Kitche Magak
Biographic Data
| ID | 3485779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kitche Magak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kitche |
| FAMILY NAME | Magak |
| SIGNATURE | MAGAK K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Maseno University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Forging a new normal for peace with justice
Dramatic Elements in Sikhebo as an Acculturative Dramatic Narrative of Babukusu of Bungoma County, Kenya
Like other literary genres, drama explores what it means to be human. With performance at its core, it is the creative actualisation of fictionalised human experience. In traditional Africa, drama is evident in ritual performances practiced during birth, naming, initiation, marriage and death ceremonies. Babukusu initiate boys into adulthood after every two years through a ceremony called sikhebo, a ritual that involves dramatic elements that tra…
Improving Access to Maternal Health Care through Devolution in Western Kenya
Devolution was greeted with great anticipation in Kenya as a means of bringing services closer to the people. However, since the implementation of the recent devolution reforms, criticism has mounted, with evidence of corruption, poor management, late payment of county staff and considerable disaffection among service providers, especially health professionals. In this study, we examine health-care users’ and providers’ perceptions of the effect …
The influence of information technology on the socio-political song in Kenya
This article examines how the growth of socio-political songs in Kenya reflects the effect of the evolution of information technology (IT). The unprecedented proliferation of IT – especially mobile telephony, the Internet and frequency modulation (FM) radio – has played havoc with authoritarian control of information, especially by governments. The speed and modes through which information and song are transferred have diversified, making it poss…
Publish or Perish
This article examines the challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing at two public universities in Kenya. Specifically, it interrogates the advances and bottlenecks of academic research and publishing by scholars at universities in low-resource settings. In such underresourced settings, publishing in international refereed journals (and books), which is the threshold for academic endorsement at Kenyan public universities, …
Improving Access to Maternal Health Care through Devolution in Western Kenya
Devolution was greeted with great anticipation in Kenya as a means of bringing services closer to the people. However, since the implementation of the recent devolution reforms, criticism has mounted, with evidence of corruption, poor management, late payment of county staff and considerable disaffection among service providers, especially health professionals. In this study, we examine health-care users’ and providers’ perceptions of the effect …
Publish or Perish
This article examines the challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing at two public universities in Kenya. Specifically, it interrogates the advances and bottlenecks of academic research and publishing by scholars at universities in low-resource settings. In such underresourced settings, publishing in international refereed journals (and books), which is the threshold for academic endorsement at Kenyan public universities, …
The influence of information technology on the socio-political song in Kenya
This article examines how the growth of socio-political songs in Kenya reflects the effect of the evolution of information technology (IT). The unprecedented proliferation of IT – especially mobile telephony, the Internet and frequency modulation (FM) radio – has played havoc with authoritarian control of information, especially by governments. The speed and modes through which information and song are transferred have diversified, making it poss…
Publish or Perish
This article examines the challenges and prospects of social science research and publishing at two public universities in Kenya. Specifically, it interrogates the advances and bottlenecks of academic research and publishing by scholars at universities in low-resource settings. In such underresourced settings, publishing in international refereed journals (and books), which is the threshold for academic endorsement at Kenyan public universities, …
The influence of information technology on the socio-political song in Kenya
This article examines how the growth of socio-political songs in Kenya reflects the effect of the evolution of information technology (IT). The unprecedented proliferation of IT – especially mobile telephony, the Internet and frequency modulation (FM) radio – has played havoc with authoritarian control of information, especially by governments. The speed and modes through which information and song are transferred have diversified, making it poss…
Improving Access to Maternal Health Care through Devolution in Western Kenya
Devolution was greeted with great anticipation in Kenya as a means of bringing services closer to the people. However, since the implementation of the recent devolution reforms, criticism has mounted, with evidence of corruption, poor management, late payment of county staff and considerable disaffection among service providers, especially health professionals. In this study, we examine health-care users’ and providers’ perceptions of the effect …
Dramatic Elements in Sikhebo as an Acculturative Dramatic Narrative of Babukusu of Bungoma County, Kenya
Like other literary genres, drama explores what it means to be human. With performance at its core, it is the creative actualisation of fictionalised human experience. In traditional Africa, drama is evident in ritual performances practiced during birth, naming, initiation, marriage and death ceremonies. Babukusu initiate boys into adulthood after every two years through a ceremony called sikhebo, a ritual that involves dramatic elements that tra…
Forging a new normal for peace with justice
Computer Science (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Economics (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Library science (2 works) · Media studies (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Acculturation (1 work)