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Papers by Amos Kibet

European Journal of Management and Marketing Studies, 2021

The participation of members of the public in government development programmes is enshrined in t... more The participation of members of the public in government development programmes is enshrined in the Kenyan constitutions. The participation is not just mere appearance in project deliberations meetings but to be involved in all aspects of the project from initiation to completion. Poor achievement of sustainable development agenda in the county of Baringo has resulted to increased poverty level, increased illiteracy level, increased health risks challenges, insecurity, household income per day being below 1 USD, devastating natural occurrences (flooding of Lakes Baringo and Bogoria, famine, hunger) and poor road network access continues to be experienced. The aim of this paper was to determine the effect of public participation strategies towards achievement of sustainable development in Baringo County. The study was conducted in the six sub counties of Baringo involving sampled residents and sub county administrators. The study was anchored on concurrent triangulation design that a...

Journal of Media and Communication Studies, 2015

This study sought to establish the adherence to professional and ethical principles of reporting ... more This study sought to establish the adherence to professional and ethical principles of reporting insecurity matters by journalists in Kenya. Kenya has continuously grappled with national security issues since the 1998 US embassy bomb attack. Terrorist attacks have become a frequent and major cause of insecurity. This has been aggravated by the frequent sectarian, religious and ethnic violence in various parts of the country. Notably, some of the insecurity situations in Kenya are a result of conflict situations. From the findings of this study, it was evident that the media seldom used expert opinion in their news programmes on matters of insecurity. It was also clear that the largest percentage of insecurity as reported by the media resulted from terrorism activities followed by security operations by the state security machinery. From the findings of this study, some of the articles had sensational and unjustified news aspects in the story. However, the headlines of stories relating to insecurity were largely descriptive and informative and did not seek to incite or provoke any community to violence or vengeance. While the media did not perform poorly in terms of conflict sensitive reporting, some of the words that were used by some newspaper articles and TV clips were in violation of stipulated tenets of conflict sensitive reporting. The study recommends the separation of facts and opinion when reporting insecurity should be clearly upheld. Journalists should choose their words very carefully when reporting on conflict instigated insecurity matters in their stories. The media have a responsibility for contextualized, meaningful reporting where news programs have adequate background information on historical, cultural and even political perspectives of conflicts causing insecurity. This allows audiences to make informed decisions

African Journalism Studies, 2018

Using a cross-sectional survey of two sampled counties in Kenya, this article analyses whether so... more Using a cross-sectional survey of two sampled counties in Kenya, this article analyses whether social networking sites reflect social network heterogeneity. It then examines how social network heterogeneity influences polarisation in Kenya. Three types of polarisation are examined: party, ethnic and ideological (around county resources). The study focuses specifically on the public WhatsApp platform (the most popular SNS in Kenya). To assess this empirical data, theoretical perspectives are drawn from the literatures on incidental and selective exposure and their impact on political polarisation. The findings indicate that the randomised composition of a WhatsApp group through public links indeed reflects social network heterogeneity. The findings further show that posting political news, obtaining political news and commenting on political news influence social network heterogeneity to some degree. This social network heterogeneity was also found to influence all three (party, ideological and ethnic) types of polarisation in varying but significant degrees.

The role of table banking on the empowerment of women in Kenya

This study examined the audience perspective on what constitutes quality television news programs... more This study examined the audience perspective on what constitutes quality television news programs and the effects of commercialization on news content with regards to news quality.The media is a commercial enterprise like any other business investment venture, it therefore seeks to create and supply products that are suited and demanded by its clients. Clients of all products and services demand the best quality of all they seek to purchase. The tenets of social responsibility consider quality news programs to constitute in-depth and analytical news coverage that serves the society in terms of development and ensures information dissemination for social good. The study indicated that the audience instead preferred non-comprehensive, non-analytical news stories. Based on this analysis, it was evident that quality news programs, according to audience depend on how informative it is with regards to current affairs. Among the factors that were considered important elements of news quali...

The Role of Pension Schemes in Economic Development: Comparing Kenya and Singapore

Research Journal of Finance and Accounting, 2016

The purpose of the study was to examine the role of pension schemes in economic development by co... more The purpose of the study was to examine the role of pension schemes in economic development by comparing Kenya and Singapore. Kenya and Singapore attained independence from the British government nearly at the same time in the year 1963. Ironically Singapore is an emerging third world economy with its GDP over seven times the Kenyan GDP. As per the 2011 statistic, Singapore’s GDP was estimated at over Kshs.20 trillion and Kenya’s 2.8 trillion. Kenya is still characterized by high rates of unemployment, high poverty rates, poor housing, poor healthcare and low of life rates expectancy and other characteristics of third world countries. The puzzle is: do pension schemes play any role in Economic Development? We examined the role pension schemes has played in Singapore to achieve its growth and Development the lessons Kenya can learn and replicate to achieve its economic growth and development as envisaged in vision 2030. The research focused on the first pillar of pension system in b...

European Journal of Management and Marketing Studies

Verbal Venom: Examining the Role of Vernacular Radio Stations in Conflict Management and Enhancing Peaceful Co- Existence in Kenyan Society

The study sought to examine the role of vernacular radio stations in conflict management and enha... more The study sought to examine the role of vernacular radio stations in conflict management and enhancing peaceful co-existence in Kenyan society. Vernacular radio stations have in the past been incriminated in the past for promoting discussions and providing a plat form for hate speech. Such discussions have been fo und to be stereotypical, lacking in facts and often sen sationalized. The study therefore sought to examine vernacular radio station content and talk to a samp led editors and radio station manager. The study found that some discussions did not differentiate comment, con jecture and factual contributions on the various se nsitive issues during discussions that threatened peaceful o-existence and conflict situation in Kenya. Some of the discussions analyzed contained unsubstantiated clai ms. The unsubstantiated claimed bordered on negativ ethnic contributions, insensitive contributions to topics without understanding the content and also c riticizing concerned parties witho...