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ULINGANISHI WA MAUMBO, MOTIFU NA CHANGAMOTO ZA MAJAGINA KATIKA TENDI ZA MIKIDADI NA MAYASA NA KALEVALA

MWANGI, JACKSON NDUNG’U (Laikipia University, 2021-07)

Tendi za Kiswahili zimekuwepo katika maeneo ya Pwani ya Afrika Mashariki tangia karne ya 17 na zimekuwa zikienziwa, kudhaminiwa na kusawiri tamaduni na asasi z a wakazi hawa. Uwepo wa tendi katika maeneo ya Kiafrika ...
UPYA KATIKA MASHAIRI YA: SOKOMOKO NA USHAIRI WENU KATIKA GAZETI LA TAIFA LEO

NYONGESA, SALYNE (Laikipia University, 2022-05)

This study investigated new trends, styles and themes in Swahili Poetry of Ushairi Wenu and Sokomoko as published in Taifa Leo Newspaper for the period between January 1st 2018 and August 31st 2019. Poetry is an old ...
HISTORY OF LAND UTILITIZATION AND OWNERSHIP IN MWEA DIVISION OF KIRINYAGA COUNTY FROM 1911 TO 1963

GICHOBI, THOMAS NJIRU (Laikipia University, 2018-03)

Land ownership and utilization has been a contested issue in Kenya since colonial establishment. This is mainly because of alien land laws and policies that contradicted well established African land tenure and utilization ...
ULINGANUZI WA USEMI WA KISIASA KATIKA KAMPENI ZA URAIS NCHINI KENYA MIEZI MITANO KABLA YA CHAGUZI ZA MWAKA WA 2007 NA 2013

KARIITHI, FRANCIS M (Laikipia University, 2015)

Tangu maajilio ya vyama vingi vya kisiasa nchini Kenya lugha imekuwa ikitumiwa kama zana ya kisiasa na kijamii katika kukuza ushindani na kukolezea mikakati ya usemi wa kikabila ambao hunuiwa kutoa nafasi kwa mwanajamii ...
UCHANGANUZI WA UBABE-DUME KATIKA MAJIGAMBO (AMAIBAKO) YA ABAKURIA

SAMWEL, RIRO MATINDE (Laikipia University, 2015)

Praise poetry is one of the genres of oral literature among the Abakuria people which narrates their past and at the same time addresses their contemporary issues. Chanters of praise poetry in various contexts are involved ...
MSHIKAMANO NA MUWALA KATIKA DISKOSI ZA WANAWINGI-LUGHA: HALI KATIKA VYUO VIKUU NCHINI KENYA

SALIM-SAWE, K. (Laikipia University, 2015)

Cohesion and coherence are linguistic elements which are relevant in discourse unity and in the interpretation of meaning. However, some researchers have labelled codeswitched conversations as disjointed and incoherent ...
GENDER AND ETHNIC STEREOTYPING IN STAND-UP COMEDY: A CASE OF MC JESSY’S CHURCHILL RAW SHOW PERFORMANCES, KENYA

Bikeri, Abuya Lydia (Laikipia University, 2014)

This study focuses on MC Jessy‟s Churchill Raw Show Stand-up Comedy and investigates the way in which the comedian employs gender and ethnic stereotyping as well as linguistic strategies to elicit laughter. There is a ...
UCHANGANUZI HAKIKI WA MTINDO NA MAUDHUI KATIKA NYIMBO ZA KISIASA: MFANO WA WASANII KUTOKA KAUNTI YA MURANG’A

KANINI, MUNYAO JOSEPHINE (Laikipia University, 2014)

Nyimbo kama zilivyo tanzu zingine za fasihi simulizi huhusisha matumizi ya mitindo changamano katika kuwasilisha ujumbe wa kisiasa. Utafiti huu ulidhamiria kufanya uchanganuzi wa mitindo ya nyimbo za kisiasa zilizoimbwa ...
UCHAMBUZI WA UPEKETEVU WA WANAWAKE KATIKA RIWAYA TEULE ZA SAID AHMED MOHAMED

WAIGANJO, JANE WAMBUI (Laikipia University, 2014)

This study is set out to examine aggression of women characters in selected literary works of Said Ahmed Mohamed. Aggression is a hostile behaviour that intends to hurt somebody else intentionally. It affects a person ...
AN ANALYSIS OF THE INFLUENCE OF FIRST LANGUAGE (L1) TRANSFER ON SPOKEN ENGLISH IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN MOGOTIO SUB-COUNTY, BARINGO COUNTY, KENYA

VIOLET, MAROTSE S. (Laikipia University, 2015)

ABSTRACT There is a notable decline in the performance of spoken English in secondary schools in Mogotio Sub County. The causes of this decline are not known. It is speculated that first language (L1) among other factors ...
CHANGAMOTO ZA VIJANA KATIKA RIWAYA TEULE ZA KEN WALIBORA

OGUTU, HARRISON ONYANGO (Laikipia University, 2015)

ABSTRACT The question of challenges encountered by the youths in any society is very critical. It is estimated that the youths represent a big percentage of the population in the society and therefore they cannot be ...
TATHMINI YA UYAKINIFU WA SIFA TABIA ZA WAHUSIKA KATIKA RIWAYA TEULE ZA KEN WALIBORA

NYACHOI, OMBENG’I EVANS (Laikipia University, 2015)

IKISIRI Ken Walibora amewaumba wahusika wa kiutopia katika riwaya zake. Utafiti huu ulikusudia kubainisha ikiwa wahusika katika riwaya za Walibora wanawakilisha uhalisia wa jamii. Lengo kuu katika utafiti lilikuwa kubainisha ...
GIKUYU VERB REDUPLICATION: A MORPHOPHONOLOGICAL STUDY

KING’ORI, MARY WANJIKU (Laikipia University, 2015)

ABSTRACT Reduplication is a morphophonological process where the word, stem or base of a word or part of it is repeated. This process is very common in Bantu languages. Studies on Bantu languages in general and Gikuyu in ...
AN ANALYSIS OF MORPHOPHONOLOGICAL PROCESSES OF LOAN WORDS FROM ENGLISH TO GIKUYU

WANJIRU, NDUNG’U ANNE (Laikipia University, 2015)

ABSTRACT When contact occurs between two or more languages, there is bound to be some sort of language influence which can affect either of the languages concerned. In Kenya, English has had extensive contact with the ...
THE USE OF PROVERBS IN SELECTED GAKAARA WANJAŨ’S WRITTEN GĨKŨYŨ WA-NDUUTA NARRATIVES

MUGO, JANE WANJIRU (Laikipia University, 2015)

ABSTRACT Where African proverbs have been studied in written literature; attention has been focused in literature that is produced in European languages. Studies of proverbs in indigenous African languages are rare to ...
COMMUNICATING SOCIAL ISSUES THROUGH GRAFFITI IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS: A CASE STUDY OF SELECTED SCHOOLS IN WEST POKOT COUNTY, KENYA KARIUKI GLADYS

KARIUKI, GLADYS NJERI (Laikipia University, 2016)

ABSTRACT Graffiti assume the form of written language or drawings on surfaces in public places. Their authorship is private and writers are anonymous. They are often viewed as illegal. Graffiti are however a form of ...
THE ROLE OF INPUT QUALITY IN THE ACQUISITION OF ENGLISH PAST TENSE MORPHEME: A CASE STUDY OF JUNIOR SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS OF KAUWI SCHOOL IN KITUI WEST SUB-COUNTY, KENYA

Musyoka, Benedetta Mueni (2016)

ABSTRACT The acquisition of second language has been under investigation by many researchers for a long time but no in-depth studies have been carried out in the area of past tense morphology in the studies carried out ...
DISCURSIVE CONSTRUCTION OF MASCULINITIES IN GÌKÚYÚ PROVERBS

MUKAMI, GITU P. (Laikipia University, 2016)

ABSTRACT For a holistic understanding of social, economic, political and historical understanding of issues affecting Africa, the struggles of social equality between both men and women must be addressed. This research ...
USAWIRI WA MIGOGORO YA KINDOA KATIKA RIWAYA TEULE ZA KISWAHILI: UTENGANO, KIDAGAA KIMEMWOZEA NA MWISHO WA KOSA

Nyamete, Florence (Laikipia University, 2016)

ABSTRACT Cases of marital conflicts have been on the rise in different families. Causes of these marital conflicts are not clear although some literary works have focused on marriage as an institution. This study aimed ...
AN EXAMINATION OF POLITICAL DOMINATION AND CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTIONS: THE CASE OF MANYANI PRISON IN KENYA, 1952 – 2003.

KUNGU, JOHN NDUNGU (Laikipia University, 2016)

ABSTRACT In the study of prisons, new patterns of interest to historians tend to emerge especially in the context of the colonial and post colonial states. Within the colonial context, state punishment was predominantly ...

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