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    Role of Community Radio in Demystifying Climate Change Concepts; the Challenges in Disseminating Information at Tulwoob Koony (TK) Radio in Mt Elgon, Kenya
    (International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science, 2025-06-10) Simiyu, Kennedy Njasi; Odera, Isaac Otieno
    Climate change has been a pressing global issue, and Kenya, in particular, is highly vulnerable to its effects. Even though there are many forums where climate change is being discussed and debated, the discussions remain among the elites. A significant percentage of people from rural areas still lag in understanding the concept of climate change because of the complexity of scientific information about climate change. This paper examines the role of community radio in demystifying these concepts and terminologies during the dissemination process. It first examines the presenters’ knowledge and ability to explain climate change concepts clearly and accurately in local dialects. Secondly, it also evaluates the listeners' knowledge of the targeted climate change concepts disseminated by Tulwoob Koony Radio and lastly, establish the major linguistic and communicative barriers in passing climate change information to Tulwoob Koony radio listeners. The paper adopts the linguistic and communicative theories of translation and the knowledge-gap theory. These theories are relevant because they point out the need to package content to local contexts and Language well understood by the audience to bridge the existing knowledge and use storytelling and relatable examples. The paper employes use qualitative and quantitative approaches to collect data. Tulwoob Koony radio is purposively sampled because Mt. Elgon is the primary water catchment area and the source of many rivers that flow downwards through Western parts of Kenya to Lake Victoria. The findings will help community radios to address challenges associated with disseminating scientific information in their local languages.
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    The Role of Community Radios in the Development of Slum Areas
    (International Journal of Innovative Science & Technology, 2022-11-10) Manje I.W.
    This study sought to examine the role of community radio in promoting the development agenda of slum areas with a specific focus on Pamoja FM that serves Kibera slums in Nairobi. This case study utilised a descriptive design using qualitative approaches. The study utilised interviews, observations, and review of documents as the strategies of collecting data. Data was collected from a census sample of five newsroom staff and thirty regular listeners of Pamoja FM together with key informants who were interviewed and also participated in focus group discussions to provide information on the role of Pamoja FM in promoting the development agenda of their communities. Thematic analysis was used to analyse the data based on study objectives and fieldwork. Data was presented in narrative form and direct quotations. The role of community radio in the provision of information and knowledge for development in slum areas were found to include fostering of peace building, promoting security, overcoming language barrier challenges in communication, encouraging community participation and mobilisation in development matters, acting as a government watchdog, empowering communities economically, and providing communities with a form of communication that they can closely identify with. The study concluded that community radio is a crucial part of the communication process that aids in social change because of its potential to facilitate participation and inclusion in development agenda