Ndenyele, Nato, Pommerolle and Shauri have critically examined the fiasco and debacle of the famed Galana-Kulalu mass production of food as a bilateral Kenya-China Government project to cater for food security in Kenya. Unravelling the factors that have led to failure and loss, this paper recommends the short and long-term strategy to address this conundrum and any other future ventures.
Kalama, Ruto and Namasaka’s investigation constitutes an Educational Curriculum venture in which the practice of continuous assessment in the Kilifi North Sub- County Secondary Schools is both assessed and examined. The practice, which is professionally regarded as central in the sciences, and Chemistry in particular, is rarely done in most schools, and so poor and lacklustre in the schools where it is found. The paper recommends a raft of measures to be undertaken at the schools’ administrative and basic pedagogical levels, and at the Sub-County and County administrative levels.
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FOREWORD TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION, VOLUME 2
The Ruwaza Afrika XI, Vol. 2, Nov-Dec, 2024 edition has contributions in LITERATURE, LINGUISTICS & COMMUNICATION, KISWAHILI, ECONOMICS, GEOGRAPHY, EDUCATION & CURRICULUM STUDIES.
In Literature, Ouno critiques the place of external second languages in the representation of local African Literatures, while in Linguistics Kanana, Mutiti and Munyaya engage in a morphological description of Ki-Meru language nominalization using the Ki-Imenti dialect of the language as the source exemplar. Another paper by Munyaya delves on the pragmatics of conflict resolution amongst the Agiryama found along the Kenya coast. Ayieko et al present the results of a study which learners’ acquisition of English Language vocabulary is gauged after extended exposure to cross-word puzzles and picture-word puzzles. Wallace explores Marcus Cicero’s Canons of rhetoric in the analysis and exploration of short story writing.
Bunde’s paper is a critical examination of the portrayal of characters in the East African Kiswahili movies, focusing on TAHARUKI KISIWANI as example. Ong’udi, Nyandiba, and Kevogo focus on the aspect of seeking refuge at the neighboring communities when the circumstances in one’s society becomes unbearable, especially in times of social or political upheaval; this study uses the plot of two Kiswahili novels, Utoro (2009) and Watoto wa Mwelusi (2018).
In a Macro-Economic adventure, Igbekele and Obamwonyi consider the uneven bilateral relationship that has been nurtured and encouraged between Nigeria and China over the years. They argue for the need to strategically push for a policy adjustment in order to address the imbalance of the trade relationship that disfavors Nigeria while giving China undue advantage.
