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Attitudes and action: the problem of child abuse in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1983)In recent years, public interest in child abuse has increased dramatically, as well as among academic and field professionals. This surge of interest has produced a great deal of concerned writing which unfortunately has ... -
The impact of development on women in Kenya: a methodological approach.
(University of Nairobi, 1982)This research project constitutes a follow-up of the 1978 Expert Meeting on Research and Data Collection on "Women and Development," held in Nairobi for the East African Region. Among the research priorities and guidelines ... -
State Creation of Internally Displaced Persons in Kenya, 1991-98: The Process and Political Dimensions
(2004)With the reintroduction of multipartyism in 1991, Kenya has witnessed tribal clashes and internal displacement that reoccur with every general election. In 1991-1992 serious clashes occurred in the Rift Valley, Nyanza and ... -
Ethnic clashes, displaced persons and the potential for refugee creation in Kenya: a forbidding forecast
(Oxford Journals, 1997)This article attempts to show that the creation of internally displaced persons is gradually becoming an acceptable political enterprise of the State in Africa. It results from political and negative ethnic exploitation ... -
The Refugee Crisis in Africa as a Crisis of the Institution of the State
(University of Nairobi, 1994)Scarcely any State in Africa is currently spared from the effects of refugee exodus or internal displacement. In the author's view, these problems are largely due to fundamental internal contradictions within the African ... -
Burial disputes in modern Kenya: customary law in a judicial conundrum
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Low enthalpy geothermal systems in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1988)The location of Kenya's geothermal fields is shown. The chemistry of the low enthalpy fields is given and reservoir temperatures estimated from these data. The most promising of these fields are the Mwananyamala, Homa ... -
Male spouse utilization of psychological negotiation skills and perpetration of physical abuse among pregnant women in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2015-02)The objective of this comparative retrospective study was to establish whether diagnosis of HIV infection during pregnancy mitigates or exacerbates male spouse perpetrated physical abuse during pregnancy. A modified ... -
Effect of thidiazuron, benzylaminopurine and naphthalene acetic acid on in vitro propagation of tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) from shoot tip explants.
(University of Nairobi, 2004)Tuberose (Polianthes tuberosa L.) is an important export crop among small-scale farmers in Kenya. One of the main challenges facing production and marketing of good quality Tuberose cut flowers is the lack of clean planting ... -
Conceptual basis of 'early' and 'delayed' reinfection with Plasmodium falciparum.
(University of Nairobi, 2000)A total of 96 residents in Kenya, who had life-long, intense exposure to malaria, donated blood samples for malaria parasite smears [date not given]. Each volunteer was then treated with a single dose of 3 tablets of ... -
Suppression of T-cell proliferative response in Plasmodium falciparum malaria patients - preliminary results.
(University of Nairobi, 1989)Suppression of T-cell proliferative responses to P. falciparum specific antigen and mitogens is reported. T-cells derived from malaria patients were co-cultured with P. falciparum antigen or mitogens and the T-cell activity ... -
School as a Workplace in Kenya: Evaluation of the Teachers Matter HIV/AIDS Project
(UNESCO, 2007)Countless HIV/AIDS interventions rely on teachers to deliver vital prevention messages to their students but do not target the teachers as direct beneficiaries, even though the teachers themselves are at risk of HIV ... -
Land Tenure in Slum Upgrading Projects
(2011)This paper gives an overview of slum upgrading in Kenya observing that slums are a major urban housing phenomena in Kenya that require immediate attention. Rather than demolishing them, which renders many people homeless, ...
