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Item Role and Empowerment of Women in the Family(Tangaza University College, 1999-02) Korambu, Stephen MuriithiThis essay is divided into five chapters which deals with some specific role of women and how they can be empowered within those roles. Chapter One: Discusses women's workload, women's central roles in the family: domestic, education, socialisation and empowerment of women in those roles. Chapter Two: Will deal with women's economy and the family in Nyeri and women in economic labour market and its impact. Chapter Three: Discusses women's role in the family health care with some focus on empowerment in this area, and women and lily/AIDS. Chapter Four: Focuses on domestic violence against women in the family. Chapter Five: Discusses religious role of women in the family, focusing on catechesis and evangelization, Church's teaching about women, and Church's pastoral approach in empowering women. The chapter will also deal with the observations and recommendations which have featured in different chapters of this essay, and end with a general conclusion.Item Ruracio (Bride-Wealth) Payment Among The Agikuyu(Tangaza University College, 1998-02) Mwangi, SamuelThis work, ruracio (bride-wealth) payment among the Agikuyu, is a study based upon their understanding on the ruracio payment in their marriage rite. Marriage is a human reality. So far as is known, it has been customary in all societies and part of human being from the beginning. As we have seen among the Agikuyu, marriage stands as the very centre of the society. But it has taken many different forms in different times and places These forms, naturally are closely related to the religious practices and other social customs of the Agikuyu wherever they are in the Gikuyu land. Some of these differences found among them include: a) the way in which people arrange a marriage. b) the ceremonies by which they verify it. c) the obligation which marriage brings with it. Many have been writing against the ruracio (bride-wealth) payment but, it is good to know if their ideas have any impact to the people especially the young people who have been caught in between the tradition culture and the western culture. We focused our attention on Makuyu parish in Murang'a, which is one of the area occupied by the Agikuyu. According to what we got from our research findings, most of the people showed that ruracio still occupies a and plays a great role in the Agikuyu marriage. They showed that more than ruracio bringing the two couples and two families together, it also act as a condition for the validity and stability of their marriage. Majority were in favour of its continuation What we saw as an issue to be addressed is the amount to be offered. There is a habit of commercialisation of ruracio by some individuals. Their suggestion which was also ours was to see how this practise is going to be controlled so as to give the young people enough place for their marriage. By controlling ruracio we shall avoid the exploitation and manipulation of the young people especially those who are of low income. What we should keep in mind is t' .at having the ruracio continuation is not enough, but we should also see how we can sensitise the people and not only the parents but as well as the young people. We should make use of the mass media, seminars, workshops and counselling.Item Luo Family Spirituality(Tangaza University College, 1997-02) Oduol, GeorgeThis work is an essay which is to be presented at the Tangaza College, (Theological Centre for Religious), the Constituent College of the Catholic University of Eastern Africa,CUEA, Nairobi, in March 1997, marking the end of a four-year Theological training at the same College. It is a study of the Luo Community of Nyanza Province, Western Kenya, as regards their Family Spirituality, an important area of their religious and spiritual world. In doing this work, I was greatly assisted by the generous selfless co-operation of the people and institutions of higher learning in getting the raw-materials I needed for presenting this work. The assistance I got enabled me to gather rich information from the people I personally interviewed during my field research and also from books which treated the same topic. Therefore,from the information given, I too applied my own personal critiques according to my observation which I considered could justify the claims I put forward and I believe, can make the family image for a better change in the future. For practical reasons, it is not possible to thank all the individuals who, through co-operation and encouragement, helped me to carry out this research; although, the key helpers have been included in the list of informants in the text below. To all of them, I would like to express my sincere gratitude for the cooperation, which sometimes, involved personal sacrifices and physical hardships but without which I would have achieved very little.