https://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/88 2026-04-04T15:10:14Z 2026-04-04T15:10:14Z Mukilima, Joel I. https://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6745 2023-11-30T09:54:01Z 2022-02-08T00:00:00Z

Title: Development assistance in Kenya: an evaluation of German donor aid in post independent Kenya, 1963-2003 Authors: Mukilima, Joel I. Abstract: This study traces, analyses and accounts for German and Kenyan development bilateralism from 1963 to 2003. It highlights the origins, characteristics and development of Germany's development assistance programme to Kenya. It demonstrates the evolution of the major features of the German foreign policy and donor assistance to Kenya. Moreover, it seeks to analyse the trends in the German-Kenya bilateral relations over the period under study and to evaluate and account for the impact of German development assistance on Kenya's development. These highlights are made against a background of the Cold War politics and contexts in which Kenya-German bilateral relations were developed and thrived. The study seeks to identify the various capitalist beliefs and practices that inform the German economic policy towards Kenya and analyses the nature of its development assistance programme. The significance of the study is embedded in the fact that Germany is one of the major industrial countries of the world today, the third largest economy in the world after America and Japan, whose bilateral relations call for historical analysis. An account of Germany‘s major transformations is made within the Habermarsian theory as well as the dependency theory. These enable us to account for how that nation which had experienced great political and economic turmoil in the first half of the twentieth century became so successful in its socio-economic reconstruction. These processes are posed within the communicative action theory as well as the purposive dialogue theory of Habermas in an integrated way with the dependency perspectives. This work is, therefore, largely a historiographical and documentary review based study in its research design. The various literature, documents and harnessed oral information are subjected to historical analysis, interpretation as well as historical explanation within the Habermasian communicative action and purposive dialogue theories as well as the dependency conceptual framework. It has been demonstrated that in order to solve problems of diplomacy and national interest, Germany operationalized her foreign aid policy and donor assistance within official policy frameworks identified as Hallstein, economic self-interest and Friedenpolitik doctrines and other reports that spelled out official aid policies and practices for the country. The study has demonstrated how these policy frameworks have determined German development aid policy over the years. Finally, the study highlights the Cold War ideological setting in which KenyaGerman bilateral relations emerged and blossomed. The study is based on the primary assumption that Kenya's development strategy of partnering with Germany was a product of the Cold War context of world politics. It also assumes that Germany‘s economic development has enhanced its capacity as a development assistance donor to Kenya and that Germany's donor assistance programme with Kenya began at independence in 1963, and was part of Germany's general foreign aid policy to Africa. Moreover, it argues that Germany's foreign aid policy enhanced Kenya's development in the modernization and neo-classical sense while in our view it has entangled Kenya further in a dependency relationship. An interdependence relationship has also been fostered between the two nations. Description: Doctor of Philosophy in History, 2015

2022-02-08T00:00:00Z Mose, Norah N. https://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6324 2023-11-30T09:44:56Z 2021-08-05T00:00:00Z

Title: Lexico-pragmatic interpretation of conflict management in the 2013 Kenyan presidential campaign speeches in Tarakwa, Uasin Gishu, Kenya Authors: Mose, Norah N. Abstract: Kenya’s elections have been marred with conflict since 1992, with Tarakwa being hit the most. However, in 2013, conflict was contained. While conflict management in 2013 was attributed to many factors, the role of language is tacit. The present study illuminated the relationship between language, conflict management and Kenya’s 2013 presidential elections. The aim of the study was to analyze the lexico-pragmatic interpretation of conflict management in 2013 Kenyan presidential campaign speeches in Tarakwa, Uasin Gishu. The objectives of the study were to interpret lexical choices on conflict management in the 2013 Kenyan presidential campaign speeches; to establish the relevance of speech acts in the 2013 Kenyan presidential campaign speeches in conflict management; to examine the attitudes expressed towards the utterances of the 2013 Kenyan presidential campaign speeches in conflict management and to investigate the interpretation of specific stylistic effects of the 2013 Kenyan presidential campaign speeches in conflict management. The study employed relevance theory by Dan Sperber and Deirdre Wilson (1995) and speech act theory by John Austin (1969). Cognitive and communicative principles and speech act categories respectively were employed. Analytical research design was employed. The study area was Tarakwa. The study population were 8 presidential candidates of 2013, 150 campaign speeches and 37,683 residents of Tarakwa. 4 presidential candidates namely Uhuru Kenyatta, Raila Odinga, Musalia Mudavadi and Martha Karua; 12 campaign speeches and Tarakwa were purposively sampled. Data was collected through online extraction of presidential campaign speeches and focus group discussion. A pilot study was conducted in Kapkures, Nakuru. For validity, the researcher ensured the research tools contained all information that would answer the research questions. Data was analyzed qualitatively and presented according to the themes of lexical choices, speech acts, attitudes and stylistic effects. The findings revealed that narrowing of the concepts peace and unity denoted desisting from incitement, accepting election results and encompassing inclusive politics. Broadening denoted love, development, family hood and forgiveness. Through speech acts, presidential candidates warned people to desist from conflict, sought forgiveness, declared to accept election results and promised to seek court redress. Utterances that condemned tribalism and incitement were endorsed with approving attitudes. Dissociative attitudes of criticism and skepticism indicated ulterior motives for conflict management. Stylistic effects portrayed conflict management through accepting election results, defeat and rejecting insolence among candidates. In conclusion, the lexical choices peace and unity were basic in conflict management and presidential candidates needed to exhibit them. Speech acts influenced people to promote conflict management. Attitudes were discernible through candidates’ varying commitments to conflict management. Stylistic effects portraying dissociation with conflict, emphasized accepting defeat as a conflict management initiative. The study recommended use of lexical choices that promote conflict management in elections, employment of speech acts that prioritize the country’s peaceful existence during and after elections, shaping the attitudes of the electorates through downplaying incitement to violence and tribalism, and use of stylistic effects that discourage political altercations among presidential candidates. The study addresses the root causes of election-related conflict through language to achieve national integration. Description: Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics, 2018

2021-08-05T00:00:00Z Ngesu, Sarah N. https://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/6271 2025-07-10T07:30:21Z 2021-06-21T00:00:00Z

Title: Tafsiri katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili kama lugha ya kigeni nchini Uganda Authors: Ngesu, Sarah N. Abstract: Lengo kuu la utafiti huu lilikuwa kutathmini matumizi ya tafsiri na mikakati ya tafsiri katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili kama lugha ya kigeni katika shule za sekondari nchini Uganda. Utafiti ulikuwa na malengo matatu. Mosi, kubainisha mikakati ya tafsiri inayotumika. Pili, kutathmini matumizi ya tafsiri na mikakati ya tafsiri katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili na tatu, kubainisha na kufafanua aina ya changamoto wanazokubana nazo walimu na wanafunzi wanapotumia tafsiri. Katika mchakato wa kutafsiri, mfasiri hukabiliana na tatizo la kupata visawe mbadala baina ya lugha chanzi na lugha lengwa. Ili kukabiliana na tatizo hili, mfasiri hutumia mikakati ya tafsiri. Matumizi ya tafsiri na mikakati ya tafsiri yanaweza kuwa na athari zake katika uhawilishaji wa ujumbe. Mada inayoangaziwa katika utafiti huu inahusu uchangamani wa taaluma mbili ambazo ni tafsiri na ufundishaji wa Kiswahili kama lugha ya kigeni. Kwa hivyo, nadharia moja isingeweza kutosheleza mahitaji ya uchanganuzi wa data zilizokusanywa. Utafiti umeongozwa na Modeli ya Vinay na Darbelnet (2004), Nadharia ya Usawe wa Kidhima ya Nida na Taber (2004) na Nadharia ya Umotishaji Lugha ya Dörnyei (1994). Utafiti huu ulichukua mkabala mseto. Mbinu zilizotumiwa kukusanyia data ni pamoja na ushuhudiaji, uchambuzi wa nyaraka na hojaji. Data za utafiti zimewasilishwa kitaamuli na kitakwimu na kwa kutumia majedwali, chati-duara, grafumhimili na michoro. Matokeo ya utafiti huu yanaonesha kwamba walimu na wanafunzi hutumia tafsiri na mikakati ya tafsiri kwa kiwango kikubwa katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili. Pia, matokeo ya utafiti yanaonesha kwamba walimu hutumia mikakati ya tafsiri ili kukabiliana na tatizo la kutafsiri vipashio vya lugha. Mkakati unaotumiwa mara nyingi katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili ni tafsiri sisisi, ubadilishaji mtazamo, Ubadilishaji kategoria, Usawe na tafsiri-mkopo mtawalia. Pia, imebainika kwamba tafsiri inafaa katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili inapotumiwa pamoja na mbinu nyingine. Kwa kuhitimisha, matokeo yanaonesha kwamba tafsiri inayotumiwa katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili ni ya kimawasiliano ambayo ni tofauti na tafsiri-sarufi iliyotumiwa katika ufundishaji wa Kiyunani na Kilatini. Aidha, matumizi ya tafsiri yana changamoto zake katika ufundishaji na ujifunzaji wa Kiswahili. Inapendekezwa kuratibu mtaala wa ufundishaji wa Kiswahili ili kuwaongoza walimu wa Kiswahili kutumia mikabala mseto ambayo pia itajumuisha tafsiri, badala ya kusisitiza mkabala wa kimawasiliano tu. Description: Tasnifu ya PhD (Kiswahili), 2021

2021-06-21T00:00:00Z Yenjela, Wafula https://repository.seku.ac.ke/handle/123456789/3796 2023-11-30T09:49:53Z 2017-12-15T00:00:00Z

Title: Narrated histories in selected Kenyan novels, 1963-2013 Authors: Yenjela, Wafula Abstract: This thesis explores the novel‘s potential to interrogate, reimagine and reflect on the histories of nations, particularly the Kenyan nation. It engages with selected Kenyan novels written in both English and Kiswahili for a period of fifty years of post-independence Kenya in a quest that reveals the novels‘ contributions in imagining, shaping, and reflecting on the nation‘s histories. The temporal space under focus — 1963 to 2013, provides a sufficient canvas that enables identification of shifts and continuities, transformations and regressions, and how novelists make sense of the changing times. The task of approaching Kenya‘s narrated histories through the two dominant national languages, Kiswahili and English, is productive since it taps into not only histories that are language oriented, but also various narrative patterns resultant from the Kiswahili and English literary traditions in Kenya. Furthermore, as opposed to focusing on one novelist‘s portrayal of the nation, the thesis explores texts from a range of novelists from different generational and geographical locations. This offers diverse insights into Kenya‘s histories as it is anchored on the belief that an assembly of various ―artistically organized‖ (Bakhtin 262) voices from carefully chosen novels offers a richer portrait of Kenyan novelists‘ conversations with their histories. The thesis foregrounds how novelists ―reflect, and reflect on, extant perspectives in understanding reality by creating new maps of existence through ideas that not only generate, but also transcend existing possibilities and ways of apprehending those possibilities‖ (Adebanwi 407). Reflections on the nation‘s represented histories presuppose a quest for transformation of values, policies, and laws that govern society. This is the motivation of reimagining and reconfiguring troubled, often suppressed, histories of Kenya, which at times erupt in form of violent conflicts, as seen for instance in the 2007/2008 post-election violence. In an attempt to understand contemporary Kenya‘s gender and socio-economic inequalities, ethnic tensions, particular regions‘ quests for secession on various grounds, and state malpractices on the one hand, and certain individuals‘ sacrificial campaigns for a transformed society on the other, the thesis charts through the precolonial, colonial, and post-independent Kenyan continuum. The thesis focuses on selected novels‘ subject and themes and comments on style and structure where into or supports the argument being advanced. Through this approach, the thesis emphasises interrogation of inhibitive structural and perceptual foundations by reading novels that engage Kenya as a contact zone, Kenya‘s state histories, socio-political histories embedded in romance novels, and the urban novel‘s engagement with impoverished but resilient urbanites. Overall, the thesis convenes a reflection on the interface between Kenyan histories and artistic engagements with these histories. Description: Doctor of Philosophy, 2017

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