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effect of positioning strategies on competitiveness of health insurance providers in kenya.
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: business administration
Author: agness wamaitha gichuki
characterization of outdoor malaria transmission and plant feeding pattern among anopheles funestus and anopheles gambiae mosquitoes from selected ecologies of kenya.
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: applied parasitology at the university of nairobi
Author: fiona kinya
covid 19 effect on share prices volatility of listed commercial banks in kenya
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: business administration
Author: florah kamanja
the impact of digital innovation on financial performance of forex bureaus in kenya.
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: business administration
Author: francis kabochi gakuru
refugee repatriation as a national security concern in africa : kenya-somalia experience (2013-2018)
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: strategic studies
Author: esma, michael longesh
effect of inflation on financial performance of insurance companies in kenya
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: business administration
Author: francis kariuki kimani
competitive strategies adopted by kitui high school, kenya
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: business administration
Author: frank matheka mwaniki
corporate governance, idiosyncratic risk, economic factors and value of non-financial companies listed at the nairobi securities exchange
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: business administration
Author: fred c obande buluma
assessing recurrent neural networks as a prediction tool for quoted stock prices on the nairobi securities exchange
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: finance
Author: ahmed abdillahi muchuku
peo na mikakati ya kimazungumzo katika uumbaji wa ujinsia miongoni mwa wazulufu nchini kenya
Level: university
Type: dissertations
Subject: kiswahili
Author: gacheiya, raphael mwaura

This thesis is based on an anlaysis of adolsecents’ discursive construction of sexuality. Its main objective is to gain an understanding of the world of adolescents sexuality. Worldwide, studies on sexual behaviour among adolescents indicate that a significant number of adolescents are becoming sexually active at an early age. Whereas it is true that culture and language use fundamentally influence sexuality by creating and communicating values, norms, and expectations regarding sexual relationships and behaviour, it is also true that due to various socio-economic and political changes, these cultures are gradually being abandoned. How sexuality is linguistically defined and framed within adolescents groupings thereby influencing their sexual decision and actions inspired this research. Goffmans’s Frame Analysis Theory and van Dijk’s Critical Discourse Analysis framework were used to examine the lexical items, the different discursive frames and strategies employed in the discourse of sexuality among school going adolescents. The study randomly selected a sample of 104 students from three secondary schools purposefully chosen within Nakuru County. Data was collected through focus group discussions. The data was transcribed, coded and analysed using Frame Analysis as well as Critical Analysis methods. The study established that the words used by adolescents in the construction of their sexuality falls into three functional categories and within which there were subcategories. These words are largely euphemistic and metaphorical. In view of frames, it emerged that there are four distinct frames i.e urgency frame, abstinence frame, authority and characterization or categorization frames. These frames mirror adolescents’ understanding and construction of sexuality and complement each other in the adolescent sexuality discourse. On strategies, seven strategies were used by the adolescents to naturalize and rationalize their sexual acts. These strategies are disclaimer, authority, categorization, euphemisim, metaphors, number game and hyperbole. It is hoped that these findings will not only add to the existing body of knowledge on sexuality discourse but will also inform stakeholders involved in designing youth sexuality programmes in different learning institutions. This may in turn contribute to solving issues such as unwanted pregnacies, school drop out and abortion among adolescents.

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