Draft Programme for 3rd Annual International Interdisciplinary Conference, Nairobi, Kenya June 22-15 2016
Maurice Amutabi
MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY OF KENYA JOINT INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE, June 22-25, 2016 at Multimedia University of Kenya Hotel, Nairobi, Kenya
DAY 1 Wednesday, June 22nd 2016
v Arrival and Registration of delegates
v Familiarization and visit to Conference venue
v Checking into hotel rooms
v Distribution of name tags and conference material
v Corrections on the Programme
v Make any announcements and changes
v PowerPoint presentations given to ICT staff for presentation
v Please Register on the first day, June 22, 2016 from 2pm
DAY 2 Thursday, June 23th, 2016
Keynote Speakers
Prof. Justus Mbae, Vice Chancellor, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA), Nairobi, Kenya
Prof. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Vice Chancellor, United States International University (USIU-Africa), Kenya
Prof. Winston Akala Jumba, Dean, Faculty of Education, College of Education and External Studies, University of Nairobi, Kenya
8:00am - 10:30am: Conference Opening and Keynote address
Moderator: Amb. Prof. David Kikaya, United States International University-Africa, Nairobi, Kenya
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8:00am- 9:00am |
Registration |
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9:00am-9:05am
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Opening Prayer
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9:05am - 9:15am |
Welcome remarks from Convenor Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi |
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9:15am – 9:20am |
Welcome remarks by Co-Convenor Prof. Abel Mayaka |
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9:20am – 9:40am |
Official opening by the Chief Guest, Amb. Prof. Justus Kaberia, Vice Chancellor, Multimedia University of Kenya |
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9:40am- 10:10am |
Keynote address by Prof. Justus Mbae, Vice Chancellor, The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA) |
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10:10am – 10:15am
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Vote of thanks by Dr. Lillian Otieno-Omutoko, University of Nairobi |
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10:15- 11: 00am |
Group Photo/Health Break |
Parallel Sessions
Panel Session A: 11:00am – 1:00pm
Panel A1: Politics, Judiciary, Language Question and Development in Africa
Location: Room 1
Chair: Mumo Nzau
Gato Gilbert Semaana, (Bishop Barham University College- Uganda), Maternal Health and the Development of Uganda: A case Study of Kisoro District, Uganda
Abaya Angulu Samson (Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria) A Critical Examination of Language Situation in Nigeria and its Impact on National Development, Nigeria
Agbo, Uchechukwu Johnson, (Federal University Wukari, Taraba State – Nigeria) Dependency Syndrome and Obasanjo’s Policy Reforms: 1999-2007
Amutabi Maurice, (Africa Interdisciplinary Studies Association- AISA), Ephemeral Nature of Political Parties in Kenya and the Challenge of Building Stable Political Institution and Structures in Country: Retrospection
Paul Adole Ejembi (Islamic University in Uganda), Galvanizing the Realization of the Right of African States to Development under International Law: A Conscionable Desideration or Malapropos
Nzau Mumo (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa-CUEA), Bench, Bar and the Bandit Economy: A Critical Analysis of the Kenya’s Judicial System under the 2010 Constitution, Kenya
Panel A2: Climate Change, Indigenous Knowledge and Management of Resources in Africa
Location: Room 2
Chair: Christopher Ndlovu,
S. Awoniyi (Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria), Heritage, Culture and Development In Africa: The Nigerian Experience
Jonanga Livingstone (Kisii University, Kenya.), Environmental Impact Assessment Process in Kenya: The Green-light for Environmental Destruction.
Ebiede, Tonye Marclint, (United States International University-Africa, Kenya) On Paris We Stand? The Global Climate Change Agreement and Its Implications for Countries in Africa,
Odero Neychor, ( Kendu Bay,Kenya ) The Physics Of Carbon Dioxide And Climate Change, The Mango Tree
Sammy Mwangi (Karatina University, Kenya), Consociational Democracy and Peace Building in Devolved Systems of Governance in Kenya (2010-2015).
Christopher Ndlovu, (Lupane State University), (Sipho Sibanda, Solusi University), Indigenous Knowledge Systems: implications for Agricultural Education in Zimbabwe.
Panel A3: Higher Education, Teacher Education, Secondary Schools and Development
Location: Room 3
Chair: Lydiah Nganga
Olisaemeka Angela Nneka,( (University of Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria) Emotional Intelligence, Academic Self- Efficacy And Braille Use As Predictors Of Academic Achievement Among Secondary School Students With Visual Impairment In Anambra State.
Hiire Geoffrey Boaz and Neema-Abooki, (Makerere University, Uganda) History of QA Movement and its Influence in Higher Education,
Asiago Dorcah (University Of lirobi, Kenya), The Challenges Facing Head Teacher’s Role in the Implementation of The School Feeding Programme in Public Primary Schools in Nairobi Province
Musepa, M., Luchembe, M and S.N Ng’ambi-Chipalo, (University of Zambia.), Adult Learning and Instruction: availability, participation and utilization – The case of Chipata district of Eastern province in Zambia
Nancy Mayoyo & Tom Nyangáu (Kisii University, Kenya), An Assessment of The Relationship Between Facebook and Academic Achievement of Kisii University Fourth Year Bachelor Of Education Students.
Lydiah Nganga (University of Wyoming, U.S.A.), John Kambutu (Kenya) Preparing teachers for a globalized world
Panel A4: Teacher Education, Counselling, Research, Science and Development in Africa
Location: Room 4
Chair: Lukwago Rashid
Phanuel Kisambo Gudi (Kisii University), The effect of mastery of skills of drawing Biology diagrams during the learning of Biology on the learners performance in the subject, Kenya
Grace Atemi Ondieki (Kisii University), The State Of Guidance And Counselling and the Impact On Adolescents Drug Abuse In Secondary Schools In Kisii County, Kenya
Jacinta Mwende
Maweu (University of Nairobi, Kenya) Moulding Self-reliant students by
Addressing the Critical thinking gap in Educational reforms in Kenya.
Yahya Ibrahim Harande (Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria), Bibliographic Control Through Bibliometrics Approach in Scientific Researches: A literature Review
Elsabé Wessels & Nolutho Diko, (Mafeking Campus, North-West University-South Africa) Teaching Learner Support Using Real-Life Environment to Enhance Students’ Understanding
Laban Mgendi Irhene (University of Arusha, Usa-River, Arusha, Tanzania), Lifelong Learning: African Perspective
Lukwago Rashid and Neema-Abooki, (Makerere University), Pedagogical knowledge and Effectiveness of Academic Staff in the Teaching-Learning Process at Makerere University, Uganda
Panel A5: Religion, the Church, NGOs and non-State Agencies in Development in Africa
Chair: Mastone Mbewe
Location: Room 5
Mastone Mbewe, (University of Malawi, Malawi), Exploring the Church’s Contribution to Political Life in Malawi: The Case of Roman Catholic Church.
Stephen Kioko David &Michael T. Katola, (Kenyatta University, Kenya) Church and the State: The Church-State Relationship after the Second Liberation Struggle in Kenya.
Diane Ciekawy (Ohio University, and Athens, USA), A Quest for Prosperity: Kaya as a Mijikenda Faith-Based Development Institution.
John Musalia, (Western Kentucky University, USA), Membership in Organization, Trust and Health in Kenya
Edgar Chemwami Marumbu &Vincent Moracha, (Kisii University, Kenya),Media and the Church in Africa,
Gemade, Comfort Kamimi (Benue State University, Makurdi-Nigeria), Climate Change and the Church in Nigeria
Panel A6: Engineering, ICT, Media, Science and Technology In Africa
Location: Room 6
Chair: Abel N. Mayaka
Peter Ocholla George Aike and Andrew Hall (Kwadlangezwa, South Africa) Adequacy of satellite derived rainfall data for Rainwater Harvesting Modelling in Mtubatuba Area in KwaZulu Natal, South Africa
Tirus Muya, Maina James & Ogalo Naomi Mwai, (Kisii University and Technical University of Kenya), The Pedagogical Readiness of Instructors towards Achieving Integration of ICTS in TVET Institutions in Kenya
Phenny Mwanga, Abiud Banda, Pritchard Mukuka, Chalusa Chisanga, Maboshe Libati, Hastings M. Libati, Lusungu Ndovi (Copper belt University, Kitwe Zambia), Designing and building a low cost mobile micro sensor for air quality monitoring
Matthews Ollyn & Yaone Rapitsenyan, (University of Botswana, Gaborone, Botswana), Understanding design and user-centered design: Perspectives of the furniture manufacturing industry in Botswana
Nanncy
Adagala – Ombuya, (Maasai Mara University, Kenya), The Extent to which
Effective Communication is practiced among Internal Publics of Privately Owned
Secondary Schools: The case of Nairobi County, Kenya
Tirus Muya Maina & Charity Mweru Maina (Murang’a University College and Technical University of Kenya), Kenya towards Mobile Virtue Network Operator: Opportunities and challenges.
Abel N. Mayaka, Dickson Andala (Multimedia University of Kenya), Kezia N. Ngugi, Moses Mwangi, (South Eastern Kenya University), Design of an Ecosan Toilet Model for Kenyan Schools
Lunch - 1:00pm - 2:00pm
Parallel Sessions B 2:00pm - 3:30pm
Panel B1: Radicalization, Security Issues, Borders and Development
Location: Room 1
Chair: Lenshie, Nsemba Edward
Githae, Joan, Fridah Mugo and Janet Kassilly, (Masinde Muliro University of Science and Technology-MMUST and University of Nairobi, Kenya), Youth violence-The critical challenge of development in Africa-“A call for family Support”
Yongo, David Dura, (Federal University, Katsina State, Nigeria),The rise of Militant Islam against Western Imperialism: A Critical Challenge to African Development in the 21st Century.
Linnet Hamasi, (Kisii University, Kenya), Sources, Trends and Influences in Radicalization of Women and Girls: Implications for Security in Kenya
Wilson Namusi & Simbarashe Namusi, (Zimbabwe Open University, Zimbabwe), An evaluation of the role of the Organ for National Healing, Reconciliation and Integration in post conflict Zimbabwe.
Linda Piknerova, (University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic), Landlocked States and its Relationship to Development
Lenshie, Nsemba Edward, (Taraba State University, Jalingo North-East, Nigeria) Igbo Economic Relations, Resilience and Challenges in Northern Nigeria: The Post-Civil War Experience.
Panel B2: Library, Information Science and Communication Technology.
Location: Room 2
Chair: Kabiru Dahiru Abbas
Tirus Muya Maina &Charity Mweru Maina, (Murang’a University College and Technical University of Kenya.), Kenya towards Mobile Virtue Network Operator: Opportunities and challenges.
Bappah Magaji Abubakar, (Bayero University, and Kano, Nigeria), New Skills and Competencies required by Academic Librarians in the Information: A case of Nigeria.
Auwalu Muhammad Giginyu, (Bayero University, Nigeria), Awareness and use of Internet Search Engines by the Students of Kano State Tertiary Institutions Bayero University.
Mugalavai Cynthia Chamwada, (Moi University, Kenya), The roles of records management policy framework at Kakamega County.
Nyakundi James Nyambane, (United States International University-Africa.) Emerging trends in Library services for Children
Kabiru Dahiru Abbas, (Bayero University, Kano- Nigeria), Application of Information and Communication Technologies for the Management of Knowledge and Innovations in Nigerian Agricultural Research Institutes
Panel B3: Gender, Feminism, Tourism and Development in Africa
Location: Room 3
Chair: Mohammmed Abubakar Bitagi
Gwendolene P. Zenabuin, (University of Buea, Cameroon), Gender Roles and Representation: Women’s Oral Genres in Kedjom
Theresia Mdlongwa, (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe), The Femininity of Poverty and the Post Colony in We Need New Names (2014), Running with Mother (2012) and The Uncertainty of Hope (2006)
Amutabi Maurice, (Africa Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA) Narratives around Ikhonga Murwe (Crying Stones) Of Kakamega and implications for Tourism Development in Western Kenya Some critical Reflections
Mercy Olimba,(Marist International University College, A constituent of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa-CUEA), Waste management and Child labour in Informal settlement in Kenya: A specific reference to Ngong Dumping Site
Felix Olayinka Awogbemi & Nandutu Merab Kimo, (Islamic University of Uganda & Bugema University, Mbale, Uganda), Effect of Domestic Violence on The Socio-Economic Well-Being of Households in Bungokho Community, Mbale District
Mohammmed Abubakar Bitagi, (Federal University of Technology, Minna, Nigeria).Availability of Information Resources for Research in Agricultural Research Institutes (ARI) in Nigeria
Panel B4: ICT, Quality Assurance, Gender Dynamics, Education and Development
Location: Room 4
Chair: Luhamya Aloyce
Kimetto Caren Chepkemoi & Felicity Murunga, (Kisii University- Eldoret Campus & University of Eldoret, Kenya).Challenges facing the Implementation Of ICT Enhanced Education in Rural Secondary Schools: Case of Kabiyet Sub-County in Nandi County.
Okeke, Uchenna K. and Ukoh, Edidiong E. (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), The Influence of Locus of Control, Study Habits And Gender on the Academic Achievement of Senior Secondary School Physics Students’ In Ibadan Metropolis.
Moshidi Mary Makgato, (Tshwane University of Technology Pretoria North- South Africa), The basic concepts and educational principles that support lifelong learning: An investigative study of lifelong learning and adult education in South African Institutions.
Mapako Felix P & Mareva Rugare, (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe), A study of the dynamics and impact of social networks on teaching and learning: A case of Great Zimbabwe University.
Peter Sampa, Luchembe, Musonda and Ng’ambi-Chipalo, S.N, (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia), Adult Learners’ Perception of the University of Zambia Adult Education Programmes on Copperbelt Province of Zambia
Luhamya Aloyce and Neema-Abooki,( Makerere University, Uganda.), Quality Assurance in Higher Education: A case of Absence-of-Problems-Model.
Panel B5: Judiciary, Constitutionalism and Human Rights in Africa
Location: Room 5
Chair: Paul Adole Ejembi
Jon Silverman (University of Bedfordshire, UK), The Justice Conundrum: Redressing human rights abuses in Africa.
Osinibi, Olusegun Michael, (Olabisi Onabanjo University), The Law as a Tool for Ensuring Food Sustainability In Africa: The Need To Abolish Trade Distorting Agricultural Subsidies In A Globalized Economy.
John C Mubangizi (University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa), A Human Rights-based Approach to Combating Public Procurement Corruption in Africa.
Boniface Muoka, (Nairobi). The Elusive Quest for National Cohesion and Politics of Reconciliation in Kenya
Gyanendra M. Fulzalke and V M. More (Swami Ramanand Teerth Maraathwada University, Nanded, Maharashtra, India), Freedom of Religion in India and Role of Supreme Court of India Critical Study
Paul Adole Ejembi, (Islamic University in Uganda), Moving From The Margins To The Mainstream: Towards Calibrating The Regional Legal And Regulatory Environment To Shore Up The Promotion And Protection Of The Rights Of Persons With Disabilities Under The Auspices of the African Union
Panel B6: Adult Learning, Entrepreneurship Education and Politics in Africa.
Location: Room 6
Chair: Marijani, Ramadhani
Moshidi Mary Makgato, (Pretoria North-South Africa) Poverty as the most important socio – economic barrier that affects adult learning and participation in South African context (Tshwane University of Technology)
Komi Ahiatroga Hiagbe, (Global Theological Seminary Osu-Accra, Ghana) Of Antelopes and Dancing Squirrels: Cultural Reconstruction for Sustainable Development in Sub-Saharan Africa.
Osa D. Egonwa(Delta State University, Abraka, Delta State, Nigeria) Entrepreneurship Education And Africa’s Sustainable Development, Centre For Entrepreneurial Studies.
Maurice Amutabi (Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA).Fifty years of Kenyatta and Odinga Family in Kenyan Politics and implication for 2017 Elections: Political Analysis, African
Siru Hameed Tunde & Peace Benson, (Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina, Nigeria And Kenyatta University, Kenya) Persuasion and/or Manipulation in ‘We Must Remain United’: A 2014 Democracy Day Broadcast By President Goodluck Jonathan.
Marijani, Ramadhani, (Tanzania Public Service College) The Quasi –Autonomous Agencies In Limbo: A Case Of Tanzania Employment Services Agency (Taesa) And Recruitment Secretariat (Rs),
Health Break
3:30pm – 3:45pm
Parallel Sessions
Panel Session C 3:45pm - 5:00pm
Panel C1: Education, Media, Poverty Alleviation and Development
Location: Room 1
Chair: Leen Kavulavu
Richard Kanyerezi and Neema-Abooki, (Makerere University, Uganda) Institutional Autonomy in Allocation of Funds in Institutions of Higher Learning: A Case of Makerere University, Uganda.
Ochieng’ O. K’Olewe, (McDaniel College Westminster, Maryland, USA) Retention of Girls in a Rural Primary School: Addressing UN Millennium Development Goals
Pascal Odoch, (University Of Lusaka, Zambia), The Critical Role Of School Feeding To Primary Education Outcome - Pupil Performance: The Case Of Kalangala District, Central Uganda, University Of Lusaka, Zambia.
Nabunya Kulthum, Kasenene Idris and Neema Abooki, (Makerere University, Uganda) Influence of Human power planning on academic Staff and their service delivery in the College of Education and External Studies at Makerere University, Uganda
Florence Boinet, (Kisii University, Kenya), Influence of Instructional Media on Quality Teaching and Learning in Selected Primary Schools in Eldoret
Leen Kavulavu, (Karatina University) Critical thinking in Kenya Education for Poverty Eradication and Human Development
Panel C2: Climate Change, Tourism and Management of Resources in Africa
Location: Room 2
Chair: Sikholiwe Dube,
Oyaro, Chungo (Kisii University, Kenya) Dominic, The Confound Future Of Climate Change, Environment And Development.
Ukuma, Teryila Shadrach (Benue State University) Traditional Tiv Performances and Cultural Tourism: The Tsuwe Tsere Dance in Focus
Kenneth Frank O. Atieto, (Egerton University, Kenya) Management of I.K. As A Cultural Heritage Resource for Sustainable Development among the Ogiek Community of East Mau Forest Complex,
Vundi Nason, (St. Paul’s University, Limuru Kenya), An Evaluation of the Community’s Resilience in Coping with the Global Climatic Change: Case of Mwala District, Machakos County
Jane Kwenye, (Copperbelt University, Zambia), Promoting pro-environmental behaviors among Zambians: The effect of place attachment and loyalty to a natural tourist setting
Sikholiwe Dube, (Lupane State University, South Africa), The Role Of Ndebele Or Shona Orature In Health Matters.
Panel C3: Nationalism, Refugees, Security, Peace and Conflict in Africa
Location: Room 3
Chair: Sr. Lucy Achieng
Jan Záhořík (Centre of African Studies University of West Bohemia in Pilsen, CZE) ,Ethiopia and the Oromo Question after Meles Zenawi.
Barigye Godfrey, (Kabale University, Uganda) Ethnic Politics, Cultural Differences and Geopolitics Greater Lakes Region: The Case of Congolese and Rwandan Refugees in Uganda,
Okoli Ifeoma Bibiana and Ezemenaka Emeka Kingsley, (University of Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria), Security Emergencies in Nigeria: Ordeal for Persons with Special Needs (Visual Impairment).
Lucy Shule, (Centre for Foreign Relations, Dar es Salaam), Refugee Dynamics and Tanzania’s Regional Commitment to Resolve Conflicts.
Otieno- Omutoko Lillian, Paul A. Odundo and Samson Gunga (University Of Nairobi), Value Based Education as a Response to Emerging Challenges in Africa: In search of Global Citizenship for a Peaceful World.
Sr. Lucy Achieng, (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa (CUEA)), The Role of Higher Education in Curbing Terrorism in Africa
Panel C4: Women, Feminism, Social Issues and Development in Africa
Location: Room 4
Chair: Afaor Dorothy Nguemo
Timothy Akampurira, Alice Mbabazi, Peter Nareeba And Annet Kwarija.(Uganda Christian University Mbale), The Effect Of Alcoholism on The Welfare Of The Elderly Women In Muhanga Town Council, Kabale District South Western Uganda: A Social Work Analysis.
Ondara Kiyondi Reuben,( Kisii University, Kenya), The Role Of Women In Development As Depicted In Gusii Secular Pop Music,
Omwoyo Bosire Onyancha, (University of South Africa), 40 years on: an informetrics study of Kenya’s health problems since independence.
Amutabi Maurice (Africa Interdisciplinary Studies Association –AISA), Economic and Social Cost of Burial Ceremonies in Western Kenya: Cost Benefit Analysis and implication for development
Jackson Keter Kipkemoi and Okello Ayuma Caroline, (Kisii University, Kenya), An Evaluation of challenges facing adoption international financial reporting standards by small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in Kenya: A survey of Eldoret Town, Kenya.
Afaor Dorothy Nguemo (Benue State University, Makurdi-Nigeria), African Feminism Vis – A – Vis Western Feminism, A Critical Bargain In Tiv Nation
DAY 3 Friday 24th JUNE 2015
Plenary Session - 8:00 am - 9:00 am
Keynote Speakers:
Prof. Paul Tiyambe Zeleza, Vice Chancellor, United States International University (USIU-Africa), Nairobi, Kenya
Prof. Winston Akala Jumba, Dean, School of Education, University of Nairobi, Kenya
Parallel Sessions - Panels
9:00am– 10:30am
Panel D1: Devolution, Corruption, Culture and Development in Africa
Location: Room 1
Chair: Claudine Anita Hingston
Lillian Zippora Omosa, (Acadia University, and Canada), Organizational Culture and its Influence on Strategy Implementation: A Case Study of a Non-governmental Organization Educational Studies.
Terwase T. Dzeka, (Benue State University Makurdi, Nigeria), Corruption and its Debilitating/Terminal impact on African Development: A Study of Nigeria’s Fourth Republic 1999 – 2015),
Vundi Nason, (St. Paul’s University, Limuru, Kenya), Devolution, Power, and Democratization VS Development in Kenya: Where are we going wrong? A Case of Machakos County.
Terver Akpar, (Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria), The Context And Conflict Of Rural And Urban Development Paradigms – The Dynamics And Politics of Village Versus City Dwellers in Africa.
Amutabi Maurice, (Interdisciplinary Studies Association -AISA), Recovering History through Lullabies and singing Games among the Abaluhya of Western Kenya: Revisiting Oral History.
Claudine Anita Hingston, (Management College of Southern Africa –MANCOSA-South Africa), Rethinking African Leadership: The Need for more female leaders in Africa Centre for Women Leadership, Durban, South Africa.
Panel D2: Academic Freedom, Education and Development in Africa
Location: Room 2
Chair: Bongani Bantwini
Lubega Kajura, George William and Prof. Neema-Abook, (Makerere University, Uganda), Challenges to academic freedom and institutional autonomy in Sub-Saharan African Universities: A case of Public Universities in Uganda.
Moses Gatambuki Gathigia, George Ogal Ouma, & Titus Karuri Macharia,( Karatina University, Kenya), Conceptual Metaphors in Bertolt Brecht’s Play: “The Caucasian Chalk Circle”
Uche Uwaezuoke Okonkwo & Mercy Ekenma Obasi, (Ebonyi State University Abakaliki, Nigeria), Quota System and University Education in Nigeria 1948-2015: Merit or Mediocre?
Musonda Luchembe, Peter Sampa and Machila Nisbert (University of Zambia, Lusaka, Zambia), An Examination of Student Teachers’ Preferences for Continuous Assessment
Abdu Kisige and Neema-Abooki, (Makerere University, Uganda), Cross Border Education and its Influence on the Quality of Higher Education
Bongani Bantwini (North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), Is there interface and culture of collaboration among various levels in the education system in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa?
Panel D3: Migration, Terrorism, Security, Peace and Conflict in Africa
Location: Room 3
Chair: Gilbert Kansiime Arinaitwe
Mastone Mbewe (University of Malawi, Malawi), Exploring the Lived Experiences of Refugees who settle Outside Dzaleka Camp in Malawi: A Phenomenological Approach.
Ogunleye Adetunbi Richard, (Adekunle Ajasin University,Akungba-Akoko Ondo State,Nigeria), Violence and Development in Africa: The Nigerian Experience.
Bonface Muoka, (Nairobi, Kenya), Fighting With Shadow: The Dilemma of War on Terrorism
Kasena Musaku Bandoma, (College of Business Education - CBE), Tanzania), Child Hawking and its Impacts on school Attendances of children in Mbeya City-Tanzania
Linda Piknerova, (University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic), Landlocked States and its Relationship to Development.
Oowo, Joy Ejembi, (Islamic University in Uganda, Kampala Campus, Uganda), Discrimination Against Women in the Work Place: Focus on Nigeria
Gilbert Kansiime Arinaitwe, (Bishop Barham University College – Kabale, Constitute College of Uganda Christian University,Uganda), Development Forced Migrations and Social Security in Cities: Theoretical Analysis
Panel D4: Higher Education, Lifelong Learning and Development
Location: Room 4
Chair: Joe M. Mwinzi
Afusat Olanike Busari, (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), A Study Of Academic Stress among Teachers in Training in Special Education in Relation to their Core Life Skills.
Bongani Bantwini, (North West University, Potchefstroom, South Africa), Is there interface and culture of collaboration among various levels in the education system in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa?
Josephine Waeni Bernard, (Mount Kenya University, Kenya), Curriculum Adaptation for the Management of Learners with Hearing Impairment in Regular Public Primary Schools in Kajiado County, Central Sub County
Asaaju, Olayemi Aderokun, (Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria), Pre-Service Teachers’ Attitudes and Beliefs Towards and about Reproductive Health for the Future we want in Africa.
Nthiga Purity, (Kenyatta University, Kenya), Rethinking the Role of Adult Education and Lifelong Learning in Development: Insights from Somaliland
Joe M. Mwinzi, (University of Nairobi, Kenya), Towards the Africanisation of Teacher Education: A Critical Reflection.
Panel D5: Agriculture, Marginalization and Urban and Rural Development.
Location: Room 5
Chair: Pius Kakai Wanyonyi
Sean Patrick Asiimwe, (Institute of Social Studies, The Netherlands), Peasantry Struggles and Agriculture Modernisation in Uganda: The failed attempt at agriculture transformation for development.
Terver Akpar, (Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria), The Context and Conflict Of Rural And Urban Development Paradigms – The Dynamics And Politics of Village Versus City Dwellers in Africa.
Tumwebaze Joshua, (Uganda Christian University, Uganda), Poverty, Deprivation and Vulnerability
Linnet Hamasi, (Kisii University, Kenya), Gender, Spaces, Agency and Voice in negotiating sustainable development in northern Kenya
Langtone Maunganidze & Matildah Sanka (University of Botswana, Botswana) and Kanana E. Murungi (University of Nairobi, Kenya), Rural elites as assets and liabilities for rural development in Africa: case of Botswana, Kenya and Zimbabwe
Pius Kakai Wanyonyi, (Kenyatta University, Kenya), The Paradox of Development: The Story of Webuye Pan African Paper Mills
Health Break
11:00am – 12:15pm
Panel Session E 11:15am-12:45pm
Panel E1: Devolution, Gender, Entrepreneurship Education and Sustainable Development
Location: Room 1
Chair: Susan Khasenye Wasike
Osa D. Egonwa, (Centre for Entrepreneurial Studies Delta State University, Nigeria), Entrepreneurship Education and Africa’s Sustainable Development
Amutabi Maurice, (African Interdisciplinary Studies Association (AISA). Four years of Devolution and Scramble for Gubernatorial Posts in Kenya: Some Informed Reflection.
Ondara Kiyondi Reuben, (Kisii University, Kenya), Politics and the Language Question in Kenya: the Case of Sheng’
Mercy Olimba (Marist International University College, Constituent College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa-CUEA), Informal settlements and Insecurity in Kenya: A case study of Kibera.
Asaaju, Olayemi Aderokun, (Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Nigeria), Students’ Gender as a correlate of their attitudes and beliefs toward and about school subjects in Lagos Stage, Nigeria
Susan Khasenye Wasike, (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa-CUEA), Contemporary Leadership is the Delegation of Responsibility and Authority.
Panel E2: Xenophobia, International Relations, Refugees and Conflict in Africa
Location: Room 2
Chair: Lucy Shule
Oni Oladapo Isaac (University of Ibadan, Nigeria), Insecurity and Xenophobic attacks in South Africa.
Amugune Donald (Kisii University. Kenya), Border Conflicts on Development in Kenya: A case of Kilingili Market Vihiga and Kakamega Counties.
Abubakar Mohammed Sambo, Muhammad Fuad & Othman Rusdi Omar, (Affiliation missing), Conflict and Intervention in Ecowas Sub-Region:Fourty Years After ‘Integration What Next?’
Selly Amutabi (United States International University-USIU-Africa, Kenya), Kenya-Uganda Relations: Past and Present Engagements
Heri Ryanga, (University of Nairobi, Kenya), Women and Conflict in Mt. Elgon: Assessing Rape as a Weaponing Armed Conflict, 2006 – 2008.
Lucy Shule, (Centre for Foreign Relations, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania), Refugee Dynamics and Tanzania’s Regional Commitment to Resolve Conflicts.
Panel E3: Education Reforms, Exams and Development in Africa
Location: Room 3
Chair: Aggrey Asitiba Okutu
Nabunya Kulthum and Neema-Abook, (Makerere University) Resource Input Model and its effect on quality of education in Makerere University, Uganda
Onjoro Veronica,(Mount Kenya University)Who is Cheating in Exams, is it the Parents ,the Teachers or the students in Kenya. The Case of Cheating in Exams in Kenya and Its implications in the society.
Bongani Bantwini, (North West University, and Potchefstroom, South Africa) Teachers Caught between educational accountability reforms and political pressure: Is there a way out/forward?
Beatrice Tayo Ajayi (Adeyemi College of Education, Ondo, Ondo State, Nigeria), and Dzever Linus Terry (University of Ibadan, Ibadan, Nigeria), Perceived Challenges to the Development and Expansion of Open Education Resources of Distance Learning Programme in Nigeria
Tangi Felista and Daniel Onyango (St Augustine University Of Tanzania), Influence of Supervision and learning materials on effectiveness of group discussions as a learning strategy in Higher Education Institution:A case of St. Augustine University of Tanzania.
Aggrey Asitiba Okutu, (Kisii University) Assessment of Kenya’s Realization of EFA Goals – 2015, A Case of West Pokot County, Kenya
Panel E4: Gender, Language, Sexual Abuse and Newspaper reporting in Africa
Location: Room 4
Chair: Gabriel Jattani Tolosa
Nthiga M. Purity, Kiguru Gatitu & Emily, A. Ogutu, (Kenyatta University, Nairobi) Deal or Duel: A Frame Analysis of Kenyan Newspapers’ Reporting on the Tenth World Trade Organization Ministerial Conference, Nairobi, and December 2015.
Wade Zack Ver, (Benue State University, Makurdi, Nigeria).Emerging Trends in Nigerian Folk Songs: An Appraisal of Tiv Political Songs.
Sarah Chelimo & Jayne Odhiambo Otwack, (Kisii University- Eldoret Campus-Kenya) Challenges facing gender dynamics as an economic and political force in Kenya
Ezekiel Mbitha Mwenzwa (Karatina University, Kenya) A Theoretical Raison d’être of Gender Modelling and Personality Development: Implications on Development.
Hamisi Babusa, (Kenyatta University, Nairobi, Kenya), Language Colonization in Africa: How Can we Liberate Ourselves
Gabriel Jattani Tolosa and Karanja Elizabeth Muhito (Mount Kenya University, Kenya), The Role Of Public awareness and Police Public Relations in Curbing Child Sexual Abuse: A Case of Mshomoroni Estate in Kisauni Sub-County, Mombasa County
Panel E5: Trade, Governance, Land Rights, Boda Boda and Development in Africa
Location: Room 5
Chair: Oliver Tersoo Agundu
Chengetai E. Hamadziripi, (Midlands State University, Zimbabwe), A Common Competition Policy for the Tripartite Free Trade Area: Chartering the Way forward.
Esther N. Ndungu & David N. Gaitungu, (Jomo Kenyatta University of Science and Technology (JKUAT), Kenya) Socio-Economic Implications of the Ban of commercial Motorcycle (Boda Boda) Operations in Nairobi CBD
Veronica Onjoro, (Mount Kenya University, Kenya), Discourse on Boda Boda (Bicycles and Motorcycle Taxis) Alternative Transport in Kenya: Potential, Prospects and Challenges for Operators
Fineman, Guy Goyei (USIU-KENYA).Democratization and Foreign Policy-Making: Examining the Role of Parliament in Africa’s Emerging Democracies.
Linnet Hamasi, (Kisii University, Kenya), Women and Land Rights among Pastoral Ethnic Groups of northern Kenya
Oliver Tersoo Agundu,(Benue State University, Nigeria) Neo-Liberalism and African Search for A Development Model In The Age Of Economic Fundamentalism.
Panel E6: Religion, NGOs Civil Society and non-State Agencies in Development in Africa.
Location: Room 6
Chair: Medard Rugyendo
Paul Wachiuri & Edgar Marumbu,(Kisii University) Radicalization, Islam And Christianity In Africa.
Gilbert Kansiime Arinaitwe, (Bishop Barham University College – Kabale, Constitute College of Uganda Christian University-Uganda) Social Work Administration And Policy Analysis: Theoretical Perspectives
Julius Omona, (Makerere University, Uganda), Donor driven Social services for the vulnerable people in Africa: A case of social protection of the disabled in Uganda
Daniel Ogachi Oigo (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, JKUAT)), .Ratio Analysis and listed company performance
Wilkins Ndege Muhingi,(Kisii University, Kenya) Civil Society and Development: Focus on Africa. Sabas Kimani (The Catholic University of Eastern Africa, CUEA, Kenya) ,Religion and environment issues.
Medard Rugyendo (World Bishop Barham University College, Uganda) The Bible-based environmental conservation for the 21st Century.
12:15pm - 2:00pm
Panel Session F 2:00pm– 3:30pm
Panel F1: Mining, Waste Management, Politics and Development in Africa
Location: Room 1
Chair: Akinrinlewo, Adepeju Mariam
Ronald Ngulube, Rajendra Agrawal, Stephen B. Mulenga, Francis Zambika and Barry Kalumba (Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia), Improvement of Acid Soluble Copper Recovery in Tailings Leach Plant at Konkola Copper Mine Plc, Zambia
Peter Tengaa, (College of Business Education CBE, Mbeya campus, Tanzania) Causes and Effects of Improper Solid Waste Management Case of Songea region
Asiru Hameed Tunde & Peace Benson (Kenyatta University) (Umaru Musa Yar’adua University, Katsina Nigeria), Persuasion and/Or Manipulation In ‘We Must Remain United’: A 2014 Democracy Day Broadcast By President Goodluck Jonathan)
Linnet Hamasi, (Kisii University, Kenya), Peasants and politics in Africa: Implications for Development.
Lillian Zippora Omosa, (Acadia University, Canada), Organizational Culture and its Influence on Strategy Implementation: A Case Study of a Non-governmental Organization Educational Studies
Akinrinlewo, Adepeju Mariam, (Hallmark University, Ogun State Nigeria) Modality and Credibility in the First Inaugural Speech of President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Panel F2: Education and Development in Africa
Location: Room 2
Chair: Audax B. Kweyamba
Mapako Felix P & Mareva Rugare (Great Zimbabwe University, Zimbabwe) A study of the dynamics and impact of social networks on teaching and learning: A case of Great Zimbabwe University.
Felicity Murunga & Chebii J. Chebiwot (University of Eldoret and Kisii University) Which Way Africa? New Pedagogies
Grace Atemi Ondieki (Kisii University, Kenya) The State Of Guidance And Counseling And The Impact On Adolescents Drug Abuse In Secondary Schools In Kisii County.
Bosire Monari Mwebi & JoAnne MacDonald, Preparing Teachers and Nurses for 21st Century Competencies: Canadian Experience, St. Francis Xavier University, Canada.
Oowo, Joy Ejembi, (Islamic University in Uganda, Kampala Campus, Uganda), Discrimination Against Women in the Work Place: Focus on Nigeria
Kweyamba B. Audax, (University of Dar es Salaam), The imperative of confronting Corruption as governance and moral issue in Tanzania: Department of Political science and public Administration.
Panel F3: Labour, Teaching, Nursing and Secondary Schools in Development
Location: Room 3
Chair: Katamba Abubakar Saka
Jane Machyo, (Uganda Christian University, Uganda), Universities Deliverables and Employee Expectations in Eastern Uganda
Lubega Kajura, George William and Neema-Abooki, (Makerere University, Uganda), The challenges facing research management in Sub-Sahara African Universities.
Bosire Monari Mwebi & JoAnne MacDonald (St. Francis Xavier University, Canada) Preparing Teachers and Nurses for 21st Century Competencies: Canadian Experience, St. Francis Xavier University,Canada.
Asiko Abigael and Julia Enoi (Catholic University Of Eastern Africa, Kenya),Influence of Parental Alcohol consumption on children’s Welfare in Kwanza Ward, Trans Nzoia, Kenya
Marlion Onyambu, (Kisii University, Kenya), Factors Affecting Academic Achievement of Day Secondary School Students in Eldoret Municipality
Katamba Abubakar Saka, (Federal University of Technology, Minna – Nigeria), Interactive Effect of Motivation, Job Satisfaction, Gender and Educational Qualification on Job Performance of Library Personnel in Universities in North-Central, Nigeria
Panel F4: Management of Human and Other Resources in Africa
Location: Room 4
Chair: Lydia Kivuva,
Sylvia Atoko, (University Of Lusaka, Zambia),The Relationship between Human Resource Practices and Organizational Commitment.
William Adams Twayigize (University of New England, Australia), Preventing Africa's Resource Curse through Indigenous Community Participation: A Case Study of Turkana Oil Exploitation in Kenya.
Tapiwanashe Mutonhori, (Great Zimbabwe University) Cultural Dialectics in Sustainable Resource Management in Zimbabwe: The Role of Karanga Culture in the Resource Management Matrix.
Evans Vidija Sagwa (Technical University of Kenya) and Appolonius Shitiabai Kembu, (Mount Kenya University), Influence of Human Resource Management Practices on Competitive Strategy: A Study of Deposit Taking Saccos in Nairobi County, Kenya.
Langtone Maunganidze, (University of Botswana, Botswana), Feeding from natural resource management (NRM)-related conflicts: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Lydia Kivuva, (Cooperative University of Kenya), Evaluation of the drought Mitigation and response strategies in Makueni County, Kenya
Panel F5: Rethinking Development Paradigms: Education and Development in Africa
Location: Room 5
Chair: Ujeyo Margaret Stella
Ekundayo Lawrence Olabode, (Adekunle Ajasin University, Nigeria) Corruption in Africa: Nigeria as A Case Study.
Moses Gatambuki Gathigia, George Ogal Ouma., & Titus Karuri Macharia, (Karatina University, Kenya),Conceptual Metaphors in Bertolt Brecht’s Play: The Caucasian Chalk Circle
Veronica Onjoro, (Mount Kenya University, Kenya), Are menses a hindrance to Kenyan girls education?
Ujeyo Margaret Stella and Neema-Abooki, Approaches to Effective Quality Assurance Strategy in Higher Education Institutions, Makerere University, Uganda
Daniel Ogachi Oigo (Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, JKUAT)), and Abigael Asiko Kutwa (Kisii University), Improving youth livelihood through small holder farming
Kebenei P.J, Cherotich M.G & Busienei A. C, (Kenya, University of Nairobi –Kenya) Influence of Devolved Government on instructors’ Motivation in Vocational Training Institutes: A case study of Bomet County
Panel F6: Leadership, Environment, Higher Education and Politics
Location: Room 6
Chair: Pamela Wadende
Judah Ndiku, Pamella Buhere, Aliva Luvaso, Christopher Omusula & Lorna Nakera (Masinde Muliro University-Kenya) African Leadership Academy: A New Paradigm Shift in Leadership and Governance in Africa.
Pamela Wadende, (Kisii University, Kenya), The Edu-Environmental nexus in emerging patterns of health seeking behavior in Kenya’s Kericho County
Patrick M Dikirr, (The Technical University of Kenya, Nairobi, Kenya), Transforming Africa: From Initiating People-Centred Political Culture to Cultivating Environmental Literacy.
Amutabi Maurice, (Africa Interdisciplinary Studies Association-AISA), Pius Masinde Muliro and Kenya’s Interrogating his patriotism and Nationalists Credentials
Laban Mgendi Irhene (University of Arusha, Usa-River, Arusha, Tanzania), Academic Integrity, Accountability and Ethics in Higher Education
Misozi Daka
and Wizaso Munthali (Copperbelt University, Kitwe, Zambia), E-Waste Generation
and Management an Institutional Approach: A Case Study of the Copperbelt
University, Zambia
Conference Closing Ceremony:
MC: Dr. Mumo Nzau
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3:45pm-4.00pm : Closing Remarks & Way Forward from the Chair, Conference Organizing Committee: Prof. Maurice N. Amutabi, PhD
4:00pm-4:15pm : Official Closing by Prof. Inyani K. Simala, CEO/Secretary Kiswahili Commission of East Africa
4.15pm – 4.30 pm : Vote of Thanks by Representatives of Delegates
4:30 pm-4:35pm : Vote of Thanks from Prof. (Eng.) Abel Mayaka, PhD
4:35pm-5:00pm : Issuing of Certificates of Participation
Delegates depart at their own pleasure |
Saturday June 25, 2016, Conference excursion paid for
individually. The itinerary will include visit to the Animal orphanage, the
only national park situated in the capital city of Nairobi.
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1. The NGO Factor in Africa
http://www.amazon.com/NGO-Factor-Africa-Arrested-Development/dp/0415979951
2. Regime Change and Succession Politics in Africa
http://www.amazon.com/Regime-Change-Succession-Politics-Africa/dp/0415534089
3. Lifelong Learning in Africa
http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Lifelong-Learning-Africa-Technological/dp/0773447571
4. Studies in Economic History of Kenya
http://www.amazon.com/Studies-Economic-History-Kenya-Entrepreneurship/dp/0773439072/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1265479492&sr=8-1
5. Perspectives in African Environment and Technology
http://www.amazon.com/Perspectives-African-Environment-Toyin-Falola/dp/15922188496
6. Prof. Maurice Amutabi's Blog
http://kenyasocialscienceforum.wordpress.com/author/kenyasocialscienceforum/