Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Implications of Sanctions on Local Populations in Africa: a Case Study of United States of America’s Sanctions Against Sudan.
(University of NairobiUniversity of Nairobi, 2024)International sanctions are actions undertaken by a country to force another country abide by international laws and national interests of the state imposing the sanctions. Sanctions are imposed for different reasons ... -
Public Diplomacy and the Cultivation of National Image: the Case of China’s Image in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2024)China’s public diplomacy has been proactive and reactive aimed at communicating China’s soft power to global audiences and counteracting a negative portrayal of China’s image. It is this context that provides the platform ... -
Life and Land Configurations Among the Luo of Western Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Life and land configurations among the Luo is a study of the people‟s disparate ontologies of life and the way it is interconnected with land. It explores what constitutes life and the people‟s explanations of it and land. ... -
Emergence of Public Diplomacy in Kenya’s Foreign Policy
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Public diplomacy is the direct communication by the state to the foreign publics. There is a limitation of actors in Kenya’s public diplomacy whereas, there is no involvement of other actors other than the government ... -
Essays on Agricultural Productivity, Agricultural Trade Openness and the Effects of Agricultural Financing on Agricultural Productivity Growth: Evidence From the East African Community
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Countries in the East African Community are mainly agricultural economies with over 70% of their populations living in the rural areas. Trade amongst them is dominated by agricultural commodities. The importance of agriculture ... -
Commercial Advertising and Consumer Rights in Kenyan Fm Radio Stations: an Analysis of Factuality and Truthfulness
(University of Nairobi, 2024)The study investigated the interaction between commercial advertising and consumer rights in FM radio stations in Kenya. The study was premised on the fact that commercial advertising is supposed to give truthful and factual ... -
Influence of School-based Planning on Learners’ Achievement in County Secondary Schools Within West Pokot, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)School-based planning determines learner achievement across specialization when effectively and efficiently implemented in creating seamless learning environments. When school-based planning is premised on learner behavior, ... -
Managerial Ownership and Stock Performance of Firms Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The primary aim of the present investigation was to examine the correlation between managerial ownership and stock performance among companies quoted on the NSE. Study population comprised fifty-five companies registered ... -
The Effect of Influencer Marketing Practices on Purchase Intentions at Jumia
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Influencer marketing has emerged as one of the most important strategies in modern-day marketing. The use of influencer marketing as a strategy for selling products and services by businesses is becoming more widespread. ... -
Corporations’ Climate Change Reporting: Taking a Hard Law Regulatory Approach in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Climate change reporting has been adopted in a number of states across the globe. This study sought to examine the need for corporate climate change reporting stemming from the various effects of corporate activities on ... -
Lending Ethics, Credit Screening, Loan Officer Incentives and Loan Performance of Commercial Bank Branches in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Loan performance is pivotal for the economic prosperity of any country because lending by local entities drive commerce, create employment and spurs economic growth. The performance of loans should be traced at the bank ... -
Influence of Household Participation in Solid Waste Management in Naivasha, Nakuru County
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The study geared towards establishing the influence of household participation on solid waste management in Naivasha, Nakuru County. It was anchored on collective action theory and stakeholders’ theory. The researcher ... -
Investigating the Relationship Between Minimum Wage and Poverty in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Minimum wage has been adopted as a wage-fixing mechanism in over 90% of the world economies. In Kenya, it has been in use for over 50 years with two key goals associated with its implementation: first, to protect workers ... -
The Effect of Financial Technology on the Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Commercial banks' financial performance serves as a key economic barometer due to its significance in the financial intermediation necessary for economic development. When Covid-19 first appeared, the world's financial ... -
Factors Influencing Implementation of Monitoring and Evaluation Results in Public Funded Building Projects: a Case of State Department of Public Works Headquarters, Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Monitoring and evaluation are crucial in any project or program because they play a vital role in determining whether the desired outcomes have been achieved and whether the beneficiaries have been positively impacted. ... -
Entrepreneurial Orientation, Organizational Resources, External Environment and Performance of Dairy Micro & Small Enterprises in Kiambu County
(University of Nairobi, 2024)In Kenya, the MSEs in the dairy subsector have received focus due to their potential for employment generation, incomes, food and contributed KES 176 billion to the GDP. Other benefits that accumulate due to micro ... -
Assessment of Utilization of Adaptive Management Approaches in Project Management: a Case of Mercy Corps Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2023)The goal of adaptive management is to facilitate making effective management decisions through an ongoing learning process in order to assist the development of humanitarian projects in challenging and uncertain contexts. ... -
Interest Rate Spread, Liduidity Creation, Firm Characteristics and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2024)The performance of any bank is majorly influenced by its ability for liquidity creation to meet customer needs while remaining afloat. A key consideration is how well the interest rate spread is controlled to boost deposits ... -
Effect of Sustainability Reporting on the Value of Companies Listed at the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(University of Nairobi, 2023)Sustainability reporting has grown in importance over the past decade as companies struggle to succeed in today's interdependent world. This is supported by the argument that to be successful, companies must identify the ... -
An Analysis of the Regulatory Frameworks for Environmental Management in Kenya’s Mining Sector
(University of Nairobi, 2024)Kenya has a promising mining future, given its rich geological base producing numerous minerals such as gold, coal, titanium, fluorspar, limestone, and salt among many others. The country is also fraught with numerous ...
