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Teenage pregnancy refers to pregnancy of a woman of less than 19 years. It is found commonly amongst young people who have been disadvantaged and have poor expectations with regard to either their education or job market. The purpose of the study was to identify factors influencing the rise of teenage pregnancy in Nkareta Secondary School. It sheds light specifically on reasons behind its perpetuation, its harmful consequences, shows how it constitutes a barrier to education and enjoyment of girl’s human rights. The study was guided by the following objectives: factors contributing to teenage pregnancy, effects of teenage pregnancy in their lives, determine the extent to which teenage pregnancy contributes to schoolgirl dropout and proposed recommendations to strengthen pregnancy prevention strategies. The study utilized descriptive survey design. A sample of 10% of the total population was obtained for the study and 50 respondents were interviewed. Simple random sampling was used to select the sample that represented the whole population. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used during data collection from respondents. The study concluded that the risk of pregnancy is greater among adolescents with no formal education than those with secondary education. (1)
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The career progress of women refers to the job advancement and development of women in both the formal and informal sectors. Often the career advancement and development of women in many fields is usually slow and most women start their careers either in lower status, lower paying jobs or as contract employees and they remain in those position most of their career life. This is because of the so many barriers and obstacles that they have to confront since they block their way. The general objective of the research was to study the factors that influence the career progress of women in Maasai Mara university. The study focused on the socio-cultural, economic and environmental factors that influence the career progress of Maasai women which acted as the three main objectives of the research. The survey also employed Rawls' theory of justice and random sampling in the research. This descriptive research will employ qualitative research design in order to provide answers to questions that arise during the study. The quantitative data was collected through administering unstructured interviews to the respondents. Then the quantitative data was statistically analysed by a computer programme known as statistical package for social science(SPSS) and presented using pie charts, tables and mean. (1)
The consequences of heavy or ‘binge‘ drinking pose serious risks for drinkers, but also for those in the immediate environment. This study therefore, was to investigate whether alcohol dependency has any negative influences on the academic performance on those who depend on it using the following objectives: to establish the causes of alcohol dependency, to investigate the effects of alcohol dependency on academic performance and to find out the economic constraints incurred by students as a result of alcohol dependency and how that influences their academic performance for undergraduate students in Maasai Mara University. This is important because the student fraternities of Maasai Mara University were enlightened and many respondents who participated in this study gained more knowledge on the topic. This study also helped the administrators to put in place the right measures to control consumption of alcohol within the University to control consumption within the university and improve the quality of education. Two theories were broadly discussed in this study. They include the behavioral theory and medical theory but for the purposes of this study, they were regarded as models. This study was be influenced by various dependent and independent factors as shown in the conceptual framework. Without these factors, this study would be impossible, as they are what facilitates alcohol consumption and affects the result of the study. This is a descriptive, cross sectional study utilizing both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection while purposive sampling was used in data collection. This study present two types of data, that is, primary and secondary data. The primary data was collected through administration of questionnaires while the secondary data was obtained from previous works done by our previous researchers. Data from the questionnaire was entered, checked and analyzed using SPSS. The results were then presented in form of tables, graphs, and pie charts. Bivariate analysis was performed in order to examine associations between independent variables and dependent variables. The findings of this study can also be used by NACADA as the main body of drug control to understand the current situation in Kenyan Universities. (1)
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The future of any nation in this world lies basically on how they treat its youngest citizens. Provision of basic primary education therefore goes a long way in determining our future and the future of other generations to come. Education therefore, is a prerequisite for national development and world prosperity. Kenya has made numerous strides in its quest in advancement of education to its citizens since independence. However, the Kenyan education system has been hurdled by numerous challenges in terms of service delivery, effectiveness and steadfastness through numerous challenges encountered in its implementation. This study therefore aimed at creating an understanding of the multifaceted nature of the factors affecting enrolment and retention in public primary schools in Kampi ya Moto Division, Rongai Sub County in Nakuru County. The study population comprised of all educational stakeholders in Kampi ya Moto Division including the teaching and non-teaching staff, pupils, parents, education and the duty bearers in the education administration in the area. Data for this research was generated through structured questionnaires and interview schedules and the respondents were the respective school heads, parents in these school and officers in the education department in both Sub county and divisional levels. All data generated for the study was analysed descriptively using tables, frequencies and percentages and later construed graphically through pie charts, bar and line graphs. The study found out that a combination of factors underwrote the low enrolment levels in public primary schools including socio economic factors, family background aspects, conditions in these schools and the surrounding environment. Family background factors accompanied by political dynamics were seen to have a big effect on enrolment in primary education. HIV/AIDS prevalence also presented a numerous number of reasons for low enrolment levels in Kampi ya Moto division a trend that can present itself in several other ways in the future. The government ought to ensure that there are eminent measures and strategies in place to avoid disparities in enrolment levels and ease implementation of the salient policy provisions in administration of public schools such as the auspicious free primary education programme which has numerous potential in transforming our nation into a stable middle-income economy (1)
The main purpose of the study was to determine the effects of donor aided projects on the social-economic welfare of the rural Community. The specific objectives of the study were: To determine how fund allocation through donor aided project contribute to rural community social-economic welfare, to examine how stakeholder involvement in donor aided project contribute to rural community social-economic welfare, to establish how economic empowerment through donor aided project contribute to rural community social-economic welfare and to determine how capacity building through donor aided project contribute to rural community social-economic welfare. The study will be of great significance as it may help donors to gauge the positive contributions of their projects towards social-economic development of rural community and thus source for more funds to help increase their involvement within the poor rural community. The study may also be used as self-examination tool for both National and County government on rural community development and as such replicate the same. The study used a descriptive research design, where the target population was 240 and sample size 72 respondents. Questionnaire was the main instrument used to collect data and data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and presented using frequency tables, percentages and charts. From the findings it showed that, through involvement of the community and other stakeholders the quality of projects, the transparency, proper management of resources as well as equal distribution of resources ensured that what was budget for to improve the community social-economic welfare had been utilized in the best way possible. The findings also revealed that the priorities given when allocating donor funds like, schools, hospital, transport and communication infrastructure as well as basic commodities like water contributed significantly to the wellbeing of the community, The study recommends that the transparency of donor project be stress further to ensure that what the donors had pledged is well utilized and the tenders are given to the community without bribes and other unethical behaviours which may be detrimental to effective utilization of such funds, the allocation should always be on merit and for the betterment of the community in general and finally community to be educated on the oversight role to enable them reap full benefits of such project. (1)
The nonprofit organizations are volunteer-driven and depend mainly on foreign aid in order to drive their service-oriented missions. The miscellaneous bill passed in parliament in 2013 that advocated for reduction of foreign aid only added more strain to the condition. The donors are changing strategy in how they contribute to poverty reduction and this means that non-profits organizations should able to accommodate changes in order to survive the changing world. The purpose of this study was to examine various strategies that can be adopted to attain financial sustainability. The specific objectives were: to determine if engaging in social enterprise venture influences a non-profit’s financial sustainability, to examine if social media visibility attracts funding diversification from the donors and finally to verify if fostering relationship between non-profit and the state has an impact on financial sustainability of the non-profit sector This research was carried out in Narok North Constituency in 4 NGOs which are active and registered by the NGO coordination board. The study adopted the theory of change from which the conceptual framework was developed. The target population was selected by random sampling design and it comprised of 35 employees from Sidai and USAID NGOs (Enaitoti Naretu, Narok District Network Forum and Olsho). A closed ended questionnaire was used as the data collection instrument. For the data analysis, descriptive statistics of frequencies and percentages were done using the SPSS software version 21. The findings were expected to be beneficial to the community members, the local NGOs, private sector and also the government. The findings revealed that social enterprise venture, non-profit’s visibility and strategic alliances had significant effects on the financial sustainability of the NGOs. From the study it was evident that there is need to strategize on ways to build on their financial reserves as the external environment is drastically changing and needs of the communities keeps on rising. Keywords: social enterprise, Non-Governmental Organization, social enterprise, financial sustainability, visibility (1)
The purpose of this research project was to come up with a comparison of academic performance between student mothers and non-student mothers in Maasai Mara University. Whereby the research objectives were; to compare the attitudinal differences between student mothers and non-student mothers, to compare the challenges faced by student mothers and non-student mothers and to compare the academic performance between student mothers and non-student mothers. This study investigated the experiences that student mothers face while going on with their education. Those experiences are what contributes either positively or negatively to their academic performance. The study was also meant to benefit the student mothers especially when put into use by the Maasai Mara university administration. That is, to shed light to them on some hardships that student mothers undergo and thus consider them in the course of timetabling. The study was carried out in Maasai Mara University, situated in Narok County, approximately 1.5 Kilometers from Narok town. It targeted the student mothers present in Maasai Mara University, specifically those who were in session. This study was not done as an independent study but employed two theories to streamline it, that is, the identity and the role conflict theory. Also, it included the conceptual framework which has the dependent variable, the intervening and the interdependent variable. The study employed descriptive survey design utilizing both qualitative and quantitative data collection methods. The snowballing sampling technique was used to identify student mothers. The study used primary data which was collected through use of a five point Likert scale questionnaire and secondary data which entailed the published books, academic journals and the internet source. The researcher used Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) to generate the descriptive statistics and also to generate inferential results. The descriptive statistics used included frequency tables. The findings of this study were to help the Maasai Mara University administration come up with structures that will curb the challenges faced by the student-mothers, thus boosting their academic performance. There is also data analysis that was done based on the questionnaire and the responses given as per objective and the findings, conclusion and the recommendations. (1)
The purpose of this study is to establish the prevalence of drug abuse in Maasai Mara University, main campus and the adverse effects it has on the general wellbeing of students. The following objectives guided research: determining the effects of alcohol abuse to students, providing an in-depth study on the popularization of Marijuana abuse among youths, establishing the extent of tobacco smoking among students, availability of drugs close to the school premises and identifying the most abused drug that is preferred by students. Different literatures have contributed massively in availing vital data and information that has been the foundation and skeleton of this research. This paper uses descriptive research design in data collection. (1)

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