Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Socio-economic status of families and social participation: A multidimensional analysis of commitment and alienation in rural Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1976)It is the central thesis of this study that the socio-economic status (SES) of families is a major determinant of social participation among peasant communities in rural Kenya. Survey data from Mbooni, a rural area in ... -
Community relation between the north Imenti and Tigania of Meru and the Masai
(University of NairobiDepartment of History, 1972-03)In this Dissertation I intend to show the relations between the Imenti and Tigania of Meru and the maasai from the Seventeenth Century to the close of the Nineteenth Century. To do this I begin by introducing a ... -
Monitoring and evaluation of decentralized development in Kenya
(University of Nairobi,Faculty of the graduate school, 1988-01)The policy of District Focus £or Rural Development (1983) assigned monitoring and evaluation activities to both the District Development Committees and the Provincial Monitoring and Evaluation Committees, but it did not ... -
Urban land policy in Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Fuculty of Arts, 1976-06)The Thesis constitutes study of urban land and public policy in Kenya. It examines the problems of urban land administration, control and development against the background of urbanization it attempts to explain private ... -
Social and political change in a twentieth century african urban community in Kenya
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Archaeology as a test of oral traditions: a case study of the Mkunguni mosque ruin and the Digo and Tangana oral traditions
(University of NairobiDepartment of History, University of Nairobi, 2000)The project is based on a study of an historical ruin, Mkunguni mosque. It is an attempt to establish a relationship between the oral traditions and the occupation of the ruin. The theme is to test the oral traditions ... -
A test of the concept of backwardness: A case study of Digo Society in Kenya
(1978)The concept of backwardness is explored in both its theoretical dimensions and its empirical applications to Digo society in Kenya. As an idea, backwardness is shown to be associated with the historical development of ... -
Agricultural development planning and policy in Uganda
(1970)The rate of economic development of an agricultural country such as Uganda la closely linked and mainly dependent on the rate of progress of the agricultural sector. The processes involved In transforming agriculture from ... -
The Afro-European Wars in South Africa, 1780 - 1880
(Facult of Arts, University of Nairobi, 1976)The study presented in this document is about African-European wars in South Africa in the period 1780-1880. Active military resistance to European intrusion in this part of Africa began in 1659, seven years after the ... -
An investigation of drying and absorption characteristics of grain sorghum
(University of NairobiDepartment of Agriculture university of Nairobi, 1996)Published data on sorption and drying characteristics of sorghum grains is inadequate and scattered over temperature and relative humidity ranges. There is need to generate more data, test it on the existing models, and ... -
A survey of factors influencing consumers' choice of petroleum brands in Kenya: a case study of the Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts, 2008)The general purpose of this study was to establish the factors that influence consumers of petroleum products in the choice of petroleum brands in the market. The study sought to answer the following objectives: identify ... -
The Effectiveness of propation Service as a Rehabilitation Institution of Propationers within Urban Setting: A study within the City of Nairobi
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Physical planning for uncontroled settlements at Mombasa Mainland South
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The effect of extension workers' role orientation on rural development
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1974-10)The main purpose of this study is to determine how extension workers role orientation influences their effectiveness as agents of change interms of how it influences their relationship with clients* Two types of role ... -
Supply of Kenyan Pyrethrum
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts, 1975-09)Kenya's pyrethrum industry provides self employment to over eighty thousand rural families. Over two thousand people find wageemployment in the Pyrethrum Marketing Board's factory. Others earn regular incomes from ... -
The Management of the rural development fund in Kenya : A case study
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts, 1978)The study focuses on the administration of the Rural Development Fund (RDF) in Kenya. This is a case study, research for which was carried out in Machakos, Meru and Murang'a Districts. The RDF came to being In August ... -
Social structure and environment: two case studies from Eastern Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts, 1979)The study assumes that social structures, seen in terms of role allocation, differentiation and relations, is to a large extent influenced by various environmental factors, with a particular emphasis on the physical. The ... -
Nairobi District African Congress, A study in Nairobi politics
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Finance in small-holder agriculture in Tharaka, Eastern Kenya: A case study of small-farm finance
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Planning standards for future urban industries,based on the performance of the present Nairobi industrial area
(University of Nairobi.Faculty of Arts, 1975)
