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Agile Communication Channels for Enhancing Adoption of Extension Services
(International Multidisciplinary Conference of Rongo University (IJORU), 2024-07-16)Many governments and multi-national agencies have directed a lot of resources towards improving agricultural extension communication but without coordinated, responsive, and audience-focused agricultural extension channels, ... -
Conceptual block chain model for reinforced data integrity about consumed drugs
(International Research Journal of Rongo University (IJORU), 2024-11-05)Data integrity is essential in the distribution of public goods, particularly in healthcare where medicinal drugs must be accurately and reliably tracked from supplier to consumer. Issues such as counterfeiting and data ... -
Communication Strategies for Effective Conflict Management between Teaching Staff and Principals in Public Secondary Schools in Rachuonyo South Sub-County, Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice (IJPP), 2024-11-03)Education institutions in Kenya have reported rising cases of conflict between the teaching staff and principals (Ministry of Education, 2002). These conflicts arise from teachers' unwillingness to follow laid down rules ... -
Geographic Information System Model Design for Sustainable Municipal Solid Waste Management: A Case of Migori Municipality, Kenya
(Journal of African Interdisciplinary Studies (JAIS), 2024)The purpose of this study was to design and implement a Geographic Information System (GIS) model tailored to address these challenges and achieve sustainable MSWM. The contention of the study is that rapid urbanization ... -
Media Framing of Climate Change Contents in News Coverage in Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice (IJPP), 2024-10)Climate change is a phenomenon whose consequences affect nations across the globe, limiting the growth of various sectors. Climate change risk stories affecting Kenya can only gain public attention and become part of the ... -
Plagiarism conundrum in Kenyan Universities: An impediment to quality research
(Emerald Insight, 2024)Purpose- Plagiarism has been on the rise, mainly because of increased access to the internet and digital sources. To combat the threat of plagiarism, various universities have implemented countermeasures such as capacity ... -
Harnessing the economic value of Indigenous Knowledge in Kenya: A Qualitative Review of the Legal Framework.
(Emerald Insight, 2024)Purpose – Commercial entities have recently expressed growing interest in commercialising Indigenous Knowledge due to its enormous economic and intrinsic value. As this happens, custodial communities must not be disadvantaged ... -
The emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya: Apomediaries or Infomediaries?
(Emerald Insight, 2023)Purpose The main purpose of this study was to investigate the emerging roles of academic librarians in Kenya, with a view to determining whether they perform better as apomediaries or infomediaries. The specific objectives ... -
The status of school libraries in Migori County, Kenya
(2023)Whereas there is a general appreciation of libraries' role in educational performance and literacy development among learners, the status of school libraries still needs to improve. The struggle to secure a workable ... -
Establishing community and school libraries: African Library Project experience
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ICT4SDG 6: Embracing ICT Integration Attainment of Decency of Water Services Delivery
(Journal of Computing Research and Innovation, 2024-01-01)Technological opportunities should be leveraged for the attainment of SDG 8 in SDG 6. In the 21st century, the majority of organizations have adopted and incorporated computer technology for the ... -
Climate Change News Reporting in Kenya
(International Journal of Professional Practice (IJPP), 2024-09-03)The media's increased coverage of climate change has raised global climate change awareness. However, limited resources, and low access to information and scientific expertise have constrained climate change news coverage ... -
Quality of instruction in upcoming universities in the case of Rongo University, Kenya
(International Journal of Research -GRANTHAALAYAH, 2018-06-22)The study aimed at establishing the quality of instruction to Rongo University students with the aim of producing productive university graduates in all sectors of the world’s economy. To achieve this, the researcher ... -
Assessment of Strategic Messages Communicated for Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Study of Migori County, Kenya
(New Media and Mass Communication, 2021-08-31)Solid waste management has become great concern for governments and cities due to its effects on health, environment and climate change. The aim of sustainable solid waste management (SSWM) is to achieve circular economy ... -
An Exploratory Study of Community Involvement in Communication for Sustainable Solid Waste Management: A Study of Migori County, Kenya
(Journal of Environment and Earth Science, 2021-05-31)Sustainable solid waste management (SSWM) is intended to reduce impacts of solid waste on the environment and achieve of sustainable development goals on sustainable cities and communities. Past research focused on the ... -
Understanding media representation of intimate partner violence in Kenya: an analysis of the mainstream press
(2020-07)The media play a critical role in shaping society’s perceptions of social problems such as intimate partner violence (IPV) through news reports. Such reports are indicators of social, economic, political and cultural ... -
Textual Meanings of the Representation of Intimate Partner Violence by the Kenyan Press
(New Media and Mass Communication, 2021-06-30)This article is a textual analysis of the representation of the political, economic and social contexts of intimate partner violence by the Kenyan press. The article argues that the Kenyan press presents a stereotypical ... -
Gender Influence in Communication for Development: A Study of Migori County Government, Kenya
(International Journal of Innovative Research & Development, 2018-06)The goal of communication for development is to spur development among a group of people. Its aim is to evoke positive change that is empowering thereby facilitating development. Economic poverty affects both men and women ... -
An Assessment of Audience Participation in Community Radio Programing, Production and Content Delivery: The Case of Togotane FM in Kenya
(THE INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF HUMANITIES & SOCIAL STUDIES, 2021-05)This study was underpinned by the democratic participant theory, which avers that audience participation in radio programing, production and content delivery plays a key role in awareness creation. The study applied the ... -
Meanings of emerging discourses from Kenya’s mainstream press Mediatization of sino-Kenya relations
(Journal of Advance Research in Social science and Humanties, 2021)Theoretically, the Kenyan press tends to be superficial in mediatizing Sino-Kenya relations. It is important therefore that the Kenyan mainstream press goes beyond the superficial mediatization of events on Sino-Kenya ...
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