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College majors for high school students are mostly predicted by Grade Point Average (GPA) scores and standardized tests. Both predictors are applied by the regional government of Kurdistan, Iraq. The objectives of this research were to characterize dynamics that determine performance of high school students, in terms of both the standardized Wzary test and overall high school GPA, and the influence on their subsequent selection of college majors. Whether students who choose the same major could be assumed to have the similar cognitive abilities, on average, was also investigated by this paper. Data was collected via a questionnaire that was distributed to university students. The questionnaire sought to collect information on the academic performance in high school, socioeconomic status at the time, and parents' education status. It was established that biology major students had a distinct higher GPA compared to other departments in the faculty of Education, and through multiple linear regression, it was established that mother's education level, mode of transport to school, place of residence, and student's age are some of the predictors of high school GPA.

Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the Bachelor of Laws Degree, Strathmore University Law School ; Personality rights encompass the right of an individual to control the commercial use of their name, image, likeness or other unequivocal aspects of one's identity. Kenya does not have a defined legislative framework on personality rights and individuals are accorded protection by the constitutionally guaranteed right of privacy and copyright laws. The need for a defined legislative framework is continues to grow, due to the proliferation of data and internet use in Kenya which has eased access to social media platforms. Social media platforms have eased access to and sharing of material that could potentially infringe an individual's personality rights. This research employs the descriptive research design where literature from academic journals, textbooks and reports is studied. The dissertation explores the concept of personality tights at length by detailing the origins of the right and how personality rights are protected in other jurisdictions with an aim of identifying key provisions which Kenya should borrow should government decide to enact legislation on personality tights. The research also links the concept of personality rights to social media so as to show that the rights are relevant in this era of increased internet use. Specific online abuses relating to personality rights are discussed, revealing that the internet poses unique challenges to the application of personality rights. The current legal regime in Kenya with regard to digital rights and social media law is discussed and it is found that that the proliferation of internet use in Kenya is not met by a corresponding increase in regulation of internet use, whether through law or policy. The research concludes by finding that a defined legislative framework on personality rights is relevant in the Kenyan context, and suggesting that regulation through policy could be an equally viable method of legally providing for personality rights.

In the contemporary world, discourse on global cultural flows and related outcomes has moved to the center stage in scholarly research and activist realms. In this discourse, especially that related to fundamental world views on globalization and to the links between different communities of the world, the space that popular music occupies is very central.(...) While there is nothing particularly new about the foregoing global trend, its significance in cultural and political debates, at least in Africa and Kenya in particular, has scarcely been appreciated. Little attention has been paid by scholars to an interesting dimension of popular music as a means of making history, interpreting reality and also as a medium that is directed at transforming the present reality in order to realize a better future for the people. (...) This paper focuses specifically on the Kenyan context to contest the foregoing position. Its argument rests on the axiom that whereas it has become normal in the writings on civil society, democratization and so on, to emphasize forms of cultural expressions that are perceived to be avowedly more understood in political circles than others, the space of popular music cannot be under-estimated. It is beneath the dialectics of production and consumption of this popular music with all its contradictions that the fertile intellectual arena on its potent marginalization could be resuscitated. The paper, addressing popular music from a historical perspective, takes into account its dynamic interplay as an aural percept, experience, social practice, individual and cultural expression and as a means of creatively adapting to perceived material conditions to reveal the complex and vital role of popular music as a system for the enactment and negotiation of emergent patterns of identity under conditions of pervasive social, political and economic change. (Afr Dev/DÜI)

Agricultural biotechnology holds great promise in contributing to Africa's socioeconomic development. This is confirmed by a growing body of literature analyzing the positive economic effects at the farm level, and also for a growing number of farmers in Africa. However, with the exception of Burkina Faso, Egypt, and South Africa, the African countries have been slow adopters of biotechnology crops for cultivation

Three words, displacement, destitution and death, summarize what is happening in Mutitu Sub County of Kitui County. Recurrent farmer-herder conflicts have been a feature of the region since pre- colonial period. The participants have been the Akamba farmers and Somali and/or Orma herders. In the post-independent era their frequency has intensified. As a result, they have undermined efforts to increase food production in the region. As such, the conflicts have negatively impacted on communities' livelihoods as well as national stability and development, as the atmosphere they have created has in the long run lowered the quality of life of the resident communities in the study area. In view of this, Peaceful coexistence must thus be sought after by all means. To achieve this, there is need to integrate resident communities to partner with the government and other stakeholders in order to reverse the status quo to the benefit of the resident communities. The objective of the study was to examine the effect of the farmer-herder conflicts on the socio-economic development of the local communities in Mutitu Sub County. The study was guided by the theory of structural violence by John Galtung it illuminates how structural inequalities lead to conflict which systematically deny some people their basic human needs which in turn undermine their socio-economic development. Simple random sampling technique was used to select a sample of 200 respondents. Purposive sampling procedure was then used to select key informants who included; community members, community elders, members of the Area Peace Development committees, state security agents, Non Governmental Organizations and religious leaders. The study used Questionnaire, interview schedules, FGDs and archival sources to get Primary data. Document analysis was done to give secondary data related to the study. The data was then analyzed using descriptive statistics. The results were presented in narration form. The study found out that the farmer-herder conflict led to many effects which in turn have led to loss of livelihoods hence, undermining socio-economic development of local communities in Mutitu Sub County of Kitui County. It is expected that the outcomes of this study will go a long way into building the historiography on conflicts in Kenya, East Africa and the continent as a whole, inspiring other scholars and researchers and acting as reference resource book for other scholars.