Publications – PADRA

APN/ Next Gen Fellows- Kenya Book Project

Recent Publications

Jacinta Maweu Publications

Jacinta Mwende Maweu. 2025. Digital Populism, propaganda and the construction of electoral legitimacy in the 2022 Presidential elections in Kenya. Erica Guevara and Anais Theviot (eds) Elections and Social Networks around the World p. ISBN 9781032572307

Jacinta Maweu. 2023. Undermining Democracy through Social Media. The Impact of Disinformation in the 2017 Elections in Kenya in Duncan Omanga, Admire Mare and Pamela Mainyeeds). Digital technologies, elections and Campaigns in Africa. Pp.109-121. London: Routledge. ISBN 9781032551166

Maweu, Jacinta. 2023. ‘Election, violence and political legitimation in Africa’ in Uchenna Okeja (eds).
The Routledge Handbook of African Political Philosophy, pp. 256-267. London: Routledge. eBook ISBN 9781003143529

Jacinta Maweu and Admire Mare. 2022. Citizen Journalism, electoral conflict and peace-building processes in Kenya and Zimbabwe in The Routledge Companion to News and Journalism edited by Stuart Allan. Routledge
Maweu, Jacinta. 2022. Media, Ethnicity and Electoral Conflicts in Kenya. Rowman &Littlefield: Lexington Books

Abosede, O.B., Mahfouz, A.A.. Shittu, R,. Maweu, J.M. and Githigaro, J.M. 2022. Managing Violent Religious Extremism in Fragile States Building Institutional Capacity in Nigeria and Kenya. Routledge: London

Maweu, Jacinta., & Mare, Admire. (Eds.) 2021. Media, Conflict and Peacebuilding in Africa: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations (1st ed.). Routledge.

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429344862

Job Mwaura Publications

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles:

Sobel Cohen, M., Mwaura, J., McIntyre, K., (2024) Citizen journalism revisited: A case study of Kenya’s Kibera news network. Journalism. Sage.

Mwaura, J., & Balliah, D. (2024). Championing Inclusivity: Underrepresentation of Women in African Academic Leadership and Scholarly Journal Management. Evidence-Based Library and Information Practice, 19(3), 42–59.

Mwaura, J. (2024). Navigating the digital horizon: Future trends and predictions in Africa. Dialogues on Digital Society, 0(0).

Lusike Mukhongo, L., Mwaura, J., & Omwoha, J. (2024). Reconceptualising Media Ownership and Shifting Power Relations in an Emerging Digital Media Framework. African Studies, 82(3–4), 300–315.

Book Chapters

Mwaura, J., (2024). Publishing as Revolutionary Tools from Pre-Independence to Post-independence Kenya. In Lungile Tshuma et. al (Eds), Media, Social Movements, and Protest Cultures in Africa Hashtags, Humour, and Slogans. Rowman & Littlefield

Mwaura, J., & Cohen, M. S. (2024). Harassment and threats faced by journalists in Kenya: Implications for press freedom and independent reporting. In L. A. Tshuma, T. Matsilele, M. J. Msimanga, & S. Jamil (Eds.), Patterns of harassment in African journalism (1st ed., p. 17). Routledge.

Mwaura, J. (2024) Silicon Savannah or Digitising Marginalisation? A Reflection of Kenya’s Government Digitization Policies, Strategies and Projects. In Chari, T. & Akpojivi, U. (2023). Communication Rights in Africa: Emerging Discourses and Perspectives. Routledge. London and New York.

Policy Brief:

Mwaura, J. (2024) Ethical Guidelines for Artificial Intelligence in Crime Control and Public Order Management in Kenya. Published by the Social Science Research Council, New York.

Blog Articles

Mwaura, J. (2024, July 15). Kenya’s digital divide: Pastoralists are key to the country’s economy, but they’re being left behind. The Conversation.

Mwaura, J. (2024, June 22). Kenya protests: Gen Z shows the power of digital activism – driving change from screens to the streets. The Conversation.

Benson Kanyingi Publications

1. Kanyingi, B., Mwaruvie, J., & Osamba, J. (2024). Interpreting Embu-Mbeere Politics through the lens of Sibling Rivalry, 1906–2021. Egerton Journal of Humanities, Social Sciences & Education, 13(1-196), 92–109.
2) Kanyingi, Benson et al., 2023, ‘Family, Geography, and Health and Medicine Theories’, in Bangura, Abdul Karim; Mensah, Joseph; and Bizos, Anthony (eds.), Theoretical Grounding in African Research: CODESRIA College of Mentors Handbook II, Dakar, Senegal: CODESRIA Publications.

3) Kanyingi, B. (2023). “Conceptualizing Corruption from a Historical Perspective.” In Abdul Karim Bangura and James T. Gire (eds). Corruption in Society: Multidisciplinary Conceptualization. Rowman and Littlefield Publishing Group.

Norah Mose Publications

Mose N. (2022) Verbal irony in the Discourse of Sungusungu Vigilantism in Suneka Township ,Kisii County, Kenya. Politeia. 40(2)
Mose, N., Magonya, L. & Ojwang’ B. (2017). Conflict Management through War Metaphors in 2013 Kenyan Presidential Campaign Speeches. Journal of Literature and Linguistics. 34, 6-16.

Joyce Omwoha Publications

Journal Article: Ndavi, P., Balde, M. D., Milford, C., Mochache, V., Soumah, A. M., Esho, T., … Pallitto, C., Sall, A., Diallo, A., Ahmed, W., Stein, K., Chesang, J. Kimani, S., Jebet, J., Omwoha, J., King’oo, J., Ahmed , M, Ahmed, D. (2024). The feasibility, acceptability, appropriateness and impact of implementing person-centered communication for prevention of female genital mutilation in antenatal care settings in Guinea, Kenya and Somalia. Global Public Health, 19(1). Taylor and Francis.
Research Report: The State Of Women in The Media. Representation, Coverage and Framing of Women in East African Media. Contribution: Development of data collection tools and implementation. Aga Khan Foundation, Aga Khan University & Canada. (2°24°
Journal Article: L. Lusike L. Lusike Mukhongo, Job Mwaura,& Joyce Omwoha (2024). Reconceptualising Media Ownership and Shifting Power Relations in an Emerging Digital Media Framework. African Studies

Book Chapter: Omwoha (2022). ‘Open the Servers’: The Implications of Electoral Technology for Kenya’s Democratisation Process Africa Development, Volume XLVII, No. 2, 2022, pp. 169-182 © Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa, 2022(ISSN: 0850 3907)