Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Factors influencing human trafficking on the horn of Africa a case of Nairobi County in Kenya
(UoN, 2020)Globally, there has been the subsequent occurrences of the humanitarian crisis which has been caused by the human trafficking, this has caused great concern to the international organizations and governments. However, there ... -
Strategies adopted by Kenya electricity generating company PLC limited to achieve competitive advantage
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Managers are expected to make decisions on current and emerging issues on behalf of business owners. Their decisions concern prudent use of resources in a dynamic environment and are aimed at profit maximization and value ... -
Challenges in regulating foreign nationals in informal businesses: a case of the directorate of immigration services, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The aim of the study was to assess the overall challenges faced by the investigation and prosecution division at the Directorate of Immigration Services (DIS) Kenya, in regulation of foreign nationals in informal businesses. ... -
One stop border post as a facilitator of cross border mobility in East African community (a comparative study of Busia and Oloitokitok border posts).
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The regional integration and development of world nations can only be meaningful if accompanied by the modernization of their border crossing points. There is the ever growing desire to put in place a border system capable ... -
The effect of earnings yield on the stock returns of firms listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The use of valuation ratios as determinants of stock returns is widely being acknowledged. Seminal works present evidence of a return advantage on stocks with high earnings yield, book to market and dividend yield ratios. ... -
Assessment of RBM in the public state department of public service in Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Results Based Management (RBM) approach is a key integrative strategy and tool, connecting employees’ goals and responsibilities to the objectives of the organization, and merging major interventions such as rewards, ... -
Electoral Reforms and Democratic Consolidation in Kenya, 1997 – 2017.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study examines how electoral reforms have impacted democratic consolidation in Kenya, from 1997 to 2017. It is guided by the following specific objectives: To examine how electoral laws carried out in Kenya from 1997 ... -
Contributions of Somali diaspora in the health institutions building: a case of migration for development in Africa, in health programs for ministry health in Somaliland.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The entire institutions of the Government of Somali were affected by the civil war that erupted in 1991, resulting in massive destruction of the physical institutions, loss of institutional memory, and migration human ... -
Adequacy of post-2007 constitutional mechanisms in addressing ethnic conflict in presidential elections in Kenya
(UoN, 2020)This study was guided by four objectives : (i) examining the linkage between ethnic conflict and Presidential elections in Kenya; (ii) evaluating adequacy of post-2007 constitutional mechanisms in addressing ethnic conflict ... -
Analysis of barriers to the Enforcement of Hazardous Waste Regulations in the Leather Industry: a case study of Thika Industrial Area, Kiambu County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study examined barriers to the enforcement of hazardous waste regulations in tannery effluent discharge in Thika industrial area, Kiambu County. The study sought to examine; i) efficacy of regulation in tannery effluent ... -
Challenges of Talent management at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Investing in talent management is necessary in order to improve employee motivation, have a continuous coverage of critical roles, increase employee performance, maintain engaged employees, retain top talent and offer ... -
Assessment Of Households’ Vulnerability To Flood And Drought Risk In Garashi Ward, Kilifi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Over the past five years, the coastal parts of Kenya have experienced a combination of extreme droughts and flood incidences. This has left a huge negative effect with regards to the social, financial, health, and ecological ... -
Factors Contributing to Youth Involvement in Crime in Bungoma County, 2014 to 2018
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The Annual Police Report of 2015 ranked Bungoma 6th out of 47 counties in reported crime incidents. Despite the County’s initiatives, crime continues to be committed by youth in Bungoma County. The County has about 467,171 ... -
Effect of Financial Risk on Financial Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)Central in the field of finance is financial performance. The need to explain how two firms operating within the same environment perform differently is a concern and several research works in finance have been devoted ... -
Interpretation of Section 8 of the Sexual Offenses Act, 2006 and Its Effect on the Boy Child in Cases of Minor to Minor Teenage Defilement in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The study interrogates the role of the Sexual Offences Act No. 3 of 2006 in addressing defilement of the child and in particular section 8 of the act, with focus on the gap in its provision or lack thereof of on guidelines ... -
Implementing Article 43(1) (c) of the constitution; right to food in Kenya"
(UoNUoN, 2020)Access to adequate and nutritional food is essential in sustaining human life and ensuring that people live a life of dignity.1People cannot live without food and they not only need food, but to "have access to adequate ... -
Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Career Choice and Unemployment in Kenya
(Dynamic Analysis of Educational Attainment, Career Choice and Unemployment in Kenya, 2020)Despite transformations of the higher education system over the last decades, there has been increase in the enrollment to the low prospective by large proportion of the students. Consequently, this significantly reduces ... -
Compensation in environmental liability cases in Kenya
(UoN, 2020)COMPENSATION IN ENVIRONMENTAL LIABILITY CASES IN KENYA For the last three years, Kenya has seen an increase in large scale infrastructural projects in the country. Currently, there are about 365 wind turbines under ... -
Influence of National Interest on the Implementation of East Africa Transport Corridors: a Case Study of the Northern Corridor
(University of Nairobi, 2020)This study aims at finding out how national interest influences implementation of East African Corridor projects taking the Northern Corridor as a case study. It begins from the premise that in situations where state ... -
A Synchronic Study of the Major Phonological Processes of Kichonyi
(University of Nairobi, 2020)The research aimed at analyzing the phonological processes of Kichonyi sounds using the Natural Generative Phonology theory (NGP). It set out to describe the phonological processes involving vowels and consonants in Kichonyi ...
