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Item Youth deradicalization as a post-terrorism security intervention and its effect on social relations in Nairobi county, Kenya(Target Publishing, 2019-10) Leting, Mark K.; Mose, George; Sutter, Paul C.; Were, Edmond M.De-radicalization among young people is a crucial fight of national and international terrorism globally. It is one of the post-terrorism security intervention strategies that is thought to address the root causes of youth engagement in terror activities. The study investigated the influence of de-radicalization as a post-terrorism security intervention strategy on social relations in the County Government of Nairobi, Kenya. The study adopted a mixed methods research design. It also used a sample size of 384 respondents, comprising 361 were heads of households, 15 members of Nairobi County Security Board and 8 survivors of terrorism acts. Convenient sampling technique was used to select heads of the households, purposive sampling techniques to identify members of Nairobi County Security Board and snowball sampling used to identify terror survivors. Key informants interview schedule as well as interview schedule were essentially employed methods of data collection. The data collected was subsequently analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods, that is, descriptive statistics mainly used for qualitative data and direct quotation used for qualitative data. From the results of the study, the Kenyan youth deradicalization programmes play a significant role in transformation of youth to be productive members of the society and eliminate terror mind-set. It was reported that youths have proved more susceptible to the appeal of terrorism due to poor social networks and social identity. Therefore, de-radicalization programmes should be continuous. The study recommends that the community should continuously strengthen family ties, create employment and educate the youths to divert them from extremism and radicalism.Item The influence of police-community partnership strategy on social relations in Nairobi county, Kenya(Target Publishing, 2019-10) Leting, Mark K.; Mose, George; Sutter, Paul C.; Were, Edmond M.Post terrorism security intervention strategies cut across social, cultural, economic and political lens of the society. It is a vague area in social life that calls for sociological approach and few studies have been conducted on this phenomenon. Studies that exist deal with causes, impacts and counter terrorism measures. However, how it affects peoples’ social relations in areas of interaction, trust building, social groupings, social inclusion/exclusion has not been adequately examined. Therefore, the study examined the influence of post terrorism security intervention strategies and its impact on social relations in the County of Nairobi, Kenya. Based on the study, this paper examines the effect of police-community partnership strategy on social relations. The study adopted a mixed methods research design using concurrent triangulation technique. It used a sample size of 384 respondents comprising 361 were heads of households, 15 members of Nairobi County Security Board and 8 survivors of terrorism acts. Convenient sampling technique was used to select heads of the households and purposive sampling technique was used to identify members of Nairobi County Security Board. Moreover, snowball sampling was used to identify terror survivors. Key informants interview schedule and interview schedule were essentially employed methods of data collection. The data collected was subsequently analysed using both qualitative and quantitative methods, that is, descriptive statistics mainly used for qualitative data and direct quotation used for qualitative data. The findings of the study indicated that police-community partnership builds trust when police avert terror acts. However, when they fail to prevent terrorism, there is mistrust of the police by the community. Therefore, the study concluded that effective police-community partnership depends on optimizing positive contact between patrol officers and community members. The study recommends that police-community partnership should be enhanced by engaging those directly and indirectly affected by terror attacks.Item Nyumba kumi strategy of community policing and its impact on curbing crime; empirical assessment from Kenya(2017) Leting, Mark K.The purpose of this study was to explore the impacts of nyumba kumi community policing strategy on crime prevention in Kenya. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics in which frequency distributions; percentages and mean in each item was calculated. The findings of the study were that there was a Nyumba Kumi community policing strategy for curbing crime in Kenya. The participants agreed that nyumba kumi community policing strategies, political support and good will of the government for nyumba kumi community policing strategy and police administration had positive impact on nyumba kumi community policing strategy in curbing crime rate in Kenya. The conclusion was that; nyumba kumi community policing initiatives can be effective where the jurisdiction have achieved some degree of political stability and shared values. Police who are poorly paid and have low morale as a result of serious management problems and corruption are not likely to be motivated to cooperate with the community and there may be a general lack of respect for community policing strategy.Item Institutional mapping for climate change adaptation in Eastern Africa(2008-10) Kituyi, Evans.A number of constraints to reducing the vulnerability of socioeconomic systems to climate change exist, key among these being the disconnect between national adaptation efforts and research. This in-depth study maps out institutions working on environmental management in general, and climate change in particular. Included in the research are literature reviews and web searches, country visits to selected institutions, and focused consultations with experts. This report is the culmination of an institutional mapping study carried out for eastern Africa. There is need for structural changes within older institutions, mainly national research institutes and state universities, to reflect dynamics in global environmental change.Item The changing roles of school Managers: Where the rubber meets the road(2015-08) Wanyonyi, Nobert Wanjala.; Simiyu, Irene.School Managers in Kenya are a group faced with an array of emerging and challenging roles in a rapidly changing society. This is coupled with increasingly great expectation by education stakeholders that school managers and the human resource they lead will ensure retention and successful completion of school by every Kenyan child. However, it is the contention of this paper that school managers may not meet the cut if they are not cognizant of their changing roles and the new skills they need to develop. This paper sets out to examine these challenging roles and the accompanying skills required. The argument is premised on the view that one can best handle challenges they are clearly aware of. The authors hope that the ideas raised will inform educational stakeholders and especially, school managers and educational policy formulators.Item Kenya’s constituency development fund (CDF): Citizens’ awareness in Kanduyi constituency of Bungoma county(International journal of african and asian studies, 201) Wanyonyi, Nobert Wanjala.Constituency Development Fund (CDF) is a strategy that channels resources to community projects proposed by community members. It is a participatory fund and increases citizens’ involvement in the provision of services which empowers them to manage their livelihoods. To determine citizens’ awareness of CDF projects, 35 projects in Kanduyi constituency of Bungoma County in Kenya were studied. Interview schedules for the beneficiaries and PC members were used to collect primary data with 175 beneficiaries and 70 PC members being interviewed. Administrative locations in the constituency were stratified into urban and rural. In each location projects were grouped in categories namely: education, health, water and sanitation, roads and bridges, environment, agriculture and electricity. One project was randomly selected from each location, where five beneficiaries and two Project Committee members were picked randomly for interview. Data was analyzed using Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) computer software. Of the two hundred and forty five respondents interviewed, 175 were beneficiaries of the CDF projects. The level of awareness of the existence of CDF by the respondents was at 97.1%. Of the beneficiaries, 80% were aware of CDF activities in the constituency. Despite the awareness among beneficiaries, only 18% knew the cost of the projects they were involved in. Among committee members, 12.3% were not aware of the cost of the projects, 33.3% did not know the amount dispersed for the projects and 10.6% were not aware of the status of the projects. Despite citizens’ awareness of the existence of CDF activities in the constituency and location, they lacked knowledge on how they can be involved in the activities. There should be a shift in awareness creation with regard to information about the projects. Awareness campaigns about CDF have borne fruits but there is need for more information to be given to citizens about the costs of the projects and subsequently the amount dispersed at all stages of implementation. This may improve participation and lead to increased citizens’ ownership of projects.