Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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The influence of literature on young children's concept formation
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1979)This dissertation is an attempt to look into and analyse the influence of literature on the minds of young Kenyan primary school children aged between five and twelve years. Specifically it is concerned with how children's ... -
Epidemiology of drug use and abuse:final report of a pilot study of Nairobi city and Kyaume sublocation Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1983)This study was prompted by one main consideration; namely, that the non-medical use of drugs is increasingly seen - rightly or wrongly - as a major social and public health problem in Kenya, affecting not only the ... -
The planning and use of outdoor recreational public open spaces in Gaborone
(Department of urban and regional planning., 1993)One of the urban development problems which has not yet received much attention is outdoor recreational public open spaces. Therefore, this study sets out to investigate the way recreational open space problems manifest ... -
Factors determining management and Performance of the informal/small Scale enterprises in Mumias town
(University of NairobiDepartment of Urban and Regional Planning, 1997)This study examines the factors determining management and performance of Informal/Small Scale Enterprises in Mumias town. This town is in western province of Kenya. Mumias is a town with a long history that dates as far ... -
Cadastral survey in Kenya and its role in the development of the Country
(Facult of Science, University of Nairobi, 1977)The thesis investigates the role of cadastral survey in the orderly development and secure ownership of land. The evolution of land laws in Kenya and the ways in which they have regulated the process of cadastral survey ... -
The problems of translating from English into Swahili: as exemplified by V.O.K. News items
(Department of Linguistics, University of Nairobi, 1981)This paper is an attempt to determine the existent translotion problems in translating from English into Swahili. These problems are potrayed in the translated texts, and they reveal themselves in certain features ... -
Kenya National Attire: factors influencing adoption
(School of the Arts and Design, University of Nairobi, 2008)In the recent past, the search for nationhood and strategies of advancing the same have been brought into question in Kenya. Despite having a national language, which is Swahili such stated conflicts have prevailed, thus ... -
Assessment of length data from preschool children for use in epidemiological research
(Cornell University, 1986)The purpose of this study was to assess the quality of the length data from a large national nutrition survey for use in an investigation ... -
An approach to the novels of Ayi Kwei Armah
(Department of Literature, University of Nairobi, 1979)This thesis is divided into three major Chapters. Chapter one is an analysis of Ayi Kwei Armah's novels at the level of content.In this analysis we conclude that Ayi Kwei Armah is an author who is very committed to creating ... -
The role of community participation in residential solid waste management: the case for the urban poor - Nairobi
(1995)This study discusses the reduction of the Nairobi City Council activity through the participation of the community in the solid waste management. It has been presented in the order of a detailed introduction, Literature ... -
An investigation into causes of abandoned buildings a case study of Tetu and Othaya Divisions, Nyeri
(1988)In the world economic order, third world countries are always at a disadvantage position being producers of primary goods whose prices are determined by the consumers who are the developed countries. This is usually ... -
A study of wheat farming in Sergoit location, Uasin gishu district
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Strip and block adjustments in aerial triangulation
(University of NairobiInstitute for Development Studies, 1973)The adjustment of aerial triangulation has been a subject of serious study since aerial triangulation was introducedo In recent years the usage of sophisticated computers has greatly advanced the techniques of adjust ... -
The impact of the new Primary approach on the quality of teaching in the Primary Schools of Kenya
(University of Nairobi, 1973)The study looks into the problem of quality in teaching in the light of a pupil-centred lesson as opposed to a teacher-dominated lesson. It recognises the fact that quality in teaching has no universally accepted definition ... -
The relationship between type situations in Igbo fables and the patterns of characterization and motivation in the novels of Chinua Achebe
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The social function of poetry in underdeveloped society: an East African experience
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1979)When one considers the position of oral poetry in Africa, an obvious element that emerges is that this medium of expression takes the form of a collective acti vi ty from time immemorial, it has been expressed at ... -
Agricultural credit in Uganda
(University of East Africa, 1967)This study is concerned with the provision and use of agricultural credit in Uganda. At the national level it aims to provide an account of the main sources and recipients of credit, and of the terms on which credit is ... -
The effect of translocation on the rothschild's giraffes (giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi lydekker) from Lewa downs farm to Lake Nakuru National Park
(1980)In July 1977, twenty one Rothschild's giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis rothschildi LYDEKKER) were translocated by the Kenya Game Department from Lewa Downs Farm, Soy to Nakuru National Park. The objective of the ... -
Legislative protection of the working environment in Kenya with special reference to industry
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The church and education the contribution of the church missionary society to education in Western Kenya, 1905 - 1963
(University of Nairobi, 1975)In this thesis it has been argued that since man learns fro. past experience, the study of history of education is an important subject in the study of Educational foundation. It is therefore important that the educational ...
