Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Evaluating the Validity of Apache Ii as a Predictor of Icu Mortality for the Critically Ill Patients at Knh’scritical Care Units
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Introduction:Though most patients survive their critical illness after intensive care, another proportion are readmitted or die in hospital. While some of the risk factors for poor outcome are known, few are modifiable. ... -
The Relationship Between Working Capital Management and Financial Perfomance of Private Health Facilities in Mombasa County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The study required to establish the relationship between working capital management and profitability of private health facilities of Mombasa County. The study was a cross-sectional casual study where a change in one ... -
The Impact of Non-tariff Barriers on Trade in the East African Community: a Case of Kenyan Exporters to Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Globally, economic integration has been facilitated by economic growth via free trade. Countries have adopted regional trading blocs as a strategy to increase global competitiveness. In the East African Community (EAC), ... -
Assessment of Consumer Attitudes Towards Chinese Branded Smartphones in Nairobi, Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2018)This study examined consumer attitudes towards Chinese branded smartphones in Nairobi, Kenya. The study adopted the Tricomponent attitude model to specifically examine the awareness, liking or disliking and purchase ... -
The Role Of Religious Organizations In Electoral Conflicts In The Horn Of Africa Region: A Case Study Of Ncck In Kenya’S 2017 Election
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Horn of Africa’s political landscape has been marred by protracted conflicts, which are worsened by lack of effective ways to manage them. With the management bodies in place, which are seen to be weak due to political ... -
Factors Affecting the Perfromance of Islamic Small and Medium Enterprises in Eastleigh Business District, Nairobi County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Business operating environment is characterized by dynamism that calls for constant adjustments of all business functions, strategies and alignment of the same to ensure sustainable growth of these organizations. Despite ... -
The Role of Politicized Ethnicity on Conflict in Africa: a Case Study of Kenya, 1992-2016
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Efforts to promote inclusive governance in Africa and Kenya in particular remain a mirage despite more than two decades of restructuring. This is partly due to the failure by political leaders to de-ethnicize politics, a ... -
Adoption of Co-branding Strategies in the Expansion of Honey Market in Tanzania
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Branding strategies are inseparable from business performance. Proper utilization of these strategies guarantee firm’s none doubtful competitive advantages. As one of branding strategies, co-branding strategies have been ... -
Development and Neo-colonialism in the Small-scale Tea Sector in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Despite legal and institutional reforms in the tea The Tea Act, Cap 343. Revised Edition 2012 (1960) sector between the 1930s to-date, the law has remained passive and regulatory. It has not actively spurred socio-economic ... -
Lean Supply Chain Management Practices and Supply Chain Performance of Pharmaceutical Manufacturing Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study assesses adoption of LSCM practices by pharmaceutical manufacturing firms in Kenya and their effectiveness towards organizational performance. The study assumed a cross-sectional survey design. Primary data was ... -
Influence Of E-Marketing On Consumer Buyer Behaviour In Supermarkets In Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Marketing activities in Kenya has been revolutionized by the changes of information technology and the widespread use of social media and other e-marketing platforms. Many retailers have had to adapt to engage in non-traditional ... -
Implementation of the East African Community Customs Union- Bottlenecks and Reform.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Globally, there has been a push towards regionalism with countries seeking to remove obstacles to trans-boundary economic activities. Regionalism is a major development in international relations, with most of the countries ... -
Influence of Leadership Styles, Resource Allocation and Employee Attitude on Implementation of Strategic Plan by Kenya Tea Development Limited
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Strategy implementation is the process that turns planned strategies into action. Many organizations develop good strategic plans but fail to properly implement them. While successful strategy implementation plays a key ... -
The Use of Allegory in Presentation of Disintegration in Nuruddin Farah’s Hiding in Plain Sight and Crossbones
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Somalia is a nation that has been reeling in civil strife for more than two decades after the overthrow of Said Barre’s government in 1991.This study examines the use of allegory in presentation of Somalia’s disintegration ... -
Towards the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation -an Appraisal of Kenya’s Prohibition of Female Genital Mutilation Act, 2011
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The campaign against the eradication of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is based on the argument that it poses potential health risk and it’s a violation of women and children human rights and fundamental freedoms. On ... -
An Exploratory Study on Vaginal Practices Amongst Female Sex Workers in Mombasa County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2018)This study was an exploratory study about vaginal practices among female sex workers in Mombasa County. It sought to find out the motivations, perceptions and methods of vaginal the basic question that the study set out ... -
Operations Innovation and Performance of Level Six Public Hospitals in Kenya
(university of nairobi, 2018)Innovation is among the key strategies which companies in different operational sectors adopt so as to gain a competitive advantage amongst its competitors. For a firm to be said to have accomplished in being innovative, ... -
Regulating the Ringtone Technology in Kenya
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Factors Influencing Sustainability of Constituency Development Fund Projects: a Case of Health Facilities in Machakos Town Constituency, Machakos County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)The Constituency Development Fund (CDF) was established under the Constituencies’ Development Fund Act 2003. The purpose of the fund was to support grass-root development at constituency level bring about development which ... -
The Link Between Marginalization, Poor Governance And Youth Instigated Conflicts In Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2018)Kenya has experienced different forms of conflict both in rural areas and urban areas. Although increased levels of inter-community and intra-community conflict have been experienced in rural areas, urban areas have over ...
