a bearing on the nature and direction of the relationship between species richness and ecosystem function. We anticipate changes in the plots structure over time from A vicennia facilitative effects which are expected to lead to changes in sediment microclimate inducing changes in other species growth and promoting recruitment and development of wildlings.

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Dannsäter, Fredrik. "Powerful or Powerless? : A Study of Student Influence in a Kenyan Secondary School." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Institutionen för beteendevetenskap och lärande, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-67109.

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Elevinflytande i skolan är centralt för individuella elevers utveckling, deras framtida deltagande i samhället och för ett lands övergripande framsteg. Med tanke på dessa aspekter är graden av elevinflytande inom skolsystemet i Kenya, ett land som siktar på att utvecklas, mycket intressant att studera. Syftet med denna uppsats är att fastställa hur utbrett elevinflytandet är i en kenyansk gymnasieskola och vad detta beror på. Undersökningen söker svar på hur organisationen för elevinflytande är strukturerad, vilka områden eleverna kan påverka och vilka problem som är knutna till elevinflytande. Rapporten studerar en kenyansk gymnasieskola i staden Eldoret. Eftersom Kenya och det kenyanska utbildningssystemet är okända fenomen i Sverige är bakgrunden i uppsatsen omfattande och placerad relativt tidigt för att på så sätt ge läsare nödvändig bakgrundskunskap. En kvalitativ metod kombinerad med Deweys och Säljös teoretiska perspektiv på elevinflytande utgör den metodiska och teoretiska grunden i uppsatsen. Intervjuer, observationer och kenyanska gymnasieskolans styrdokument används för att besvara studiens frågeställningar. Observationer kombinerade med intervjuer av rektor, ansvarig elevrepresentant, elever och lärare har genomförts i följande ämnen: Engelska, Fysik, Historia och Jordbrukskunskap. Undersökningens resultat illustrerar att grundsynen på elevinflytande samt den upprättade organisatoriska strukturen för elevinflytande utgör goda teoretiska förutsättningar för en hög nivå av inflytande. I praktiken visar dock studien att områden med övervägande hög grad av inflytande är väldigt få. Dessutom fastställs flera problem som begränsar elevinflytandet. Den här undersökningen bekräftar på många sätt tidigare forskning men utökar även forskningshorisonten. Bland annat knyter studien alla begränsande problem till avsaknaden av tydliga och konkreta riktlinjer för direkt elevinflytande i skolans styrdokument. Få direktiv finns för hur elevinflytandet bör organiseras och inom vilka områden eleverna bör ha inflytande. Vidare ger styrdokumenten inga lösningsförslag på de begränsande problem de tar upp. Dessa oklara riktlinjer skapar förvirring i skolan och är huvudorsaken till varför informanternas svar stundtals skiljer sig samt till varför nivån på elevinflytandet varierar mellan skolor, ämnen, lärare och elever. Trots att förutsättningarna är goda, i form av grundsyn och organisatorisk struktur, leder följaktligen avsaknaden av tydliga och konkreta riktlinjer till att elevinflytandet är mer begränsat än utbrett på den undersökta skolan.

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Wandera, Joseph M. "Public preaching by Muslims and Pentecostals in Mumias, Western Kenya and its influence on interfaith relations." Doctoral thesis, University of Cape Town, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/11392.

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This research argues that public preaching by Muslims and Christians reflects their positions in the public sphere, and indicative of the competition between them. From a perceived marginalized position, Muslims want to prove that Christians err on the basis of Biblical and Qur'anic texts. Pentecostal Christian preachers, on the other hand, extend their religious spaces into the public sphere and invite Kenyans in general, and mainline Christians in particular, to recommit themselves to Jesus. The preaching of both Muslims and Christians has potential and real negative effects for public order.

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Njuguna, Rebecca Wanjiku. "Investigating Factors that Influence Compliance of Digital Financial Service Agents to Legislation and Standards in Kenya." Master's thesis, Faculty of Commerce, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/33914.

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This study investigated the factors that influence compliance with existing legislation and standards among digital financial services (DFS) agents in Kenya. DFS in Kenya serve 60% of the adult population with at least 16 million subscribers. Much of these are attributable to the mobile money service Mpesa which accounts for the largest DFS market share. The number of DFS agents serving the market has grown to over five times the number of bank branches and ATMs in the country. With this growth in DFS, there have been many operational challenges among agents and the legislation has been at nascent. The aim of the study was to understand agent operational factors and how they influence compliance. Therefore, the main research question that guided the study was “How do operational factors affect compliance of DFS agents with agency banking legislation and standards in Kenya?” Additionally, the study investigated the compliance status among agents and identifiable groupings by compliance behaviour. Previous studies on DFS agents have identified persistent operational challenges but there has been no inquiry on how existing legislation addresses these challenges and whether their persistence is due to non-compliance. To investigate compliance, first, Configuration Theory (CT) was used to conceptualise DFS agents as organisations, classifying their operations under CT's principles of structure, strategy and environment. Subsequently, a conceptual model was developed with structure, strategy and environment as independent variables and compliance as the dependent variable. The first three propositions derived stated that structure, strategy and environment have an influence on compliance. The fourth proposition posed was that strategy has a greater influence on compliance than structure and environment. Quantitative paper-based questionnaires were used to collect cross-sectional data from 450 DFS agents in Kenya. A Partial Least Squares approach to Structural Equation Modelling (PLS-SEM) was applied to analyse the data on Smart PLS3. All four propositions were confirmed. Structure, strategy and environment had highly significant effects on compliance and strategy had the strongest effect on compliance. The findings suggest that Strategy, which was measured using training and technology utilization questionnaire items plays the biggest role in an agent's operations and compliance. Training equips agents with skills to manage liquidity, offer quality customer service, perform Know-Your-Customer (KYC), CustomerDue-Diligence (CDD) and suspicious transaction reporting (STR) procedures to assist with fraud detection and anti-money-laundering (AML) by identifying counterfeit customer identification documents, cash, and suspicious behaviour. Technologies such as CCTV cameras, counterfeit cash detectors and cash counting machines not only enhance efficiency but support the enforcement of the fraud and AML procedures. A two-step cluster analysis was performed to classify agents by compliance behaviour. Two distinct clusters emerged. The cluster where majority of agents fell exhibited better training and awareness of existing legislation, higher education levels and financial resources and was compliant with most of the questionnaire items measured. The second cluster with fewer agents was uncompliant on most questionnaire items measured and was characterised by lower education levels, financial resources and training levels. There were commonalities in both clusters which were relatively low scores on legislation awareness, and low compliance scores on liquidity and possession of DFS agent operational manuals. These findings suggest that an agent with a good alignment of financial and human resources (structure), good training and technology (strategy) and well informed about existing legislation (environment) would be compliant and is likely to experience less operational challenges. The findings also provide insights on what areas agents can take initiative for their own development, the most important being liquidity management, technology optimization and educating themselves on what legislations apply to them, and their compliance roles and responsibilities. Lastly, the study provides regulators with exploratory findings on the state of compliance among DFS agents in Kenya, indicating which areas agents are having most difficulty with. Banks and MNOs must recognize the crucial role of training and tailor programs to be responsive to all agent's operational and legislative areas.

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Kendrick, Shelby. "“A Crime Too Terrible for Contemplation:” Samuel Ralph Harlow and Missionary Influence on the History of the Responsibility to Protect." ScholarWorks@UNO, 2014. http://scholarworks.uno.edu/honors_theses/57.

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As a prominent and influential missionary in Turkey in the early 20th century, Samuel Ralph Harlow offers a new perspective that should be included in historical literature on foreign missionaries and human rights. Through his correspondence and academic works, Harlow’s story unveils internal conflict among United States officials and missionaries in regard to Turkish treatment of Greeks and Armenians in the interwar period. Samuel Ralph Harlow represents the position in support of American intervention to rescue Greeks and Armenians from massacre and deportation, but as his superiors’ views on the matter changed, Harlow was silenced. The U.S. may have decided not to intervene after all, but missionaries certainly played a role in the decision. Harlow was an early advocate for foreign intervention for the sake of protecting human rights, and his story shows how American missionaries helped mold U.S. support for protecting vulnerable populations abroad. The Samuel Ralph Harlow Papers at Amistad Research Center are virtually untouched by academics; thus, Harlow deserves a study in his own right. This study involved extensive research on Harlow’s original papers, the United States Government Official Foreign Relations Documents, and the historiography of human rights and missionaries in the Middle East, particularly Turkey.

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Rieden, E. F. "The aspirations of the European settlers in Kenya and their influence on highland farming practices, 1890-1964." Thesis, University of Reading, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.318577.

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Snively, Judith. "Female bodies, male politics : women and the female circumcision controversy in Kenyan colonial discourse." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=26124.

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At the end of the 1920s in Kenya, Protestant Missionaries, government authorities and Christian Kikuyu clashed when missionaries sought to prohibit female circumcision among their adherents. The mission discourse emphasised the negative moral and physical effects of female circumcision on individual women, while that of the government stressed the function of female circumcision in maintaining the body-politic. The colonial discourse, as whole, is marked by a striking division between issues concerning women and those deemed political. Thus, women seldom appear as actors in historical narratives of the female circumcision controversy, which is generally represented as a nationalist movement initiated by, and of concern to, men.
This thesis presents alternate readings of the relevant colonial records. By examining the processes that functioned to exclude women from the political discourse it provides a different interpretation of the controversy as one in which women did indeed play a central political role, indirectly controlling the issue through men, who were regarded by the colonialists as the legitimate representatives of tribal interests. The thesis explores indirect methods of eliciting the perspectives of women which are muted or absent from the historical record.

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Mukisira, Ephraim Amiani. "The influence of alkaloids on voluntary intake and performance by ruminants fed diets containing lupin seed in Kenya." Thesis, McGill University, 1994. http://digitool.Library.McGill.CA:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=41730.

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Lupin seed has the potential to be used as a protein supplement in ruminant rations, but its usage is restricted by the presence of alkaloids. Experiments were conducted with the aim of determining whether the removal of specific toxic alkaloids, lupanine and 13-hydroxylupanine, from crushed lupin seed (CLS) would improve the organic matter intake (OMI) and average daily gains (ADG) in lambs, and also improve the lactation performance in dairy cows. Effects on liver function in lambs were also investigated. An additional study on the effects of the detoxification of CLS on the degradation of protein was conducted. In Experiment 1, 30 growing Corriedale lambs were fed five diets for 105 d according to a randomized complete block design (RCBD) with six blocks. Two diets contained intact CLS at 15% (LUI-15) or 30% (LUI-30) of DM; two other diets contained detoxified CLS at 15% (LUD-15) or 30% (LUD-30) and the control (CON) diet was supplemented with crushed sunflower seed, which was locally prepared, on-farm. All diets were formulated to be isonitrogenous (16% CP). The alkaloid content (lupanine and 13-OH lupanine) of the diets was.31,.70,.21 and.52% for LUI-15, LUI-30, LUD-15 and LUD-30, respectively. Thus, diets containing detoxified CLS contained approximately 30% less alkaloids than those with intact CLS. Estimates of ADG of lambs fed diets containing detoxified CLS was higher (P $<$.01) (120 g.d$ sp{-1}$) than that of lambs fed intact CLS (76 g.d$ sp{-1}$). The OMI (73 g/Wkg$ sp{0.75}$) was also higher, although not significantly, for lambs fed diets containing detoxified CLS. Feed conversion efficiency was increased (P $<$.05) by the detoxification of CLS. Lambs fed diets containing intact CLS consumed more OMI as time progressed, suggesting that adaptation to CLS might have occurred. Lambs fed diets containing intact CLS demonstrated increased trends in the activity in plasma of the enzymes glutamic oxaloacetic transferase (GOT) and $ gamma$-glutamyl transfer

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Cohen, Leah. "The impact of illness on livelihoods in rural western Kenya the influence of livelihood type, gender, and seasonality /." [Gainesville, Fla.] : University of Florida, 2004. http://purl.fcla.edu/fcla/etd/UFE0005282.

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Manuel, Hollie. "Nesting martial eagle (Polemaetus bellicocus) diet: Influence of prey delivery and diversity in two Kenyan ecosystems. : Biological baseline study." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Avdelningen för biologi, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-78455.

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Populations of birds of prey, henceforth raptors, have declined worldwide, mostly from anthropogenic causes. Because their role as apex predators in ecosystems is considered vital for ecosystem health, conservation efforts have been implemented throughout their distribution. In many cases, we do not know enough about their basic food and habitat requirements, which is requisite if we are going to be able to protect them. The purpose of this study was to describe the habits and biology of nesting martial eagles by looking at the chick’s diets and the roles of male and female eagles in provision and presentation (dismemberment) of prey to the chicks. Data were collected non-obtrusively by fitting five nests in the Maasai Mara and one in the Rift Valley region of Kenya with cameras that were both motion-triggered and programmed to take images every five minutes. Based on analysis of 214,000 image frames, the diet of nesting martial eagles and their chicks was found to be comprised of 23 different species within four broad prey categories (gamebirds, domestic poultry, large ungulates and small ungulates), of which gamebirds were the most important. There were sex-based differences in parental feeding, with females selecting for larger and heavier prey items than males. Males were the primary foragers for the chicks up until the eighth to eleventh week of chick development, after which the females became more involved. In addition, before delivery to the nest, large prey were more often dismembered than small and medium-sized prey. This study is the first in Africa to use nest-cams to study martial eagles over the breeding season, corroborating previous studies that have shown sex-dependent differences in chick nurturing. My results contribute to establishing a fuller picture that can be used in future conservation actions and management decisions that can be used to protect this species and their prey base.
Beståndet på rovfåglar (hädanefter raptor) har minskat över hela världen, mestadels på grund av all antropomorfisk verksamhet. Eftersom deras roll som topprovdjur i ekosystem anses vara oerhört viktig för ekosystemens hälsa har bevarandeinsatser genomförts i alla deras habitat. I många fall vet vi inte tillräckligt om deras grundläggande mat- och livsmiljökrav, vilket är nödvändigt om vi skall kunna skydda dem. Syftet med denna studie var att beskriva habitat och biologi hos häckande stridsörnar genom att titta på ungarnas dieter och rollen som hanor och honor i tillhandahållande och presentation (rivning) av byte till ungarna. Data samlades in genom att använda en icke-störande teknik. Kameror som var både rörelsestyrda och programmerade att ta bilder var femte minut monterades vid fem bon i Maasai Mara och en i Rift Valley-regionen i Kenya. Baserat på analys av 214 000 bildramar konstaterades att dieten för häckande stridsörnar och deras ungar bestod av 23 olika arter inom fyra breda byteskategorier (viltfåglar, tamfåglar, stora hovdjur och små hovdjur), varav viltfåglar var de viktigaste. Det fanns könsbaserade skillnader i kost som ungarna fick, med honor som valde större och tyngre byte än hanar valde. Hanar var de främsta furagerare fram till den åttonde veckan av ungarnas utveckling, då blir honor mer involverade. Dessutom blev stort byte ofta delade ned innan leverans till boet än små och medelstora byten. Denna studie är den första i Afrika som använde kamror för stridsörnar under Häckningssäsong och den bekräftar tidigare studier som har visat könsberoende skillnader i skötsel av ungar. Mina resultat bidrar till att skapa en mer fullständig bild som kan användas i framtida bevarandeåtgärder och förvaltningsbeslut som kan användas för att skydda denna art.

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Helander, Elisabet Maria Erika. "The influence of Chinese news in English on mass media in Sub-Saharan Africa: a case study of Kenyan and South African journalism and media content." HKBU Institutional Repository, 2017. https://repository.hkbu.edu.hk/etd_oa/408.

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This thesis conciders the conditions for news reporting in two post-authoritarian African nations, and places focus on Chinese media’s influence on the local journalism and media system. The question of how much influence China’s international media has in Africa, has been brought up by communication scholars, but not yet empirically studied. Based on a theoretical framework of how the structure of the media system dictates the practice of journalism, this research enquiry scrutinises the mass media coverage and framing of the news that involves Chinese engagements in Africa. The research question concerns whether China’s investment efforts in the area of media, culture and education have discernible impact on journalism and mass media content in Kenya and South Africa. The context which gives rise to the research question consists of a collection of sometimes instrumentalist literature, describing the nature and the intention of China’s expanding engagement in Africa, as well as an academic debate about what consequences the relationship has for social and political development in African countries. In such debates it has been discussed whether the Chinese commercial investments or direct aid is benefitting social justice in Africa or rather serve to widen existing inequalities. It is in this debate assumed that while Western countries have, since the end of the Cold War, promoted a democratic development model on the African continent, China is currently advertising an alternative model for development. However, there has not been any study to date, which tests this assumption. This study was conducted to gather empirical evidence for a better understanding of the scope and implications of Chinese international media and cultural exchange in Africa. The research is based on interviews with media practitioners who worked for Kenyan and South African media organisations, and content analysis of newspaper articles in the respective countries. The methodological approach forms two separate parts, which both help to answer the research question. By triangulation of the results from the two-pronged study, some significant findings have been drawn. The media practitioners in the majority display a critical view towards Chinese international media as source of information and forum for debate. The result of the content analysis indicates that any influence of China’s international media on local reporting is limited to certain publications, depending on media funding, ownership, and relation to the government.

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Sungu, Ronald O. "An assessment of the influence of water allocation on sustainable water resources management: A case study of the Nyando river basin, Kenya." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7048.

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Water problems prevalent in the Nyando River Basin are due to an ineffective water allocation system and lack of adequate conditions for implementation of sustainable integrated water resources management (IWRM) strategies. The basin is bedevilled by poor water resources management, inequitable allocation of water among consumers, physical infrastructural deficiencies, inefficient water utilisation, illegal water abstractions, natural resource mismanagement, conflicting and weak institutional roles and lack of stakeholder involvement in water resource management. The results of the study reveal sufficient per capita annual water availability with the potential to realise both Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Kenyan Vision 2030. However, analyses from flow duration curves (FDCs) and the water evaluation and planning (WEAP) model show that monthly water demands including environmental flow requirements (EFRs) are met only between 43% and 94% of the time. While the Water Act (2002) upholds the principles of IWRM on equitable and sustainable water resources allocation, in practice the current water allocation system falls short of implementing these strategies due to lack of a water allocation plan (WAP), inadequate water demand management (WDM), low infrastructural development and lack of community participation in WRM. For example, the total revenue generated in water supply schemes is only about 25 to 30% of their operational costs, which means that in the absence of subsidies the schemes cannot operate. The goal of this study was to examine the influence of the current water allocation system on water resources management in the Nyando River Basin by comparing the various sectoral water demands in the basin with the available water resources in order to improve understanding of how water allocation systems work in practice. The analyses further revealed that irrigation uses up to 72% of the available water, which is mainly drawn from the regular low flow contrary to the permit order. For example, the Ahero National Irrigation Scheme is permitted to draw 47 m3/day of water from regular flow and 13,500 m3/day from flood flow, but draws the whole amount from the regular flow; hence irrigation is the main cause of water deficits in the basin. Projections show that the irrigation sector will experience 300% increase in an unmet demand of 92.4 Mm3 by 2030 up from the current annual deficit of 2.9 Mm3. In light of the above challenges, both improvement of WDM and infrastructural provision have complementary roles in contributing to sustainable water availability, socioeconomic growth and poverty eradication in the basin and help achieve SDGs at the local scale. The results of the study will facilitate an understanding of the influence of water allocation systems on regional hydrology and form the basis of improving water allocation systems, and inform policy formulations to ensure sustained water availability and environmental sustainability in river basins. In that regard, this study contributes to the on-going global debate on Sustainable Development Goals by exploring ways of realising and improving IWRM strategies and the National targets.

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Ajwang', Nicholas Walter Otieno [Verfasser], and Sigrid [Akademischer Betreuer] Quack. "Factors that Influence Citizen Participation in Devolved Funds in Uasin Gishu County, Kenya / Nicholas Walter Otieno Ajwang' ; Betreuer: Sigrid Quack." Duisburg, 2017. http://d-nb.info/1131551761/34.

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Cunningham, Shala. "Influence of a post-graduate physical therapy residency program on clinical reasoning, professional development, and career advancement in Nairobi, Kenya." Diss., NSUWorks, 2018. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/hpd_pt_stuetd/64.

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Problem Statement Residency programs that emphasize clinical reasoning and manual therapy can provide a means to optimize the outcomes of physical therapy without the need for or access to expensive equipment. The residency format of continuing education could allow physical therapists in developing countries access to specialty training and ongoing mentorship. However, there are limited studies that investigate the influence of residency training on the progression of clinical reasoning, professional development, and career advancement. Purpose The purpose of this study was threefold. The first objective was to describe the outcome of a post-graduate orthopaedic manual therapy residency program on development of knowledge and clinical reasoning skills by physical therapists in Nairobi, Kenya. The second objective was to explore the influence of the residency program on the participants’ professional development and career advancement. The last objective was to explore the residency experience from participants’ perspectives. Methodology This mixed methods study utilized a sample of convenience that included residents in the third (n=14) and fourth (n=13) cohorts of the orthopaedic manual therapy residency program in Kenya. Data collection included an assessment of clinical reasoning through a live patient examination, a survey on professional and career development, and qualitative interviews. Results There was a significant improvement in clinical reasoning development as measured by an assessment of a live patient examination (p Discussion The residency program in Nairobi, Kenya may serve as a framework for the formation of post-graduate education programs in other developing countries. The development of residency programs that can influence the ability of physical therapists to provide treatment efficiently and effectively may ultimately assist in serving community physical therapy needs.

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Arori, Christopher Nyakundi. "Assessing the Influence of Socioeconomic Factors, Knowledge Level, Attitudes, and Practices on Malaria Prevention Among the Gusii People of Kenya." ScholarWorks, 2011. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/961.

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Global morbidity and mortality associated with malaria is rampant, and most of the clinical malaria cases are found in sub Saharan Africa. Previous and current research show that malaria is both preventable and treatable and that socioeconomic variables have a profound influence on how persons in rural Africa respond to malaria infections and the associated preventive strategies. This study assessed two key research questions for malaria cases in the Gusii region of Kenya regarding: First, whether a community education program on malaria has an impact in changing malaria preventive behaviors; and, second, if a relationship exists between socioeconomic factors and participants' knowledge and associated behavioral change to control malaria cases. Participatory model and social cognitive theory were used in conjunction with a community intervention with pre-post-test approach. Ten trainees each interviewed 36 participants, for a total of 360 participants, using a structured questionnaire before and after providing a layperson health education program (LPHEP) related to malaria prevention. Repeated measures one-way ANOVA, Chi-square, and Cramer's V test were used for the test of significance. Results showed statistically significant differences between pre- and post-test scores on signs and symptoms of malaria. Participants were able to identify and stated > 2 signs and symptoms of malaria after exposure to the LPHEP. Implications for positive social change included evidence that a simple LPHEP can improve malaria knowledge level.

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Gebregziabher, Sosina Abraha. "The “bi-directional” influence between technology and society: how M-PESA is shaping and being shaped by society in Kenya." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/30103.

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M-PESA (a mobile banking service in Kenya) was introduced to offer a person-to-person money transfer service. Its extensive adoption and appropriation for purposes other than person-to-person transfers has influenced the technology providers (Safaricom) to widen their services beyond their original intentions. M-PESA provides a wide range of financial services including services for people who were previously unbanked. Users of M-PESA can now pay different utilities, those without credit cards can purchase products online, others can repay loans to microfinance institutions, pay insurance premiums, withdraw money from ATMs, use it as Point of Sale Payment and open savings accounts. This research examines the existence of “bi-directional” influences between technology and society by taking M-PESA business users as a case. It specifically investigates how M-PESA as a technology has influenced the business environment in Kenya and how the design of M-PESA has in turn been influenced by its adoption. The research adopts the Adaptive Structuration Theory as the theoretical framework and interpretive case study research as a methodological approach. Interviews with different stakeholders in the industry were used to collect data. Data was analyzed using Diachronic Analysis. The results of the research show that there is a “bi-directional” influence between technology and people as they affect each other over time. Mobile technologies shape the way businesses operate, allowing them to provide new services and improve existing ones. At the same time, usage and adoption trends affect the design of mobile technologies. Over time, technology is adapted to accommodate the new needs of businesses and other needs in the wider community. This research shows that the impact of technology depends not only on its functionality but also on its use and appropriation in society.
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Alumira, Jane D. "Influence of seasonality in food availability on household nutritional status and implications for rural extension : a comparative study of western Kenya." Thesis, University of Reading, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.295014.

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Kiambi, Dane Mwirigi. "PUBLIC RELATIONS IN KENYA: AN EXPLORATION OF PUBLIC RELATIONS MODELS AND CULTURAL INFLUENCES." Miami University / OhioLINK, 2010. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=miami1282847327.

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Higgins, Thomas Winfield. "Prophet, priest and king in colonial Africa : Anglican and colonial political responses to African independent churches in Nigeria and Kenya, 1918-1960." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/5472.

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Many African Independent Churches emerged during the colonial era in central Kenya and western Nigeria. At times they were opposed by government officials and missionaries. Most scholars have limited the field of enquiry to the flash-points of this encounter, thereby emphasizing the relationship at its most severe. This study questions current assumptions about the encounter which have derived from these studies, arguing that both government and missionary officials in Kenya and Nigeria exhibited a broader range of perspectives and responses to African Independent Churches. To characterize them as mainly hostile to African Independent Churches is inaccurate. This study also explores the various encounters between African Independent Churches and African politicians, clergymen, and local citizens. While some scholars have discussed the positive role of Africans in encouraging the growth of independent Christianity, this study will discuss the history in greater depth and complexity. The investigation will show the importance of understanding the encounter on both a local and national level, and the relationships between the two. It is taken for granted that European officials had authority over African leaders, but in regard to this topic many Africans possessed a largely unrecognized ability to influence and shape European perceptions of new religious movements. Finally, this thesis will discuss how African Independent Churches sometimes provoked negative responses from others through confrontational missionary methods, caustic rhetoric, intimidation and even violence. These three themes resurface throughout the history of the encounter and illustrate how current assumptions can be reinterpreted. This thesis suggests the necessity of expanding the primary scholarly focuses, as well as altering the language and basic assumptions of the previous histories of the encounter.

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Olsson, Helena. "Barns rättighet är en pedagogs skyldighet : En studie i Kenya om pedagogers syn på barns inflytande i undervisningen." Thesis, Karlstads universitet, Estetisk-filosofiska fakulteten, 2013. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kau:diva-29953.

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The purpose of my study was to explore how preschool educators in Kenya look at children's influence on teaching. Researchers have argued that the formal educational system in Kenya today is a remnant of its days as a colony when people were expected to blindly follow rules without questioning them. I have used qualitative interviews as a method in order get the most concrete understanding of educators’ views on the influence from children. The educators I interviewed were based at a school I visited in Kenya. There were three preschool teachers and one first grade teacher working at the school so the number of educators available for interviews was limited. From my interviews, I wanted to learn if educators use the UN convention on the rights of the child and the curriculum in their teaching. My results of the study showed that educators think that they give children influence in the teaching when the children are involved in the teacher led lessons and activities. Not all of the educators used the UN convention on the rights of the child in their teaching and the views on children’s influence varied among the educators. Some of the educators thought that children should obey them without questioning, while other educators stated that they do give children influence in the teaching process. The curriculum provides the educators with a lot of room to make their own interpretations of children’s influence. The educators' views on the curriculum are to use it as a guide book and follow its instructions in order for the children to reach satisfactory targets. The conclusion of my studies is that there is a need of clearer guidelines in the curriculum concerning children’s influence on teaching.
Syftet med min studie var att undersöka hur förskolepedagoger i Kenya ser på barnens inflytande i undervisningen. Forskare har menat att dagens formella undervisningssystem i Kenya är en kvarleva från kolonialtiden då individer förväntades att följa regler utan att ifrågasätta. Jag har använt mig av kvalitativa intervjuer som metod för att få en så konkret uppfattning om pedagogers syn på inflytande. Pedagogerna jag intervjuade var på en skola där jag vistades under en tid i Kenya. Det fanns tre förskolepedagoger på skolan och en lärare i årskurs ett så mitt urval av pedagoger till intervjuerna var inte så stort. I mina intervjuer ville jag veta om de använder sig av FN:s barnkonvention och läroplanen i sin undervisning. Mina resultat av studien visade att pedagogerna anser att de ger barnen inflytande i undervisning genom att barnen är delaktiga i de lärarledda lektioner och aktiviteter som pedagogen håller i. Alla pedagoger använde sig dock inte av FN:s barnkonvention och synen på barns inflytande varierade bland pedagogerna. Vissa pedagoger tyckte att barn skulle lyda utan att ifrågasätta och andra att de ger barn inflytande i undervisningen. Läroplanen ger i dagsläget stort utrymme för pedagogerna att ha sina egna tolkningar kring barns inflytande. Pedagogernas syn på läroplanen är att använda den som en handbok och att följa det som står i den för att barnen ska uppfylla målen för godkänt. Slutsatserna av min studie är att det finns ett behov av att ha tydligare riktlinjer i läroplanen om barns inflytande i undervisningen.

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Thomas, Ombati Ogoro. "Managing Stakeholder Salience, Influence and Exposure with Sustainable Supply Chain Management Practices and Triple Bottom Line Measures: The Case of Safaricom, Kenya." University of the Western Cape, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/5897.

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As organizations face stiff pressure from various stakeholders, management has had to move beyond the idea of shareholder wealth maximization and incorporate the environmental and social concerns from the various stakeholders. The study identifies how Sustainable Supply Chain Management (SSCM) practices enable the firm to manage the social, environmental and economic Triple Bottom Line (TBL) for four key stakeholder groups - customers, suppliers, regulators and the community. The study adopted a case study design, focused on Safaricom, arguably Africa's most innovative cellular firm which has championed the M-pesa money transfer platform. The objectives were, first, to establish key attributes namely; power, legitimacy and urgency of selected stakeholders of Safaricom and the key determinants of their salience, second, to determine stakeholder expectations and how they hold Safaricom accountable; third, to identify the extent of Safaricom's influence and control over the selected stakeholders; and finally, to establish how and to what extent the firm manages stakeholder exposure through their SSCM practices and TBL measures. Data from semi-structured interviews with Safaricom management and the four key selected stakeholder groups, together with company and public documents, were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Stakeholder groups were selected to represent examples of low, moderate or high levels of salience and exposure. While all are considered important, the case reveals how Safaricom management prioritizes and addresses stakeholder needs according to their attributes. As each stakeholder group is heterogeneous, the case reveals how the firm manages each distinctively and adopts diverse SSCM practices, which are aligned with the firm's TBL measures. Moreover, stakeholder exposure has a moderating effect on the relationship between the firm's SSCM practices and the TBL measures.

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Labeyrie, Vanesse. "L'organisation sociale des plantes cultivées : influence des échanges, représentations et pratiques sur la diversité du sorgho ( Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) chez les peuples du mont Kenya." Thesis, Montpellier, SupAgro, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013NSAM0041/document.

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La diversité des ressources génétiques est façonnée par de multiples facteurs in situ, parmi lesquels l’action anthropique joue un rôle majeur. La diffusion et la sélection des semences sont les principales pratiques humaines qui influencent l’évolution des plantes cultivées. Au sein des systèmes agricoles familiaux, les pratiques individuelles d’échange et de sélection ne sont pas indépendantes entre elles. En effet, l’organisation des sociétés a un impact considérable sur les pratiques individuelles des agriculteurs car elle influence la diffusion des semences et du savoir qui y est associé.L’objectif de cette thèse est d’améliorer notre compréhension des mécanismes par lesquels l’organisation des sociétés humaines influence l’organisation de la diversité des plantes cultivées in situ. Cette étude combine pour cela des approches de biologie des populations et d’anthropologie sociale et culturelle pour analyser la relation entre l’organisation des sociétés Chuka, Tharaka et Mbeere et l’organisation de la diversité du sorgho (Sorghum bicolor [L.]Moench) sur le versant Est du Mont Kenya.Dans un premier temps, cette étude décrit la distribution de la diversité du sorgho au regard de l’organisation des sociétés. Nous montrons que l’organisation ethnolinguistique structure la distribution de la diversité telle qu’elle est perçue par les agriculteurs (les variétés nommées),et telle que nous l’avons caractérisée à l’aide de marqueurs génétiques et phénotypiques.Cependant, ces deux approches de la diversité ne coïncident pas parfaitement, notamment car certaines variétés locales distinguées par les agriculteurs ne correspondent pas à des unités génétiques distinctes et homogènes. Ces résultats nous amènent à nous interroger sur la cohérence des taxonomies locales vis-à-vis de la structure de la diversité génétique et phénotypique.Dans un second temps, nous testons donc si les agriculteurs appartenant à un même groupe ethnolinguistique identifient, nomment et classent les variétés de manière similaire au regard de leurs caractéristiques phénotypiques, et si les taxonomies paysannes diffèrent entre les groupes. Ces analyses montrent que l’organisation des sociétés a un impact sur la diffusion des systèmes de taxonomies locaux. L’examen des réseaux d’échanges de semences permet de comprendre cette relation en montrant que les échanges de semences, et vraisemblablement du savoir qui y est associé, se font principalement entre personnes de même groupe ethnique.L’effet des différences de représentations, traduites par les taxonomies, sur les pratiques de sélection des semences est enfin discuté.Cette thèse montre donc que l’organisation des sociétés structure la diffusion des semences et du savoir, et qu’elle influence ainsi les pratiques individuelles de gestion de la diversité des agriculteurs. Cette approche pluridisciplinaire ouvre de nouvelles perspectives pour la caractérisation, la conservation et l’amélioration des ressources génétiques
Crop genetic resources are elaborated by multiple environmental factors in situ, among whichthe human action plays a major role. Seed diffusion and selection are the main humanpractices that influence crop evolution on farm. In addition, in most small-scale farmingsystems, farmers’ practices of seed exchanges and selection are not independent. Indeed, theindividual practices are considerably influenced by the organization of societies that shapesseed and knowledge diffusion.This thesis addresses the mechanisms through which the organization of societies shapes cropdiversity in situ. We combined populations’ biology with social and cultural anthropologyapproaches to analyze the relationship between the organization of Chuka, Tharaka andMbeere societies and the patterns of sorghum diversity (Sorghum bicolor [L.] Moench) on theeastern slope of Mont Kenya.This study first describes the patterns of sorghum diversity with regards to the organization ofsocieties. We show that ethnolinguistic organization shapes the distribution of sorghumdiversity as perceived by farmers (the varieties they name), and as characterized by us usingneutral genetic markers and phenotypic descriptors. Nevertheless, these approaches ofdiversity have evidenced some divergence, notably because the local varieties were notdistinct and uniform genetic units. This observation raised questions concerning thecorrespondence between farmers’ taxonomy and the structure of genetic and phenotypicdiversity.This led us to test whether farmers belonging to a same ethnolinguistic group identify, nameand classify varieties consistently regarding their phenotypic characteristics, and whetherthese local taxonomies differ among groups. These analyses showed that the organization ofsocieties impacts the diffusion of local taxonomy.Examination of seed exchange networks finally helped to understand this latter relationshipby showing that seed, and the knowledge probably associated, are exchanged mainly betweenpeople from the same ethnolinguistic group.We further discuss the effect of differences in the way farmers represent sorghum diversity tothemselves, reflected by their taxonomies, on their seed selection practices.This study showed that the organization of societies shapes seed and knowledge exchanges,hence influencing farmers’ individual practices of diversity management. Thispluridisciplinary approach hence gives new perspectives for the characterization, theconservation and the improvement of crop genetic resources

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Ståhl, Lena. "Planted tree fallows and their influence on soil fertility and maize production in East Africa : nitrogen fixation and soil nitrogen dynamics /." Umeå : Dept. of Forest Ecology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, 2005. http://epsilon.slu.se/2005109.pdf.

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Muriu, Abraham Rugo. "Decentralization, citizen participation and local public service delivery : a study on the nature and influence of citizen participation on decentralized service delivery in Kenya." Bachelor's thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2012. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2013/6508/.

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Governments at central and sub-national levels are increasingly pursuing participatory mechanisms in a bid to improve governance and service delivery. This has been largely in the context of decentralization reforms in which central governments transfer (share) political, administrative, fiscal and economic powers and functions to sub-national units. Despite the great international support and advocacy for participatory governance where citizen’s voice plays a key role in decision making of decentralized service delivery, there is a notable dearth of empirical evidence as to the effect of such participation. This is the question this study sought to answer based on a case study of direct citizen participation in Local Authorities (LAs) in Kenya. This is as formally provided for by the Local Authority Service Delivery Action Plan (LASDAP) framework that was established to ensure citizens play a central role in planning and budgeting, implementation and monitoring of locally identified services towards improving livelihoods and reducing poverty. Influence of participation was assessed in terms of how it affected five key determinants of effective service delivery namely: efficient allocation of resources; equity in service delivery; accountability and reduction of corruption; quality of services; and, cost recovery. It finds that the participation of citizens is minimal and the resulting influence on the decentralized service delivery negligible. It concludes that despite the dismal performance of citizen participation, LASDAP has played a key role towards institutionalizing citizen participation that future structures will build on. It recommends that an effective framework of citizen participation should be one that is not directly linked to politicians; one that is founded on a legal framework and where citizens have a legal recourse opportunity; and, one that obliges LA officials both to implement what citizen’s proposals which meet the set criteria as well as to account for their actions in the management of public resources.

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Dunham, Noah T. "Feeding ecology of black and white colobus monkeys from south coastal Kenya: the influence of spatial availability, nutritional composition, and mechanical properties of food items." The Ohio State University, 2017. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1491425096373595.

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Masita, Ednah Nyanduko. "Les significations socio-culturelles de la mort par le VIH/SIDA : son influence dans la prévention du VIH/SIDA au sein des Abagusii du Kenya." Thesis, Pau, 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018PAUU1035/document.

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Cette étude a cherché à explorer les significations socio-culturelles de la mort provoquée par le VIH / SIDA parmi les Abagusii du Kenya. Façonnée par l’ontologie sociale constructiviste et l’approche épistémologique, l’étude a spécifiquement cerné les significations socio-culturelles de la mort causé par le VIH / SIDA, les expériences vécues de la mort du VIH / SIDA et comment ces expériences vécues influencent l’action préventive au niveau individuel et collectif au regard du VIH/SIDA. L'étude a utilisé des données recueillies à partir d'entretiens conversationnels approfondis et de l'observation participante de 50 personnes séropositives pour le VIH qui étaient sélectionnées à travers la méthode de saturation et sélectionnées par des techniques d'échantillonnage en boule de neige et d'analyse raisonnée. Des données supplémentaires ont également été obtenues à partir de neuf informateurs clés choisis à dessein en utilisant un guide d'entretiens .Les données provenant d'entretiens approfondis et d'entretiens avec des informateurs-clés ont été enregistrées sur bande, transcrites ad verbatim et analysées thématiquement. Les résultats de l'étude ont montré qu'au niveau individuel, mourir du VIH / SIDA était une perturbation biographique, forçant ainsi les personnes infectées par le VIH à subir une réorientation existentielle en faisant de nouveaux arrangements et des quêtes pour leur nouvelle vie afin d’acquérir une sorte d’appartenance culturelle, sociale et morale à leurs réseaux sociaux culturels. Au niveau communautaire, la mort par le VIH/sida a été érigée en «mauvaise mort» par rapport aux discours traditionnels et chrétiens sur les croyances religieuses régissant la vie, la mort et l’après la vie. En conséquence, une telle mort était perçue comme une menace pour l'identité et la solidarité sociale et collective, ainsi que pour la régénération de la communauté à travers la reproduction sociale. L'étude a également révélé que les actions sociales en faveur de la mort et du décès dues au VIH / SIDA ne reposaient pas sur des connaissances biomédicales, mais plutôt sur les relations sociales en particulier les relations de parenté comme défini collectivement dans les discours moraux et sociaux de la personnalité. En conclusion, l'étude soutient que les croyances culturelles et les valeurs régissant la vie et la mort devraient être prises en compte dans la prévention du risque de VIH / SIDA dans des contextes culturels particuliers
This study sought to explore the socio-cultural meaning of death from HIV/AIDS among the Abagusii-Kenya. Shaped by the social constructivist ontology and interpretative epistemological approach, the study specifically investigated the socio-cultural meanings of death from HIV/AIDS, the lived experiences of dying from HIV/AIDS and how lived experiences of dying and death from HIV/AIDS influence HIV/AIDS preventive action at individual and community level. The study used data collected from in-depth conversational interviews and participant observation from 50 HIV seropositive people who were arrived at through saturation method and selected through snowball and purposive sampling techniques. Augmentative data was also obtained from purposively selected nine key informants using an interview guide. Data from in-depth conversational and key informant interviews were tape recorded, transcribed ad verbatim and thematically analyzed. Findings from the study showed that at individual level, dying from HIV/AIDS was constructed as a biographical disruption, thus forcing those infected with HIV to undergo existential reorientation by making new arrangements and quests for their new life as a way of achieving a sense of cultural, social and moral belonging to their cultural social networks. At community level, death from HIV/AIDS was constructed as “bad death” in relation to traditional and Christian religious belief discourses governing life, death and after life. As a consequence, such death was perceived as a threat to the corporate social identity and solidarity, and to the regeneration of the community through social reproduction. The study further found that social actions towards dying and death from HIV/AIDS was not based on biomedical knowledge alone but on social relationships especially kinship relations as collectively defined in moral and social discourses of personhood. In conclusion, the study argues that cultural beliefs and values governing life and death should be taken into account in dealing with HIV/AIDS risk prevention in particular cultural contexts

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Jakobi, Nina, and Wairu Kinyori. "Understanding National Culture’s Influence on Product Innovation Approaches : A dual case study of micro, small and medium enterprises in the Microfinance sector in Kenya and Germany." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Handelshögskolan vid Umeå universitet (USBE), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-52262.

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This thesis aims to research on the concept of national culture in regard to project management. We mainly aim to find out whether national culture poses an influence on the conduct of innovation management in the microfinance sector in Kenya and Germany. The motivation for our choice of sector and aim are multiple; culture, particularly national culture, in projects and project management, is to our understanding still an undeservedly under-researched area. Furthermore, the integration of solutions and concepts developed in countries other than the own increasingly takes place in the globalized world. We therefore consider research on the integration ability of such “imported” concepts into a national culture’s existing frame of reference a valuable, yet under-researched area. This led to the development of our research aim as addressing two aspects: firstly, whether national culture poses a perceivable influence to product innovation approaches, and secondly, how the integration of culturally foreign, “imported” concepts might be undertaken in the two countries. The selection of product innovation in Microfinance was informed by the assumption that this would allow us to study the multifarious interrelationships between culture, innovation, and project management in a dynamic context; and hence pose a favourable setting to study the approach towards novelty and integration of culturally foreign concepts. Kenya and Germany were selected due to our personal backgrounds, being our countries of origin. A perceived lack of differentiated scientific sources covering our needs led us to develop our own theoretical culture model which reviews cultural aspects from a joint African-European perspective. The model was developed based on seminal works in the field of culture and intercultural research. It is comprised of six dimensions deemed influential for innovation. Each of these six dimensions is based on the works of two to four authors. This model comprises an African-European perspective and merges existing concepts into a novel conceptual model with a clear focus on culture and innovation. In order to derive empirical findings, a qualitative multiple case study has been conducted in Microfinance institutions in Kenya and Germany. The findings of these case studies were consecutively analyzed based on the theoretical culture model in due consideration of the research aim. We consider our research offering a contribution in a field that is still coming to the fore; that is, a novel perception of project management as being “more” than simply a temporary endeavour determined by scope, cost and time. The perception of innovation in the service industry is furthermore delved into, and it offers extensive insight into the national cultures of Germany and Kenya and the development and contribution of Microfinance in developing and industrialized nations.

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Okungu, Vincent Robert. "Public responses to policy changes in 1st line treatment for uncomplicated for malaria in Kenya and the potential influence of policy communication in the uptake of malaria drugs." Master's thesis, University of Cape Town, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/9452.

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This study intends to give new insights into community perceptions on policy changes in 1st-line treatment for uncomplicated malaria in Kenya and the contributions of such perceptions on the uptake of recommended malaria drugs. It also intends to promote effective communication and implementation of malaria treatment policies and highlight public concerns about drug policy changes, and finally, add to the literature on malaria control and contribute to policy debates from a community perspective.

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Mangum, James I. "The Influence of the First World War on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints." Diss., CLICK HERE for online access, 2007. http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/ETD/image/etd1694.pdf.

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Muthivhi, Mashudu Edward. "The influence of missionary work on Vhuhosi." Diss., 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/11602/1126.

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The institution of African traditional royal leadership herein after referred to as Vhuhosi, may at times be seen to be falling short in fulfilling its function. Arguably, symptoms such as the misunderstanding of the role and powers of traditional royal leaders, the never-ending land disputes, as well as issues of political transition in South Africa, can be traced back to the introduction of missionary activism. Amid a myriad of challenges, the proposed study seeks to investigate the influence of missionary work on the institution of Vhuhosi. The study’s focus will specifically be on the efficiency, or lack thereof, of the institution to perform its functions following the historical interface with missionary activism. The study will employ a mixture of research methodologies, amongst them the literary study of archive materials, the empirical investigation of the current state of the institution, and the appraisal of the prevalence of mission activities in the modern-day era all of which fall under the qualitative research design. It is envisaged that the results of the study will benefit current traditional royal and religious leaders, government officials in understanding the historical explanation of current trends and tendencies. Most importantly, the study will equip those involved in improving the situation and changing the course of history. Furthermore, the study will benefit scholarship by providing relevant and constructive research material that could inform and/or shape the calibre of leadership in these institutions.
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Prozesky, Oskar Eduard. "The life, work and influence of Johannes Julius August Prozesky (1840- 1915), missionary of the Berlin Missionary Society in South Africa." Thesis, 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/11292.

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Arara, Boaz Kaunda. "Marine reserves and their influence on adjacent fisheries in coastal Kenya /." 2003.

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Ngaruiya, Samuel. "Assessing the influence of different early childhood development models on pre-school children's school readiness in Kenya." 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/1828/569.

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This comparative study explored the influence of different pre-school models on school readiness among pre-school children from different urban socio-economic status (SES) neighbourhoods. The study sampled 207 pre-school children attending different pre-school models in different SES neighbourhoods within the city of Nairobi in Kenya. In the study, school readiness was conceived as the ability of children to learn and handle primary school tasks. Assessment was done through teachers' rating of children's level of developmental and fitnctional skills using a School Readiness Assessment Instrument (SRAI), which was adopted and modified from the Early Development Instrument (EDI). The study compared school readiness outcomes amongst pre-schoolers aged five and six years. School readiness outcome was also correlated with the level of developmentally appropriate practice of the different pre-schools, assessed through observation and interviews. Major findings from this study were that, pre-school children who attended Private pre-school models outperformed their peers from public pre-schools in school readiness scores and children from low SES neighbourhoods had lower school readiness scores compared with children from middle and high SES neighbourhoods. The study recommends a paradigm shift from an academically oriented pre-school model to one that embrace a holistic approach in program and assessment of children's school readiness. It also recommends further studies on the influence of cultural variations on school readiness and primary school readiness to receive pre-schoolers.

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Alsup, James Philip II. "An analysis of the influence of M-Fuge participation on volunteerism and career leadership in service." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10392/348.

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This dissertation examined the possible influence of the M-Fuge workcamp upon a participant's desire to contribute volunteerism or future career leadership in either community service or mission service. Chapter 1 introduced the research problem and gave attention to such issues as why the church should be concerned with volunteerism. Chapter 2 presented literature pertinent to the study. Issues such as volunteerism, theological presuppositions, servant leadership, service learning, as well as educational and leadership presuppositions were presented. Chapter 3 presents the methodology for garnering the research data. The research questions, the design of the instrument, and topics such as population and procedures are covered. For the purposes of this study M-Fuge camps in Bolivia and Nashville were surveyed using a pre-test and a post-test Likert scale to determine if there was any shift in interest in volunteer or career desires as result of attending the camp. Chapter 4 addresses the analysis of the findings from the research instrument. The surveys taken by event participants were scored and entered into a database. The database was used to determine levels of influence using t Stat scores compared against t Critical benchmarks. If the t Stat value was higher than the t Critical value, than the Null Hypothesis that no influence would occur was dismissed. This test was put to both first-time and multi-time participants for both the events in Nashville and Bolivia. First-time participants in Nashville and Bolivia consistently demonstrated a greater desire to participate in community service or missions volunteerism. In addition, first-time participants in both Nashville and Bolivia also demonstrated a higher degree of interest in careers in community service or missions. Multi-time participants in Nashville and Bolivia also consistently indicated an increased level of interest in volunteerism and careers in community service and missions, though not in every instance a degree high enough to dismiss the Null Hypothesis. Chapter 5 addresses the researcher's conclusions regarding the data presented. Overall, M-Fuge demonstrates a clear ability to increase the desire of the participant's desire to become involved in either volunteerism or a career in community service or missions. The findings can be useful to churches and mission organizations interested in the role a workcamp or similar mission experiences can play in promoting missions education and action. Recommendations have been made concerning how this research can be extended for further study.

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Ling, Yun-xin, and 凌云欣. "The Attitude and Influence of Western Missionary Interpreters – A Case Study on the Negotiation of the “Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk”." Thesis, 2018. http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/3q748b.

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Openness and communion have become the current consensus for the development of the whole world. Unilateral and multilateral communication between countries are increasing rapidly, so we cannot ignore that translators have gradually played a significant role in the world. With the development of diversified communication, this position has greatly attracted many outstanding people who are dedicated to translation and interpretation work. The particularity of this position is of vital importance to national diplomacy, international trade, cultural exchanges, non-governmental contact, scientific and technological promotion and religious transmission. Therefore, the professional ethics of these translators and interpreters can often influence international disputes, diplomatic events, economic disputes, cultural identity, civil harmony, scientific and technological development, religious integration and other events. As neighbors, China and Russia have many economic, political, military and cultural exchanges. However, during the Ming and Qing dynasties, the two countries were constantly conflicted over the border issues. The negotiation of the treaty between China and Russia was a major step of China's diplomacy in the early Qing dynasty. It was the first treaty between China and a European country. This paper will take the Sino-Russian Treaty of Nerchinsk as an example to study the historical background, event procedures and consequences of the treaty. Besides, it will compare three different language versions translated by missionaries in order to find out the differences and errors. Then in this paper the author will analyze the translator's subjective and objective factors through the treaties to understand the causes of errors in the treaty. In the end the author will discuss the importance of legislation in translation industry to address that the translators must observe the occupational ethics, such as accuracy, integrity and fairness. Translators should never compromise, or tamper, or leak, or speculate. Instead, they should be rigorous and precise, responsible and loyal.

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