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Rono, K. J., Bomet, E., & Ayiro, L. (European Journal of Education Studies, 2019)[more][less]
Abstract: Despite the existence of strategic plans in public Technical and Vocational Education training institutions in Kenya, there seems to be a problem in the implementation process. This study therefore sought to investigate the influence of employees’ perception on strategic plan implementation in public Technical and Vocational Education training institutions (TVET) within Rift valley region, Kenya. The study was guided by the following hypothesis: Ho: There is no statistically significant difference between employee’s perception and strategy implementation in public TVET within Rift valley region, Kenya. Change Management theory supported the specific objectives of the study. The study adopted descriptive survey research design using both qualitative and quantitative approach. The target population was 1255 employees in selected public TVET institutions; while a sample size of two hundred ninety four (294) respondents was drawn using purposive and stratified random sampling. Primary data were collected using questionnaires and interviews and analyzed using both descriptive and inferential statistics. The findings revealed that employees perception based on their level of management and implementation of strategic plan were strongly positively related and significant. It accounted for 94.5% of the total variations in strategic plan implementation. The findings are expected to be of value to the management and decision makers to form a basis for improving implementation of strategic plans in higher education. The study revealed that there was a diversity inopinion between the top management and lower management on strategic plan implementation and thus calls for special attention to all employees so as to ensure successful implementation. Description: Journal Article URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3787 Files in this item: 1
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Ayiro, Laban Peter; Sang, James K. (FIRE: Forum for International Research in Education, 2016)
[more][less]Abstract: Abstract This study explores why nomadic children in the counties of Turkana and West Pokot are left behind in the primary education process despite free primary education (FPE), and considers the variables that contribute to high dropout rates, low enrollment, poor attendance, and unsatisfactory academic achievement with a view of bringing out possible strategies to mitigate against these factors of discontinuity. Based on a study conducted in two counties in Kenya, results suggest that formal education in Kenya has not effectively served the nomadic communities. Education indicators in these counties revealed that nomadic groups are at the bottom in national statistics pertaining to enrollment rates, school participation, classroom performance, gender balance, student achievement, progression to the next level of education and by extension training. URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/2831 Files in this item: 1
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Mudulia, Mabel Ambogo; Ayiro, Laban Peter; Kipsoi, Emmy (Journal of Education and Practice, 2017)[more][less]
Abstract: Sustainable development goal number five of the 2030 agenda aims to achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls. The Kamunge Commission report of 1988 recommends that schools and universities provide guidance to university applicants to enable them make rightful choices. The paper objectively looks at the forms (processes, programmes and activities) of career guidance used in secondary schools and its effect on girls’ performance and career choice. The study embraced a mixed methods approach. Form four girls of 2012 in mixed and girls’ secondary schools in Vihiga County formed the target population. Thirty (30) schools were selected from the 112 mixed and girls’ secondary schools in the county by stratified sampling using the 4 constituencies as strata. Purposive sampling was then used to select 30 principals, 30 career guidance teachers, 4 district quality assurance officers and one county director of education. One hundred and eighty (180) students were randomly sampled. Data was collected using questionnaires, content analysis and interview schedules. Quantitative data was analyzed using frequencies, means, standard deviations, and Pearson’s product moment correlation while qualitative data was analyzed thematically. For all statistical tests, the alpha (significance) level was set at .05. The result of the analysis indicated that there was a statistically significant relationship between career guidance and, academic performance and career choice, r = 0.513, p< 0.05.The major forms of career guidance identified were class counseling, group counseling involving subject choices, and filling of joint admission board forms. The study found out that schools that were better equipped and staffed, with more career guidance programs had better performance and sent more students to public universities for admission into a variety of careers than the understaffed schools with no equipment. The study concluded that career guidance is essential yet many schools are not adequately funded, equipped and staffed for it. It recommends that career guidance be incorporated into mainstream curricular. The study has practical implications for the ministry of education and school administrators to provide a broad range of career guidance activities and programs to help learners make sound career choices. Description: Journal Article URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3783 Files in this item: 1
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Fonn, Sharon; Ayiro, Laban Peter; Cotton, Philip; Habib, Adam; Mulwa, Peter; Mbithi, Felix; Mtenje, Alfred; Nawangwe, Barnabas; Ogunbodede, Eyitope O; Olayinka, Idowu; Golooba-Mutebi, Frederick; Ezeh, Alex (The Lancet, August , 2018)[more][less]
Abstract: Sub-Saharan Africa accounts for 13·5% of the global population but less than 1% of global research output. In 2008, Africa produced 27 000 published papers— the same number as The Netherlands. Informed by a nuanced understanding of the causes of the current scenario, we propose action that should be taken by African universities, governments, and development partners to foster the development of research-active universities on the continent. Description: Journal Articles URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3782 Files in this item: 1
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Minde, Nicodemus; Roop, Sterling; Tronvoll, Kjetil (JAE, 2018)
[more][less]Abstract: This article analyses the pitfalls that characterised the emergence and eventual demise of the Government of National Unity (GNU) in Tanzania’s semi-autonomous region of Zanzibar. Drawn from continuous political and electoral observations in Zanzibar, the article analyses how the 2015 general elections contributed to the eventual dissolution of the GNU. The GNU in Zanzibar was a negotiated political settlement between two parties – the incumbent Chama cha Mapinduzi (CCM) and the Civic United Front (CUF). In particular, this article looks at how the start of the constitutional review process in Tanzania contributed to the withering of the GNU. Despite its undeniably noble agenda, the constitutional review process resuscitated old enmities between CCM and the CUF. The two parties’ divergent stances on the structure of the Union revived the rifts that characterised their relationship before the GNU. We analyse the election cycle rhetoric following the run-up to the elections and how this widened the GNU fissures leading to its eventual demise after the re-election in March 2016. After the 2015 elections were nullified, the CUF, which had claimed victory, boycotted the re-election. As a result, the CCM won an overwhelming electoral victory. Description: DOI: 10.20940/JAE/2018/v17i1a8 URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3156 Files in this item: 1
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Musya, Justus Katoo (International Journal of Innovative Research and Development, 2017)
[more][less]Abstract: This study emerged in response to knowledge gaps on the role of ethnicity in the recurrent political conflicts in Mathare and Kibra, the worst of which occurred during the post-election violence of 2007. In solving the research problem, a systematic and methodical investigation on the causes of the recurrent political violence in the study area was done using a mixed research design. This analytical exercise involved testing of hypothesis about the relationship between quality of life differences and ethnic grievances. And qualitative interviews were informative on factors of conflict formation, escalation, and de-escalation. In testing the instrumentalist theory of conflict, it was observed that statistically significant differences existed between ethnic groups in conflict—the in-group and out-group—about horizontal inequalities and ethnic grievances. The in-group had a higher standard of living than the out-group, and the out-group had higher levels of ethnic grievances than the in-group. Importantly, it was found that there was a statistically significant relationship between horizontal inequalities and ethnic grievances in the study area. Revealed in qualitative interviews was that the relationship between horizontal inequalities and ethnic grievances is significant because it reflects the fears of the in-group of being dominated by the out-group and the frustrations and resentment of the out-group at being dominated by the in-group. The findings have defined the causal mechanism that is basic to the instigation of political violence, ethnic grievances borne of horizontal inequalities between the in-group and out-group. Entities like the National Integration and Cohesion Commission have a better understanding of the conflict dynamics that are basic to political violence in the study area and to other informal settlements that have experienced or are susceptible to political violence. URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3158 Files in this item: 1
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Munyao, Martin; Kithuka, Elizabeth (Rowman & Littlefield, 2021)[more][less]
Abstract: When the World Health Organization (WHO) chief declared the COVID-19 spread to be a global pandemic, renowned global philanthropist Melinda Gates of Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation projected that Africa was waiting to see hundreds of thousands of fatalities. She cited weak economies, poor healthcare systems, increasing slum dwellings, lack of clean water, and high rates of poverty as some of the reasons why COVID-19 was going to ravage Africa. Contrariwise, Africa has not experienced high Coronavirus cases compared to the USA, Europe, and Asia. However, the pandemic has revealed what human rights activists have been decrying of Africa for decades, namely, widespread economic disparities and social inequalities. The pandemic is disparaging Africa not by COVID-19 related sicknesses and death, but by exposing the already existing dysfunctional political, economic, and social systems. At the center of the said dysfunction amidst a pandemic are religious institutions which often have acted as an adhesive in the society. Not only do religious organizations bring people together for worship but also do shape life and morality amongst communities. However, in the recent past, the religious space has delegated that role to secondary parties such as civil society organizations. There is less and less public engagement on matters of politics and push for socio-economic reforms. As containment measures against further spread of the Coronavirus, the religious places of worship were considered as ‘nonessential’ need. While from a public health standpoint it is known that this was a containment measure to curb the COVID-19 spread, it symbolically brings in the question of whether religious institutions rose to the occasion as a public defender. This is even though African life is fundamentally rooted in religious foundations. In this chapter, the authors will firstly discuss the role of religious institutions during the COVID-19 period on the public. Secondly, the paper will analyze the impact of COVID19 on gender issues in Kenya. Lastly, the authors will suggest viable options for restoring the prophetic voice of various religious institutions in Kenya’s public life in the event of future global crises for sustainable development Description: Book Chapter URI: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356492681_The_Role_of_Religion_in_Public_Life Files in this item: 1
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Ayiro, Laban Peter (Journal of European Industrial Training, July , 2009)[more][less]
Abstract: Purpose – The overall purpose of this study is to identify key entrepreneurial variables in the realm of social entrepreneurship that may contribute to enhancing impact mitigation of HIV/AIDS. In addition, the study seeks to establish which of the correlations between the entrepreneurial variables and management of response of impact mitigation of HIV/AIDS were significant at the 0.001 level. Design/methodology/approach – The study adopted a cross-sectional survey design. The analysis engaged a correlational qualitative research approach so as to enable the researcher determine whether the correlation between entrepreneurial management initiatives and the management of the response on the impact of HIV/AIDS in the education sector was statistically significant. Findings – The result of the correlation analysis showed that organizational boundaries, work discretion, rewards management support and time availability explain about 53 per cent of the aspects of management response to HIV/AIDS impact mitigation. The correlations were statistically significant at the 0.001 level. The implication is that introduction of entrepreneurship within institutions dealing with HIV/AIDS in the education sector would lead to improved mitigation of the impact of the scourge on the sector. Research limitations/implications – The study considers one thematic area in the HIV/AIDS mitigation process, that is management of the response, leaving three other thematic areas, namely: care and support, prevention as well as HIV/AIDS and the workplace. The generalization of the study’s results will therefore be limited. Originality/value – The study established that administrative management practices are not effective in the management response to impact mitigation of HIV/AIDS in the education sector. It therefore proposes innovative, approaches to the mitigation effort. This in turn calls for a dramatic shift in management that entails the extension of market principles into social institutions, government and civil society and an inevitable blurring of the boundaries between these sectors Description: Journal Article URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3775 Files in this item: 1
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Mwangi, Perminus Mburu (International Journal of Social Science and Technology, January , 2022)[more][less]
Abstract: This study was prompted by a positional shift on blood rituals amongst central Kenya Christians from the stance of the East African Revival (EAR) members. The study compared the position of contemporary believers, with that of the EARand highlighted the effect theobserved shift might have on the Church. A qualitative strategy with a phenomenological research design and purposive samplingwere applied. In-depth semi-structured interviews, Focus Group Discussions and document review were the research tools. Data was analysed using Thematic Coding Analysis. The EDNA model was used as the theological framework.Findings indicate a significant shift fromscripture as the default, final authority concerningsin and righteousness, to peers and mentors. The oral nature of the EAR’stheological legacy has largely facilitated this shift. Acceptance by the wider society, which values the blood rituals as culture, is valued by the contemporary believer but not by the members of the EAR. Description: Journal Article URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3957 Files in this item: 1
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Katwa, J. K; Ayiro, Laban Peter; Baliddawa, J; Kei, R (World Journal of Medical Education and Research, March , 2018)[more][less]
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to assess the perception and preference of the SPICES model among students at the Moi University College of Health Sciences. We can define innovative teaching and learning method or the SPICES model as a program or series of events which the teacher implements to assist the student to remain focused on what that individual is doing. Problem-based learning is considered superior to the lecturebased learning due to long-term retention of knowledge, development of generic skill and attitudes. This study looked into the students’ views of problem-based learning versus lecture-based learning in Moi University College of Health Sciences. Methods: 274 students were divided to School of Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Nursing and School of Dentistry as per their number of students in each school. Self-administered questionnaires were used in quantitative data collection while in-depth interviews quantitative were used in qualitative data collection. A reliable and valid questionnaire utilized a five-point forced Likert scale (1-Totaly disagree, 2-Disagree, 3-Not Sure 4-Agree, and 5-Totally Agree). Cronbach’s alpha, median and inter-quartile range (IQR) were calculated in SPSS 22.P-value less than or equal to 0.05 was taken as statistically significant. Ethical approval was obtained from the Institutional Review and Ethics Committee (IREC) of Moi University and Moi Teaching and Referral Hospital. Results: The response rate among students was 250 (91%) out of 274 who were given questionnaires. Majority of the students 179 (72 %) preferred SPICES model compared to 71 (28 %) who preferred lecture method of learning. A chi-square test to determine the measure of association between schools and preference of Problem Based Learning and Lecture method of learning showed no statistical significance with a P-value of 0.092; at p < 0.05. Conclusions: Problem based learning is fun, provides contextual learning and imparts long -term retention of knowledge through students’ active participation in a small group. It also promotes generic skills and self-directed life-long learning. Description: Journal Article URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3779 Files in this item: 1
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Oduor, Nekesa Hellen; Ayiro, Laban Peter; Boit, John (African Journal of Education, Science and Technology, June 1, 2018)
[more][less]Abstract: The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of teachers’ gender on adoption and use of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in public secondary schools in Kenya. The objective was to: Determine the effect of gender on adoption and use of ICT in public secondary schools. Target population was 30,080 teachers under the ICT Economic Stimulus Programme (ESP). Simple random sampling technique was used to obtain 244 teachers. A mixed methods research design inclined towards quantitative strategy was adopted. The study was informed by pragmatic philosophical paradigm. Teachers’ gender constituted the independent variable, while adoption and use of ICT was the dependent variable. Data was collected by closed-ended questionnaire and interview schedule, organized and presented using frequency, mean and standard deviation tables. The hypothesis was tested by Pearson’s correlation coefficient. The number of male teachers and female teachers was 162 and 82 respectively. However, the use of computers by males had a mean of 3.679 and the female 3.4756 on a Likert scale of 1 to 5. The use of Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) projectors had a mean of 2.5802 for male teachers and 2.4390 for female teachers. Use of printers had a mean of 4.1605 for males and 3.914 for females. Also, use of internet had a mean of 3.3765 for males and a mean of 3.353 for females. All the responses on items relating to adoption were between 4.0 and 5.0 which would mean agreeing and strongly agreeing respectively, hence the teachers were not using ICT in secondary schools. The hypothesis, HO1: There was no significant relationship between gender with adoption and use of ICT, male teachers ranked higher than female teachers on the use of IT for instructional support with mean ranks of 124.03 and 119.47 respectively after testing using Mann Whitney U test. The p value was 0.624 which was greater than P = 0.05 hence the hypothesis indicated that there was no statistically significant relationship between gender with adoption and use of ICT. Findings of this study will provide a framework which will assist school managers make decisions on how to adopt and use ICT in schools. The study recommended that education stakeholders should give clear information on the adoption and use of ICT in secondary schools and establish the source of funds for maintenance, repairs and further acquisition of the necessary infrastructure amid enrolment explosion in public secondary schools. Also, teachers need to be empowered through both pre- service and continuous in-service training. URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/2829 Files in this item: 1
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Tuikong, Sylvia Jebet (International Journal of Recent Research in Social Sciences and Humanities (IJRRSSH, 2016)[more][less]
Abstract: The memories of the events of the 2007 post-election violence that ravaged the country, still brings a lot of pain to many Kenyans. Despite the use of diverse peace building strategies in the region over the years, sustainable peace is yet to be achieved. This situation generated questions as to whether the peace building strategies used were truly effective. This study examined the types and nature of peace building strategies used in Uasin Gishu County after the 2007 post-election violence. Four humanitarian organizations that were active in peace building efforts in the county were involved in the study. The humanitarian organizations studied were the Catholic Justice and Peace Commission (CJPC), Rural Women Peace Link (RWPL), Wareng Youth Initiative for Peace and Development (WYIPD) and Africa Sports and Talents Empowerment Program (ASTEP-Kenya). The conceptual framework of the study was drawn from the Conflict Transformation and Human Needs theories. Descriptive and exploratory designs were used in the study, as well as the quantitative and qualitative approaches. The study population was 894,406. A sample size of 400 respondents was used. This study adopted stratified sampling procedure. The target population was split into three stratums and from each stratum, simple random sampling procedure was applied to arrive at the final sample. The research information was collected using questionnaires, interviews, observation and secondary data. The study used Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS) to analyze quantitative data while the qualitative data was thematically analyzed. The findings of the study indicated that various peace building strategies were used. The findings point to the need for organizations to use diverse peace building strategies that endear to all population groups. URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3575 Files in this item: 1
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Munyao, Martin; Tanui, Philemon Kipruto (Religions, November , 2021)[more][less]
Abstract: The decolonial discourse around Christianity must not avoid dealing with Whiteness if there is going to be any fruitful decolonization. Colonialism and the Western missionary enterprise were not necessarily two distinct and unrelated entries to precolonial Kenya. How then did Christianity, for decades, live side by side with colonialism? In this article, we contend that Colonialism in Kenya could not have been possible without the missionary enterprise activity. The impact of that unholy relationship is felt and sustained in contemporary forms of violence. Unfortunately, critics of such a discourse dismiss the decolonial efforts in African Christianity citing intellectual activism. Such voices of dissent may not be far from the truth as Jesus’ ministry involved elements of activism. Whenever he confronted oppressive institutional structures, he used activism tempered with a degree of pacifism. Looking at the history of historical injustices in Kenya, we see instances whereby missionary Christianity conveniently abetted injustices for colonial structures to sustain the oppression of the indigenous Africans. Such injustices have been unresolved to date because the oppressive structures are still in place in the shape of neocolonialism. Land, for example, is a present source of conflict in Kenya. In the precolonial African ontology, the land was in harmony with the people. For land to be taken away from its owners, a separation of the people from the land had to happen. This was facilitated by a Christian theology that created existential dualism, violently separating the African bodies from their souls and the person from the community. Hence, Christian doctrine that emphasized ‘saving souls’ and ‘personal salvation’ was entrenched. This separation and fragmentation are fundamental to Whiteness. Whiteness universalizes truth, even theology; it puts a face of neutrality that obscures specificity. Such has made the church uncritical of oppressive and unjust political structures. Whiteness realizes that it is hard to enter into something that is in harmony. Therefore, separation needs to happen for Whiteness to succeed. Unfortunately, much of our theological understanding today is tempered with a neocolonial mindset that separates the soul from the body for Christian triumphalism. It anesthetizes the pain of oppression with the eschatological promise of future deliverance. This paper will analyze the impact of Whiteness in Kenya during and after colonialism to demonstrate how the British explorer–settler–missionary alliance ‘oiled’ the religious and economic disenfranchising of African people. Secondly, it proposes a political theology that will restore ‘Shalom’ in a socially, economically, and spiritually broken country. It is such a theology undertaken in Africa that will confront oppressive structures and identify with the marginalized communities in Kenya Description: Journal Article URI: http://repository.daystar.ac.ke/xmlui/handle/123456789/3916 Files in this item: 1
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