http://ir.mksu.ac.ke/handle/123456780/4431 2026-04-03T17:24:26Z 2026-04-03T17:24:26Z Aholi, Seraphine Sherry Konyango, Jacob J. J. Ochieng’ http://ir.mksu.ac.ke/handle/123456780/4936 2021-07-08T10:10:23Z 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z

Influence of Secondary School Students’ Attitude Towards Agriculture on Employment Creation in Vihiga County, Kenya Aholi, Seraphine Sherry; Konyango, Jacob J. J. Ochieng’ Agriculture is believed to be the backbone of the Kenyan economy contributing to over 30% of the Gross Domestic Product and employs about 80% of the rural population. Kenya Vision 2030 positions it as a key driver for delivering the 10% annual economic growth. It is estimated that 64% of unemployed persons in Kenya are youth, indicating a serious employment problem. Emuhaya Constituency being an agricultural potential area, little attention has been taken to identify why there is a high rate of unemployment yet some of the youth who have learnt agriculture in secondary school are idle thus indulging in crime and other social vices. The purpose of this study was to analyze the influence of secondary school students’ attitude towards agriculture on employment creation in Vihiga County, Kenya. The study was done in Emuhaya Constituency and adopted qualitative research design using descriptive survey method. The target population was the youth who learnt agriculture in secondary schools. The study purposively sampled 150 youth out of a total population of 2,736 youth who sat for KCSE in Emuhaya Constituency between 2010-2012. Data was collected using structured questionnaire. Academic experts from the Department of Agricultural Education and Extension validated the instrument. The instrument had a Cronbach’s Alpha reliability coefficient of 0.814, at 0.05 level of significance. The data was analyzed using the Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, based on the objectives and research questions. The relationship between the secondary school students’ attitude towards agriculture and employment creation was tested using Pearson Correlation. Frequency tables and percentages summarized the results. The study established that teaching of agriculture in secondary school based on students’ attitude was negatively related to employment creation for out of school youth in Emuhaya Constituency of Vihiga County. The study recommended formulation of policies that promote harmonization between agriculture teaching and employment creation, it recommended youth to take up agricultural activities for employment and also recommended replication of similar studies in other levels of education such as primary and university.

2019-04-01T00:00:00Z Kamau, Mary Wambura http://ir.mksu.ac.ke/handle/123456780/4935 2021-07-08T10:07:35Z 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z

Evaluation Of Effects Of Sewage Farming Vegetables To Consumers And Their Awareness In Peri-Urban Areas: A Case Study Of Ruai, Nairobi County. Kamau, Mary Wambura Food safety has become everybody’s concern and it’s difficult to find anyone who has not encountered an unpleasant moment of foodborne illnesses at least once. Food borne illnesses are a result of consumption of contaminated food with micro-organisms, pathogens, heavy metals and other toxic elements. Due to lack of land and water for farming in Nairobi most farmers utilize the land along the sewage which is usually owned by the government and do their farming with the sewage water. Most of the vegetables consumed in Nairobi is produced with sewage water and I wanted to know how the produce affects the consumers since the water contains heavy metals, pathogens and micro-organisms. Sewage vegetables are sold everywhere in the market and they take biggest share in the market. Those who produce using clean tap water are mostly not able to take their produce to the market since consumers come to buy the vegetables at the farm. I realized that vegetables produced using clean water was very few to satisfy the population and so most farmers sold to friends. I used a stratified random sampling technique, I used questionnaire and interview method to collect data from the consumers, I interviewed consumers both from their homes and in the market place since most people consume what they sell. I adopted statistical package for social sciences method for data analysis.

2019-04-01T00:00:00Z Nzioka, Alice http://ir.mksu.ac.ke/handle/123456780/4934 2021-07-08T10:07:29Z 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z

Tourism Product Innovation: Positioning Meetings, Incentives, Conferences And Exhibitions, As A Strategy For Product Diversification In Beach Hotels of Mombasa County, Kenya Nzioka, Alice The study purposed to investigate Meetings, incentives, conventions and exhibitions, abbreviated “MICE” as an important element of tourism product innovation and diversification in Kenya. This paper had specific reference to the Beach Hotels in Mombasa County in the Kenyan Coast, which has traditionally offered vacation and leisure tourism product. As one of the major sectors within the global tourism industry, MICE have long been recognized as a sector that gives direct and indirect revenue for host destinations, creates employment opportunities and generates foreign exchange. As a consequence of all these major characteristics, the number of destinations vying for this industry is increasing (UNWTO, 2014). This study adopted a census approach while data collection took a two pronged approach. A validated questionnaire was administered to the respondents while a focus group discussion was held with selected hotel owners from the county. Results from this study indicate that during the period of focus 50% of the study hotels offered incentive tours while 33% offered exhibitions and trade fairs. The proportion of MICE earning compared to the total earning in the beach hotels grew from 21% in 2013 to 51% in 2017. The study found that 38% of the hotels are increasing their marketing targeting MICE, 31% are investing in developing their facilities. Seventy percent of the respondents said that the MICE product need diversification as an opportunity for growth as well as income to cushion the hotels during the seasonal fluctuations of the leisure tourism. Results showed that 60% of the hotels have not exploited their advantage of being on the beach to offer more incentive tours. The study recommends that beach hotels address new and existing innovations and technological solutions to diversify their businesses by offering products that incorporate business with leisure packages to be able to maximize on their revenue all year round.

2019-04-01T00:00:00Z Mutune, Fellis N. http://ir.mksu.ac.ke/handle/123456780/4933 2021-07-08T09:57:38Z 2019-04-01T00:00:00Z

Research and publish, publish or perish, so what? Mutune, Fellis N. Research primarily is geared towards creation of new knowledge. Researchers in Applied Linguistics are expected to identify and solve linguistic problems in the society. For this to be realized scholars in applied linguistics should engage in research that influences policy formulation or change of policy and also engage stakeholders at the formative stages of the research process .Over the years, scholars have pursued Applied Linguistics and explored varied issues in an endeavour to acquire certificates for different motivations. In each and every institution of higher learning in Kenya, there has been a research policy that at the undergraduate level, each and every student must come up with a project before graduation. The Commission of University Education has passed that at the post graduate level, a candidate pursuing masters should publish a paper from their research project or dissertation before graduation. At the PhD level, one has to publish two papers from their research work. Of what value are these research activities? As applied linguistics researchers we need to bring the policy actors and stakeholders on board. This paper explores platforms, strategies and opportunities which an applied linguist can maximize in engaging the policy actors. Further, the paper examines the tools and skills that an applied linguist should have for effective communication with various types of stakeholders to get value for the research conducted. Also, the paper explores the tools which an applied linguist can use for mapping policy actors. It is hoped that the issues addressed in this paper will be instrumental to an applied linguist on how to engage the stakeholders in the research process and also the implementation of the research findings to facilitate formulation of policies that bring change.

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