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Usimulizi wa Riwaya ya Nyongo Mkalia Ini
(Nordic Journal of African Studies, 2000-03-10) Mohochi, Ernest Sangai
Tukichunguza hazina ya uhakiki uliofanywa katika taaluma ya fasihi ya Kiswahili na kuiweka katika mizani, upande mmoja ubebe tahakiki zilizozingatia maudhui na mwingine zile zilizoangaza fani, upande wa maudhui utalemewa na uzito na kuanguka. Ni kweli kuwa umuhimu wa fasihi katika jamii unatokana na jinsi ambavyo inaimulika jamii na kuichora kwa madhumuni ya kuihakiki na kuirekebisha kutokana na udhati na uzito wa mafunzo mwafaka inayoyabeba. Ni kweli vile vile kuwa fasihi ni sanaa kutokana na matumizi ya pekee ya lugha na vipengele vingine vya fani ambavyo kwa pamoja huipa sura maalum na kuyafanya maudhui yake yatufikie katika hali na umbo linalovutia. Hali hii ndiyo huiwezesha fasihi kutuingia, ikatuchoma na kutufikirisha zaidi. Ndio nguzo ya utamu wa fasihi. Katika misingi hiyo, uendelezaji wa fasihi; hasa kwa upande wa uhakiki unapaswa kuzingatia pande zote mbili za sarafu; yaani maudhui na fani inayoyabeba maudhui hayo. Makala hii imelengwa kutoa mchango huo kwa kuupa uzito upande wa fani ya fasihi kwa kuzingatia kipengele cha usimulizi. Nao uteuzi wa usimulizi umechochewa na ukweli kuwa mbinu hii haijachunguzwa na wahakiki wengi katika fasihi ya Kiswahili. Awali ya kuchambua jinsi ambavyo mbinu hii ya usimulizi imejitokeza katika riwaya ya Nyongo Mkalia Ini, dhana ya usimulizi itafafanuliwa na nafasi yake katika fasihi kuwekwa bayana.
Ameriketako Ametsa
(Mendebalde Kultura Alkartea,, 2001-11-15) Walibora, Ken; Ormazabal, Manu
This story published in 2001 won the 2003 Jomo Kenyatta Prize organized by the Kenya Publihers Association. Issa, a Kenyan village boy, tells us the story of his life. “Itxoin eta egingo duk amets Amerikarekin. Orduan prest egongo haiz harantz abiatzeko” (‘Wait and you’ll dream of America. Then you’ll be ready to go.’), his friend told him. And Issa will have that dream. In Nairobi the two of them, together with a third “friend, will make plans for America. There will be lessons to learn from their adventures.
Language Choice for Development: The Case for Swahili in Kenya
(Journal of African Cultural Studies, 2003-06-10) Mohochi, Ernest Sangai
Development, aimed at a general improvement of the quality of life in society, should target the majority and not the minority at the exclusion majority. Attainment of such development, in turn, calls for involvement of in making decisions as well as in the plans for their implementation. They then feel that they own those efforts and participate more enthusiastically in the efforts to achieve stated goals. This calls for an effective communication system to link the government and other development agencies on the one hand, and the public on the other, enabling an appropriate flow of information between the two. If well utilized, the media would play a very significant role in ensuring flow of information. This article examines the role played by the media in to achieve the stated development goals in Kenya. While it would have been more effective to reach people in their first languages, considering the multilingual nature of the Kenyan society, the challenges are many. Fortunately, there is Swahili, a language spoken and understood by many, not only in Kenya, but also in the rest of East and Central Africa. In spite of the potential it has to reach a wider audience, it is not adequately utilized in the media. Language practice in the media relies more on the use of English to communicate important information intended to reach all, irrespective of the first language spoken and knowledge of English. In order not to continue excluding the majority public discourse on development and other national issues, the article calls change in the language policy in the media in Kenya
Effectiveness of a Language Based Program in School Mathematics on Students Understanding of Statistics
(Eurasia Journal of Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2006-12-04) Wekesa, Duncan Wasike
Mathematical knowledge and understanding is important not only for scientific progress and development but also for its day-to-day application in social sciences and arts, government, business and management studies and household chores. But the general performance in school mathematics in Kenya has been poor over the years. There is evidence that students have problems in understanding and interrelating the symbols and special language structure as used in mathematics. Nevertheless in a recent study, a program called Socialized Mathematical Language (SML) module was designed to enhance student’s learning outcomes in school mathematics. The study was carried out in a real classroom setting that involved comparisons between the treatment and control groups. A Solomon Four Group quasi-experimental design was employed to involve four high schools in Bungoma District. A total of 156 form two students enrolled in four intact classes from the selected schools were exposed to the same content in statistics for a period of two weeks. Three dependent measures namely the Mathematics Achievement Test (MAT), the Mathematics Skill Test (MST) and the Mathematics Classroom Environment Questionnaire (MCEQ) were used to assess the effectiveness of the program on students’ academic achievement in understanding of statistics, their skill performance and perceptions of the classroom environment during statistics lessons. The results affirm statistically significant learning gains in favour of the treatment groups. The study concludes that the use of SML program has amajor implication for school mathematics instruction in the area of statistics.
Effect of a Socialized Mathematical Language Module on Students’ Understanding of Mathematics and their perception of the Learning Environment
(OSSREA, 2007-01-04) Wekesa, Duncan Wasike; Mondoh, Helen Omondi
There is evidence that students have problems in understanding and interrelating symbols and special language structure as used in mathematics. The study or which the paper is based was designed to develop and explore the instructional potential of a Socialised Mathematical Language (SML) module in teaching and learning of statistics in mathematics. A quasi-experimental approach adapted from the Solomon Four Group Experimental Design was employed to compare experimental and control groups drawn from schools in Bungoma district. Four different instruments namely achievement test, students' questionnaire, teachers' questionnaire and observation schedule were used to collect data from 156 Form Two students selected for the study. Both descriptive statistics (means, standard deviations, & percentages) and inferential statistics (t-test & the Analysis of variance) were used for data analysis. The findings indicate that the SML module resulted in significant learning gains better perception of the environment and provided appropriate opportunities for student participation and interaction. The study concluded that the SML module was helpful in enhancing the teaching and learning of mathematics. The module was found to facilitate in making the subject more understandable to students and hence improved student performance in the subject.
Reviewed Work(s): Women in Taarab
(Research in African Literatures, 2008-08-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Disenchantment with the State of the Nation in Ben Okri’s The Famished Road, Orhan Pamuk’s Snow and Rashid al Daif’s Passage to Dusk
(Journal of the African Literature Association, 2008-11-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Income Inequality Controversies on the Development of Education in Kenya.
(Problems of Education in the 21 st Century:, 2008-12-04) Maiyo, Julius Kiprop; Achoka, Judy; Ndiku, Judah; Amunga, Jane; Wekesa, Duncan Wasike
Income differentials are a phenomenon that is manifest among individuals, regions and nations. The magnitude of the inequality has diverse effects on education which is itself a key determinant of individual as well as group income. Income inequality is reflected in the unequal access to different levels of education and to schools of different quality of education. This results in unequal consumption of education. These factors heighten the already existing inequality since the distribution of earnings is to a large extend determined by the level and distribution of schooling across population. The effect of income inequality on education dispersion and the average attainment in the population depresses economic growth and affects investment in education by individuals as well as states. Differential investment in education means unequal access to new knowledge and skills which are the driving force in this century. Already, the knowledge revolution has brought the threat of widening the gap between developed and developing countries with disparities in knowledge and information reinforcing disparities in capital and other resources. This paper examines the controversies causes of income inequality and the resultant effect on the development of education. The study is a desk review which nevertheless extensively explores existing literature on income inequalities and education dispersion. It narrows this down to the situation in Kenya by focussing on current reactions to income inequality in general and the effect on education. The paper also provides the conclusion and the way forward through the recommendation.
Negotiating Local Knowledge II: Kiswahili and Attitudes toward Disability
(Disability Studies Quarterly, 2009-11-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Relationship between capacity building and employee productivity on performance of commercial banks in Kenya
(African Journal of History and Culture, 2010-10-16) Wanyama, Kadian Wanyonyi; Mutsotso, Stanley Ngome
This paper is based on a research project carried out on commercial banks in Kakamega Central District, Kenya focusing on the influence of employee productivity on organizational performance which investigated the impact of capacity building and employee productivity in commercial banks since this leads to increase in performance as empirical research has proved. Kenya has experienced banking problems since independence in 1964 culminating in major Bank failures (37 failed banks as at 1998). Some of these problems like weak supervision and equipping employees with expertise, necessary skills and knowledge can be addressed through employee productivity to improve performance of the banks. Banks in Kenya and Kakamega in particular have experienced poor service delivery, organizational ineffectiveness, poor public relations, customer dissatisfactions, and some of these banking institutions have posted a decline in profitability. Research focusing on the firm-level impact of human resource management practices such as employee productivity, satisfaction and motivation has become popular in recent years. This has revitalized interest in the subject of employee productivity and its impact on the performance of organizations. Most studies tend to indicate that employee competence has a positive effect on the organizational performance. Therefore the findings from the study added value to the expanding scope of existing research studies on the influence of employee productivity on the organizational performance. This paper also provides vital information to organizational managers in the banking sector and academicians to encourage employee motivation, satisfaction and future research.
Reviewed Work(s): A New Generation of African Writers: Migration, Material Culture and Language by Brenda Cooper
(Canadian Journal of African Studies, 2010-11-15) Walibora, Ken Waliaula
Uhalisia na Uhalisiamazingaombwe
(Swahili Forum, 2010-11-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Je, kuna uhusiano gani kati ya Euphrase Kezilahabi wa Tanzania na Gabriel García Marquez wa Kolombia, au kati ya Kyallo Wadi Wamitila wa Kenya na Juan Rulfo wa Meksiko ama kati ya Günter Grass wa Ujerumani na Said Ahmed Mohamed wa Zanzibar? Waandishi hawa waliotengwa kitaifa na kilugha wanaunganishwa na uamuzi wao wa kuandika riwaya kwenye mtindo usiokuwa wa kawaida, mtindo wa uhalisiamazingaombwe
Reviewed works: East African literature: Essays on Written and oral Tradition
(RESEARCH IN AFRICAN LITERATURES, 2011) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Reviewed work(s): The African Diaspora and the Disciplines by Tejumola Olaniyan and James Sweet.
(African Studies Quarterly, 2011-08-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Misingi ya Ukalimani na Tafsiri
(Serengeti Bookshop, 2011-10-02) Simiyu, Fred Wanjala.
Reviewed Work(s): The Oral and Beyond: Doing Things with Words in Africa by Ruth Finnegan
(Canadian Journal of African Studies, 2011-11-15) Waliaula, Ken Walibora
Gender Inequalities in Early Childhood Development Education Teaching Profession in Kenya
(Educational Research, 2011-12-16) Mukuna, Truphena E.; Mutsotso, Stanley N
Gender imbalance in the pre-school teaching profession and feminization of the profession has been a common practice world over. In Kenya, there is an emergent trend of men training as professionals in Early Childhood Development Education but they are underrepresented. The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors influencing the gender imbalance in preschool teaching workforce using a case study. The research sample comprised of 108 pre-school in-service teachers in teacher training institutions in Narok Municipality. Stratified followed by random sampling techniques were employed. The research methodology was qualitative .Focus Group Discussions followed by Key Informant Interviews were used to generate data. This study revealed that culture is the main determinant of feminization of pre-school teaching profession. Men were getting interested in pre-school education but to perform administrative duties not necessarily to teach. Additionally, male parents reported that they were uncomfortable in involving themselves in pre-schools.
Effectiveness of Teaching Preparations on Mathematics Achievements: A case of Kenya
(Problems of education in the 21st century, 2011-12-30) Amadalo, Maurice Musasia; Wekesa, Duncan Wasike; Wambua, Joseph Mulei
Despite playing a central role in peoples’ daily life, the average Kenyan secondary school students’ mathematics score in national examinations has consistently averaged below 40%. The contribution of teachers’ lesson preparations and subsequent delivery leading to this poor result has not been investigated sufficiently in Kenyan secondary schools. This is especially so for topics deemed to be difficult. The present study investigated the effect of teacher preparations when teaching the topic “Vectors” to form three secondary school students. The instructional plans impact on achievement as well as on skills performance in Mathematics formed the objectives of the study. The Solomon- four experimental design was adopted. Professionally drawn Instructional Plans provided the treatment. Students’ achievement was determined using a Mathematics Achievement Test, MAT. The study determined that the use of the instructional plans improved students’ achievement and skill performance compared to the control group. Consequently use of instructional plans when teaching mathematics was recommended for improved students’ achievement. Emphasis on students’ stepwise skill performance rather than insistence on acquisition of correct answers during problem solution in mathematics was recommended
Trends in Adoption of Open Source Software in Africa
(Journal of Emerging Trends in Computing and Information Sciences, 2012-03-26) Karume, Simon M; Mbugua, Samuel Mungai
In the context of limited financial resources and capacities, Africa can examine how to better use the opportunities presented by the emergence of free and open source software (FOSS) to leapfrog into the information age and bridge the digital divide through reduced costs and less dependency on imported technology. This paper examines the adoption trends of open source software in Africa and seeks to establish the current global placing of the continent in adoption and use of FOSS. To get a better view of the current FOSS situation in Africa, the study explores the penetration of FOSS into Africa software market and how various Governments react to the use of FOSS. Through scrutiny of literature on adoption and use of open source software in Africa as well as previous and emerging initiatives to promote the use of open source software in the region, the paper presents preliminary findings of the trends observed. Further using the data gathered the paper attempts to forecast the future of FOSS in Africa and the probable implications on the development agenda of the continent
Impact of Internship Programme on the Performance of Public Health Care Institutions
(Global Journal of Human Social Science Arts & Humanities, 2012-04-17) Yeswa, Eunice A.; Okaka, Ochieng; Mutsotso, Stanley Ngome; Odera, Odhiambo; Mumbo, Hazel Miseda
The study seeks to obtain the impact of internship programme on the performance of public health care institutions. Contextual factors are sought that influence the relationship, impact and effect between internship programme and performance of public healthcare institutions. The research design adopted is descriptive survey through both qualitative and quantitative data. This study is conducted in Kakamega County, western region of Kenya. The population of the study is 2225 with a stratified randomly selected sample of 444 respondents. Primary data is collected through questionnaires while secondary data is sourced from official hospital records, journals, text books and internet articles. Data is analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics. The study concludes that internship programme influences performance of public healthcare institutions.

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