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Item Media law and practice in Kenya: the confluence of regulation and liberty of thought.(Daystar University, School of Law, 2022) Oloo, MartinThe regulatory environment for the practice of mass media reveals the ever-existing tension between freedom of the press, democracy, and the rule of law. The promulgation of the progressive Constitution of Kenya 2010 embeds constitutional safeguards for the freedom of the press and freedom of speech. This study assessed the state of the mass Media law and practice in Kenya post the Constitutional of Kenya 2010, against three key research questions: 1) To what extent does Kenya entrench international and constitutional safeguards for freedom of the press in Kenya? 2) What is the effect of the rise of the social media on the regulatory environment in Kenya? 3) To what extent is the media in Kenya, regulated in view of the challenge of the private and the public interest? The research was mainly based on the literature review and focus group discussions with a select set of practising advocates and journalists. The findings of the research point to the fact that Kenya’s constitution entrenches the freedoms of the press and liberty of thought, while offering exceptions. With the exceptions, a follow-on debate arises around the question: does the regulatory environment for the mass media stifle or misrepresent the citizens’ voices?Item Strategic Thinking and the Performance of Land Administration Function in Kenya(PAC University Journal of Arts and Social Sciences, 2021-07-08) Oloo, Martin; Opio, Percy; Ongeti, JumaThere exists a systematic failure in land administration as well as land delivery procedures in Kenya. The Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning has over-centralised structures and functions at the National level. The existing land rights and land administration delivery systems are undemocratic, bureaucratic, and uneconomical in terms of transaction costs. They are often, liable to abuse, leading to inordinate delays in land administration. Ordinary Kenyans are not able to access essential information on land ownership as well as land transactions. It is suggested that the use of intuition, foresight, and monetary techniques, strategic thinking would promote strategic agility in the land Administration function in Kenya. The study, therefore, sought to investigate the influence of strategic thinking on the performance of land administration function in Kenya. Moreover, the study used both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The target population was 2880 staff who work on land administration and sampled customers who access their services. The Slovin's Formula was employed to estimate the sample. The sample size of 351 was arrived at through a stratified random sampling method. In addition, the research employed document analysis at the respective headquarters of the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning. Inferential and descriptive statistics were deployed to analyse quantitative data with the assistance of SPSS version 22. Included in the descriptive statistics are frequency distribution, mean (the measure of dispersion), standard deviation, and percentages. Besides, inferential statistics included univariate regression analysis, Pearson correlation, and multivariate regression analysis. Thematic content analysis was employed for qualitative analysis and results presented in a narrative form. The study has a 95 percent confidence interval with a level of significance of 0.05. The study revealed that strategic thinking positively affects the performance of the land administration function in Kenya (β=0.577, p-value=0.000). Therefore, the study recommends that top management in both the National Land Commission and the Ministry of Lands and Physical Planning should consider implementing consistent Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats (SWOT) analysis to identify potential ways of improving the quality-of-service delivery. The management in the two organizations should, in addition, always be on endeavour to identify and respond to potential opportunities that can improve service delivery.