Dr.David Kung’u Kihara

Name: DR.DAVID KUNG’U KIHARA Title/Qualification: Ph.D(KISWAHILI) Department: Kiswahili and African Language Designation/Position: LECTURER Email:  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Contact Address: 156-01028 KANGARI Area of Specialization: KISWAHILI,SOCIO-LINGUISTICS Research Interests :-Sheng’,Lexicalization,institutionalization and Deinstitutionalization In Matatu Sheng’ Google Scholar: ORCID ID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5245-0914

Publications

•  Kihara,D.K and Ngugi,P.M.(2021). Matumizi ya Teknohama na Lugha ya  Kiswahili kama  Nyenzo ya Kuendeleza Sekta ya Kilimo:Tathmini ya Majukwaa ya Youtube na Facebook in TAALUMA Jarida la Chama cha Kiswahili cha Taifa. Juzuu 1 Na. 1 2021 Uk. 93-100.

• Kihara, D.K. (2015). The Effect of the Meaning and Messageas Reflected in the Matatu Register in Kenya Public Transport Sector in Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences,Vol 6 No. 2 S1,Uk. 435-442. 

• Kihara, D.K. (2015). Textual Analysis: Rhetoric in the Matatu Register in Mediterranean Journal of  Social Sciences, Vol. 6, No. 2 S1 Uk. 354-362.

Books and Books Chapters

• Kihara, D.K. (2015). Rhetoric in Matatu Register. Saarbruken:  LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Housing, ISBN 978-3-659-96395-3.

Conference/Workshops/Seminar Papers
Conference Papers

• Matumizi ya Kiswahili katika Mitandao ya WhatsAPP na FACEBOOK inayotumiwa na wakulima(Kongomano la Kiswahili ,Chuo Kikuu cha Karatina 8^th-9^th August 2019).

• Matumizi ya Lugha ya Kiswahili katika Kudhibiti Ugonjwa  wa Korona  (ISA RC25 International Virtual Conference 15 th- 17^th June 2022).

Student Co-authored Publications

• Muyumba, J., and Kihara, D. (2022). Maneno katika S.E.D. ambayo Hutumika katika Kiswahili Sanifu. East African Journal of Swahili Studies, 5(1), 314-329. https://doi.org/10.37284/jammk.5.1.827.
• Muyumba, J., and Kihara, D.(2022). Muundo wa Kifonolojia wa Maneno ya Sheng’ . East African Journal of Swahili Studies, 5(1), 373-387. https://doi.org/10.37284/jammk.5.1.872.
• Muyumba, J. and Kihara, D. (2022). Sababu za Tofauti za Kimuundo katika Matumizi ya Sheng’ na Kiswahili Sanifu. East African Journal of Swahili Studies, 5(2), 185-194. https://doi.org/10.37284/jammk.5.2.1031.

Workshops Attended

• Kenya Youth Language Practices/Sheng’ Workshop 19-20^th June 2018
• East African Kiswahili Commission/University Kiswahili Stakeholders Workshop 20^TH-22^ND June 2016
• University Internal Quality Assurance 25^th-29^th April 2016

Research

• UUNDAJI,URASMISHAJI NA UTORASMISHAJI KATIKA SHENG’ YA MATATU
• UCHAMBUZI WA MATINI:MATUMIZI YA LUGHA KATIKA SHENG’ YA MATATU
• MATUMIZI YA LUGHA YA KISWAHILI KATIKA KUDHIBITI UGONJWA WA KORONA

Conferenced/Workshops/Seminars Attended

Conferences Attended

• CHAKAMA CONFRENCE OCT 2015(MKU)
• CHAKITA CONFRENCE AUG 2013(KU)
• International Mother Language Day (IMLD) 20^TH-22^ND FEBRUARY 2019 (KENYATTA UNIVERSITY)
• CHAKITA CONFRENCE 8^TH-9^TH AUGUST 2019(KARATINA UNIVERSITY)
• INTERNATIONAL MOTHER LANGUAGE DAY CELEBRATIONS 21^st FEBRUARY 2022(KENYATTA UNIVERSITY)
• ISA RC25 International Virtual Conference  15^th-17^th June 2022.

Workshops Attended

• Kenya Youth Language Practices/Sheng’ Workshop 19-20^th June 2018
• East African Kiswahili Commission/University Kiswahili Stakeholders Workshop 20^TH-22^ND June 2016
• University Internal Quality Assurance 25^th-29^th April 2016

Seminars Attended

• E-Learning Training 8^th March 2018
• Capacity Building for new Teachingstaff-Methodology 25^th-26^th June 2018
• Safety and Anti-Terrorism Preparedness 27^th June 2018
• Campus Nexsus 8^th March 2019
• Creation of GOOGLE Scholar Account 12^th march 2019
• Thesis and Project Supervision
• Writing of interactive Modules June 2020
• Training on Online Teaching using Google Tools September 2020.