Inaugural Lectures: Recent submissions
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Teacher education: a definition traditional growth and future development
(Faculty of Educationv university of Nairobi, 1971-10) -
Language and Life in Kenya, Inaugural Lecture University of Nairobi
(Faculty of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1999) -
The role and significance of oral literature in social and psychological development of children
(Department of Literature, 26-07-07) -
Language and life: a linguistic glance at Kenya
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Achieving oral health for all in Kenya: a reality or a myth?
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Religion and Social construction of reality
(Nairobi University PressDepartment of philosophy and Religion, 1996)An inaugural lecture is the culmination of many years of study, research, exposure and experience. It is impossible for me to adequately express my gratitude and indebtedness to all those scholars, teachers, mentors, ... -
Fallacies of Equality and Inequality : Multiple Exclusions in Law and Legal Discourses
(Department of Law, School of Law, University of Nairobi, 2013)Equality - the assertion that human beings are equal and have equal rights - is a core tenet in rights' discourses. Equality is pegged on rights or entiitlements that all human beings and sovereign states have. Legal rights ... -
From rope-stretchers to E-Mapping: the story of the discipline of surveying
(University of Nairoibi Press, 26-05-06)The author presents a broad scope of the discipline of surveying, covering its philosophical foundations, its development over the years, its future directions, and its position in the University of Nairobi. -
Formal monogamy and informal polygyny in parallel
(04-10-07)The task of this inaugural lecture is to identify some of the defining features of the traditional African family system, speak to their continuing transition, examine the factors contributing to these trends and highlight ... -
Lasers: the splendour of light
(Nairobi University Press, 30-07-92)Laser is a vital tool in areas as diverse as manufacturing industries and medicine. The researcher examines Laser device which amplifies light by means of stimulated emission of radiation -
Urological footprints in Kenya 'that water may flow' : a story about male genital cancer and dysfuntion
(University of Nairobi, 09-10-03)The research focuses on genetal cancer, the most common cancer for men in Africa -
Laying a Basis for Rights: towards a jurisprudence of development.
([s.n.], 09-07-92)The lecture attempts to paint a plausible picture of the rights-creative process; considers the African experience in rights-creation; and proposes an approach to a jurisprudence of development which views the formation ... -
The Relevance of Animal physiology to Animal Production in Kenya
([s.n.], 22-10-71)David Robertshaw was appointed as the first professor of the department of veterinary physilogy in 1969. The lecture discusses the physiology of animals and justifies the existence of a department of animal physiology in ... -
Psychiatry in Kenya: New horizons in medical care
([s.n.], 31-01-80)Years of struggle lie behaind us, ceaseless labour, little gain, even let those years remind us sunshine follows after rain-- Nyakasura school Anthem -- verse 1 -
Surveying in developing Kenya: the role of the prospects
(23-01-86)The lecture examines survey, the oldest profession known in history. It examines its developments that include computer and the utilization of space technologies that has evolved surveying to provide for new needs. The ... -
The Art of Rain Makers
([s.n.], 19-05-76)In this lecture, the author gives examples of recent occurences of drought and the misery accompanying them in various parts of the world. In particular, he stresses the need for the perfection in the art of rainmakers to ... -
The past and the present in the present: ceramic ethnoarchaelogy in Kenya
(University of Nairobi Press, 1999)The paper presents a brief history and development of ethnographic analogy development. It contributes to the study of pottery from the context of ceramic ethnographic and archaeological scene. -
Insect production and reproduction
(02-12-75)This lecture examines the important role the rich insect fauna of tropical Africa has played in its history, health and economic life. He illustrates his theme by recent studies in the reproductive and population biology ... -
Towards the end of the beginning: development, implications and prospects of Kenya's medical school
(02-12-71)In this lecture, the author looks back since the Faculty of Medicine was established in the University of Nairobi. In reviewing historical events he draws some lessons for the present and the future. He attempts to review ... -
Geophysics in tropical Africa
(11-05-78)The author examines the scope of geophysics and covers the study of the physical properties of the earth, including its interior and its atmosphere. He also explain why geophysics is a very relevant and practically useful ...
