Theses and Dissertations: Recent submissions
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Impact of Revenue Administration on Trade Facilitation Performance in Liberia
(University of Nairobi, 2022)As a result of a growing awareness of the importance of trade facilitation, governments around the world have signed several bilateral, subregional, and regional trade facilitation agreements that demonstrate the global ... -
A Veterinary Notification Service for Livestock Farmers a Case Study of Bumula Subcounty, Bungoma County
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The problem of timely access to Veterinary Doctors by Livestock farmers has paused great deal on livestock mobile health (mHealth) in Bumula Sub County, Bungoma County. This problem is traceable at the initial stage of ... -
Customer Relationship Management Practices and Service Delivery Among Airline Operators in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The corporate world is getting more competitive, and most companies are formulating plans to adapt to the fast pace of change in their surroundings, such as the development of new technologies. Relationship management has ... -
An Application of the Blockchain Technology in Credit Information Sharing in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Credit information sharing is a critical credit infrastructure that guarantees stability of the credit market by reducing the gap of information asymmetry between the lender and the customer. The credit information sharing ... -
Access to Education for Intersex Persons in Kenya
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Application of Gis in Physical and Land Use Planning: Case Study: Gatundu Town
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Physical planning is a key tool that guides development within a local area, nationally, and globally. It is through physical planning that land uses are organized in an orderly and effective manner to achieve compatibility ... -
Investigating Factors Leading to Unplanned Suburbanization: a Case Study of Ruai, Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Suburbanization is the effect of disproportional expansion of cities to accommodate increasing functions and populations due to push and pull factors. Suburbanization fosters complexities however, given its haphazard ... -
Influence of Environmental Impact Assessment on Sustainability of Transport Infrastructure Projects: a Case of Standard Gauge Railway Project, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Despite contributions of the infrastructure projects to the economy, infrastructure projects continue to encounter sustainability issues as a result of a lack of openness in how to mitigate and monitor project environmental ... -
Modelling the Relationship Between Gdp Per Capita and the Informal Economy in Kenya: a Multiple Causes and Multiple Indicators Approach
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Alot of research around the informal sector examines it from the employment perspective, with a key problem being the di culty in estimating the true size of the informal sector. Other research focuses on studying this ... -
Value Addition to Dagaa “omena” (Rastrineobola Argentea) Through Recovery of Fish Protein Hydrolysate With Potential Bioactive Properties
(University of Nairobi, 2013)Food insecurity is increasingly becoming an issue of national concern. The fish industry has been identified as one of the sectors that if improved would effectively contribute towards alleviation of food insecurity as a ... -
Evaluating Superplasticizer Compatibility With Portland Pozzolana Cement CEM II/B-P in Production of High Performance Concrete
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Portland Pozzolana Cement CEM II/B-P has potential advantages over Portland Cement CEM I when used to produce concrete. The incorporation of up to 35% natural pozzolana reduces the amount of clinker used in cement ... -
Resource Capacity and Implementation of Affordable Residential Housing Projects in Machakos County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The supply of housing for low-income households in Kenya continues to remain behind demand and majority of the urban dwellers live in informal settlements since they cannot afford housing in formal market. The housing ... -
Influence of Stakeholders Participation on the Performance of Health Projects: a Case of Kitui County, Kenya.
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The purpose of this study was to establish the influence of stakeholder participation on the performance of health projects in Kitui central sub-county, Kitui County. This research has four guiding objectives namely; to ... -
Impact of Famine Relief Food Aid on the Gabbra Pastoralists of Marsabit District: Case Study of Maikona Location
(University of Nairobi, 2003)About 80% of land area in Kenya falls within Arid and Semi-Arid lands (ASALs). Drought is a common feature in the Northern and North Eastern part, Coast and Eastern Region of Kenya. The impact of drought is felt a lot ... -
Assessment of Drivers of Postharvest Losses and Factors Influencing Adoption of Loss Reduction Practices Along the Mango Value Chain in Embu, Machakos and Nairobi Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Fruits and vegetable value chains form a crucial part of the food system. However, the chains have been faced with a major challenge of PHLs that has been estimated at about 40%-50%. Developing countries have been characterised ... -
Assessment of Consumers’ Purchasing Behaviour and Preferences for Value-added Sweet Potato Products: a Case of Homabay and Nairobi Counties, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Orange-fleshed sweet potato (OFSP) is bio-fortified with vitamin A and is therefore highly promoted for its contribution to the fight against vitamin A deficiency (VAD). It is predominantly consumed in rural areas where ... -
Participation in Milk Processing and Its Effect on Profitability of the Dairy Enterprise Among Smallholder Farmers: the Case of Kikima Dairy Cooperative Society in Makueni County, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)The role of the dairy sector in Kenya with respect to the creation of employment, food & nutrition security cannot be overlooked. Smallholder farmers rely on it as their source of livelihood. The sector is however faced ... -
Determinants of Profit Efficiency of Camel Milk Traders in Five Counties in Northern Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Camel milk is a major source of both revenue and nutrition for pastoral communities in Northern Kenya. However, despite the existence of significant trade in camel milk in the region, the estimation of traders’ profit ... -
Molecular Characterization of Viruses Infecting Common Bean (Phaseolus Vulgaris L.) and Reaction of Bean Genotypes to Virus Infection
(University of Nairobi, 2022)Virus disease symptoms are frequent in common bean (Phaseolus vulgaris L.) fields in Zambia, but information is scanty about the identities, distribution and genetic diversities of causal pathogens. This study was conducted ...
