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Item Collaborative Motivation for Sustainable Learning and Successful Completion of Doctoral Studies: A Case of Daystar University Lecturers in Nairobi County, Kenya(International Journal Of Humanities & Social Studies, 2018-01) Mogute Mary M.Just like the rest of the world, the demand for doctoral studies in Kenya is on the rise (Gudo, Olel & Oanda, 2011). The desire to acquire knowledge and skills to prospect for better opportunities, increase social status and most importantly for lecturers in Kenyan universities, to secure their current jobs in their teaching careers are the driving forces behind this trend (Gudo, et al, 2011; Nganga, 2013). The Commission for University Education (CUE) in Kenya requires all university lecturers to have PhD (CUE, 2014). As a result of this, there has been an upsurge of doctoral enrolment in Kenyan universities, especially from among university lecturers without doctoral degrees, who have hurriedly registered to beat the August 2018 deadline set by CUE. The CUE (2014) harmonized university guidelines ratio for theses supervision is 1:3 for doctorate supervision and 1:5 for masters supervision. However, in practice supervisors have more students than recommended, thus, operating above the recommended threshold. As a result, supervisors are overburdened, a practice that could compromise the quality of teaching and supervision while students are not able to move with anticipated speed. This could lead to student de-motivation, however motivated they may have been at the time of enrolment. This study sought to establish the role of collaborative motivation as a strategy of enhancing sustainable learning, supervision and successful completion of doctoral degrees. This study used descriptive survey design. The sample comprised of Daystar University lecturers enrolled for doctoral studies at the time of fieldwork. Census sampling technique was used to select the respondents. Semi- structured questionnaires were used for data collection. Obtained data was organized, analyzed and interpreted to make deductions. Results of the study pointed out the importance of collaborative motivation in the pursuance of doctoral degrees and suggest better practices that could be adopted to enhance collaborative motivation critical for sustainable learning and successful completion of doctoral degrees.Item Gender-based Violence: An Impediment to Sustainable Development in Kenya.(International Journal of Research in Education and Social Sciences (IJRESS), 2019-07) Mogute Mary M.Gender-based violence (GBV) is the most pervasive and primitive form of violation of human rights (UN Women, 2016). Though, the international community anticipates that people should live free of fear, intimidation and abuse by the year 2030, there is evidence of increasing incidents of GBV in most communities in Kenya (National Gender Equality Commission (NGEC, 2016). Global statistics reveal that 35% of women are physically and/or sexually abused are in their lifetime, 47% are murdered compared to 6% men by intimate partners or family members, 55% are victims of forced labour and 98% are victims of sexual exploitation (UN Women, 2016). Besides GBV being an extreme violation of human rights, it results into huge economic costs (NGEC, 2016; UN Women, 2016). Global cost of GBV is approximately 2% of the global gross domestic product (GDP) which is an equivalent of 1.5 trillion (UN Women). This avoidable cost poses challenges to sustainable development at individual and community levels. Therefore, this paper generally endeavoured to establish how GBV hinders effective sustainable development in Kenya. The study was guided by four objectives; identify forms of GBV, establish prevalence rates of GBV in Kenya, explore causes of GBV, and suggest how GBV could be mitigated to promote healthy social functioning of individuals, families and communities towards inclusive, constructive and productive participation of men and women in sustainable development initiatives. Desk top research methodology was adopted, where existing literature on GBV was reviewed. The findings revealed that GBV is still a major concern in Kenya; physical, sexual, emotional, economic and harmful practices are the forms of violence common and are mainly perpetuated against women and girls; causes of GBV are based on; individual, relationship, community and society while the cost of GBV is approximated to be 1.1% of Kenya’s GDP. Mitigation strategies are; survivor-centered, communities-centered and right-based, upholding humanitarian philosophy and the principle of “Do No Harm”. Key recommendations are; create awareness of the irrational causes and negative effects of GBV on individuals and society, strict and punitive justice system to deter perpetuators of GBV and integrating GBV knowledge and skills in school curriculum as a preventive strategyItem The Role of Parental Protection of Teenage Children from Cyber Bullying: A Case of Ruai Ward, Kasarani Constituency in Nairobi County-Kenya(The International Journal Of Science & Technoledge, 2018-01) Mogute Mary M.The upsurge of information technology (IT); easy accessibility and use of internet, mobile phones and other technological devices such as computers, tablets and smart phones have become part of peoples’ lifestyles. IT has positively enhanced communication, networking, knowledge and skills sharing, online businesses and entertainment, turning the world into a global village. Despite these benefits, several challenges have marred the use of IT. Of interest to this paper is online cyberbullying of teenage children by bullies who take advantage of their age and innocence. Though there are no official statistics on the number of children exposed to cyber bullying, there is an increase of 88% children seeking help for online abuse. Effects of cyber bullying are devastating and they present themselves with physical, social and psychological dimensions. This necessitates parental protection of teenage children form cyber bullies. However, most parents are either not aware, unavailable or lack necessary support systems to equip them with knowledge of guiding and protecting teenage children while online. Teenagers have access to internet enabled devices but are hardly guided on how to prevent cyberbullying. Most parents and teenage children do not know how to respond when confronted with cyberbullying. As a result of this, parents who are teenagers’ primary care givers are faced with the challenge of protecting their children from cyberbullying attacks. This is the background that informs this study which sought to; find out teenage children’s ability to access internet, establish respondents’ awareness of teenage children vulnerability to cyberbullying, investigate parental role in protecting teenage children from cyberbullying and suggest strategies to enhance teenage children protection from cyber bullying. This study used descriptive survey design; the target population of the study was church going parents with teenagers from five selected churches in Ruai Ward, Kasarani Constituency in Nairobi County-Kenya. Purposive sampling and interview schedules were used to identify the respondents and collect data respectively. The findings revealed that majority (94.1%) of teenagers had access to internet, 90.2% respondents were aware of cyberbullying risks, 88.2% guided their children on internet use and there was need for awareness creation and strict legal enforcement of laws to protect teenage children from cyberbullying.