Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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An Investigation Into the Use of Construction Management Softwares: a Survey of Construction Firms in Nairobi, Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Despite unprecedented growth of the construction industry in Kenya, it is still bedeviled by numerous challenges in delivering construction projects efficiently particularly because of poor construction project management. ... -
An Assessment of the Effect of Micro-insurance on the Financial Performance of Insurance Companies in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)The principles of Micro insurance are not new. Risk pooling and risk transfer can be traced back to some of the precursors of insurance, such as the Roman burial guilds. The products are not new as small policies, such as ... -
Outsourcing of Cash Management Services and Performance of Commercial Banks in Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 2014-11)The study sought to investigate the effect of outsourcing of cash management and handling services on performance of commercial banks in Kenya and to establish the challenges of outsourcing of cash management and handling ... -
The Effect of Lending Interest Rates on the Performance of the Nairobi Securities Exchange
(2014)The stock market fulfills a central function in the economy, bringing together savers and investors (providers of capital) on the one hand with companies and the state (borrowers) on the other. Without this mediator, the ... -
The Effect of Corporate Governance on Financial Management Efficiency of Constitutional Commissions in Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2014)Corporate governance encompasses how an organization is managed; it’s corporate and other structures, its culture, its policies and strategies, and the ways in which it deals with its various stakeholders. The need for ... -
Factors Influencing Household Energy Consumption: the Case of Biomass Fuels in Kikuyu District of Kiambu County, Kenya
(University Of Nairobi, 2014-08)Biomass dominates energy consumption in Sub- Saharan Africa even in relatively well-off countries such as Botswana and prominent oil producing countries such as Nigeria. The main consuming sectors are residential, ... -
E-government Information Systems Management Practices and Service Delivery in Kenya Government Ministries
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)Since the widespread commercial availability of computing technologies, information systems have been the dominant application area of computing. Organizations large and small, private and public, have come to rely on ... -
Environmental Scarcity and Trans-boundary Conflicts: the Case of Lake Victoria, 1994 - 2011
(University of Nairobi, 2014-10)There has been an upsurge of conflicts between Kenya and Uganda over resources in Lake Victoria, more so due to water as a shared resource. This study therefore intended to establish the root causes of these conflicts, ... -
Effect of Table Banking on Investment Decisions of Small and Medium Enterprises in Nairobi County
(University of Nairobi, 2014-09)The purpose of the study was to establish the impact of table banking on investment decisions of small enterprises in Nairobi County. To achieve the purpose, the study carried out the following specific objectives. The ... -
the Law Relating to Auditors' Liability in Kenya With Particular Emphasis on Third Party Liability
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Insider Trading: a Case for Regulation
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Co-operatives in a Liberalised Economic Environment
(University of Nairobi, 2004)'No man is an island of himself' so goes the old popular English saymg, which emphasizes co-operation of mankind in all spheres of everyday activities, be they personal or social dealings. A co-operative society is an ... -
Applicability of International Humanitarian Law in Iraq -2003
(University of Nairobi, 2004)War is a phenomenon of organized collective violence that affects either the relations between two or more societies or power relations within a society. In early 2003, the United States claimed that it had proof and ... -
Sexual Oppression Against the Maasai Woman: a Major Focus on Fgm and Forced Marriages and Their Recurrent Consequences Adversely Affecting Her Sexual Worth
(University of Nairobi, 2002)For a long time women have been regarded as second class in all societies across the world and though the problems faced by each group/society take different forms each and every woman has an issue which needs to ... -
A study of Mavuno church and its responses to concerns of young adults in Nairobi
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Nairobi is Kenya’s capital city is currently experiencing unprecedented rates of urban population growth. The population consists mainly of migrants from rural areas majority being young adults between 18- 35 years. These ... -
Discourse, gender identity and gender power relations in fiction: a critical discourse analysis and systemic functional grammar reading of Wamitila’s unaitwa nani?
(University of Nairobi,, 2014)The study sought to investigate how the language used by both male and female interlocutors, as well as the language used to talk about male and female characters in a literary text serves to position men and women as ... -
Challenges of policing in Africa
(University of Nairobi, 2014)Police forces play in important role in every state and in all democratic societies. The police force is one of the organs of the state responsible for the proper administration of justice, law and order, thereby providing ... -
Determinants of household solid waste management in Kenya: A case of Eldoret municipality
(2014)Waste management has been important since time immemorial. With the unprecedented increase in population worldwide, especially in Sub Saharan Africa, waste management has been vital for good health, good environment and ... -
Influence of corporate social responsibility on performance of financial institutions in Kenya:A case of Barclays Bank in Nairobi county
(2014)This research aimed to assess the influence of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) on the Performance of financial institutions, a case of Barclays bank of Kenya in Nairobi County. In relation to organisational ... -
The institutional challenges of development control in urban areas: A case study of Thika municipality, Kenya
(2014)Urbanization is the process by which large numbers of people become permanently concentrated in relatively small areas, forming cities. Land use planning is concerned about how a space can be utilised sustainably with its ...
