Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Nuptial Determinants Of Fertility In Western Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1983-07)This research on nuptial determinants of fertility investigates the re l at ions hip between selected nuptial variables and total fertility rates in western Kenya. Its basic objectives are as follows: to investigate the ... -
Kenyan Small Farm Household Consumption And Production Behavior
(University of NairobiBoston University Graduate School, 1985)This thesis develops an empirical model which can be used for the prediction and evaluation of the effects of price and non-price food production policy incentives in Kenya's smallholder subsector. The small farm ... -
Educational Implications Of The Metaphysical Controversy Betheen Free Will And Deterninism: With Special Reference To Punishment Moral Education In Schools
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts (philosophy), 1981-02)Even beyond the intellectual level, the idea and feeling of freedom is inherent in the life of normal human beings. Man feels that he is in command of his choices and their realizations. But although the same person ... -
Validation Of The Intelligence And Developmental Tests For East Africa (IDEA) Using Kenyan Population
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Mombasa Swahili Women's Wedding Songs: A Stylistic Analysis
(University of Nairobi.Department of Linguistics and African Languages, 2002)This study attempted an analysis of the language of Mombasa Swahili women's wedding songs. It specifically focused on phonology, lexis, syntax, semantic and paralinguistic levels of language of Swahili women's wedding ... -
An Enquiry Into The Methods Of Teaching History In Lower Secondary Schools In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Education, 1984-05)The aim of this.study was to investigate into the methods of teaching History in lower secondary schools in Kenya. The problem of finding a suitable teaching method that would enable children to meet the educational objectives ... -
Economic Change In Kasipul And Kabondo, 1800-1962
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1987-07)This is a study of economic change of Kasipul and Kabondo between 1800 and 1962. The study employs the concepts of mode of production and articulation as its theoretical framework. These concepts have only recently ... -
Modernity And Adoption Of Farm Innovations: The Case Of Agricultural Modernisation In Torit District Southern Sudan
(University of Nairobi.Department of Sociology, 1982)This study examines association between modernity and adoption of' farm innovations in Torit District, Southern Sudan, especially as the Regional Government sought to transform the agricultural sector through ... -
Rural-rural Migrant Characteristics In The Face Of Agro-industrialization (case Study Of Migration, In Mumias And Nzoia Sugar Schemes)
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1985)This study examines migrant characteristics ill rural-rural migration in Kenya in the face of changing economic values. Rural-rural migration remains largely unstudied in Kenya and generally in the world as a whore. The ... -
The Archaeology of Stork fontain : A Descriptive and Comparative Analysis of Early hominid Culture
(University of Nairobi.Department of anthropology, 1980)This study focuses on the site of Sterkfontein, located in the Transvaal Province of South Africa. Sterkfontein is one of a very limited number of stratified sites that have yielded Plio-Pleistocene hominid fossil remains ... -
Empirical investigation of the relationship between dividend policy and agency costs: a study
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2009)The research set out to establish an empirical investigation in the relationship between the dividend policy and agency costs of the firms listed at the NSE. The main objectives of the study was to: 1) Establish the ... -
Competitive strategies adopted by Islamic banks: A Comparative study of Kenya and the United Arab Emirates
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2009)Islamic banking was born in Egypt in the early 1960s with the landmark experience of a microfinance Sharia compliant institution. Since then, it has evolved and spread to many other countries. The Gulf region, with its ... -
The effect of cross bore geometry on the strength of pressure vessels
(University of Nairobi.Department of Mechanical Engineering, 1989)The stress distribution and fatigue behaviour of a thick walled closed erided pressure vessel containing a transverse hole or cross bore with various blending geometries at its intersection with the main cylinder bore ... -
A survey of strategy implementation challenges facing regional development authorities
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2009)Kenya has six Regional Development Authorities (RDAs) established under specific Acts of parliament. The RDAs were established with the objectives of creating desired regional balance in development through complementing ... -
Theological Developments In The All Africa Conference Of Churches 1958 - 1978
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1983)Thin study examines the major themes disoued by African church leaders at the All African conferences of Churches (AACC) between 1958 and 1978c It deals with the discussions at the assemblies which were held in 1958, ... -
An investigation into factors considered by firms when entering into strategic alliances a case study of the Kenya institute of Management
(School of Business ( SOB ), 2008)The purpose of this study was to investigate the factors that companies consider when entering into strategic alliances, the case study of The Kenya Institute of Management, KIM. Of particular interest was the reasons ... -
A Study Of Secondary Technical School Students' And Teachers' Attitudes Toward Technical Education' Programme In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1983)The purpose of this study was to investigate answers to these questions: (1) How do basic engineering and basic building trade students compare on a test of Attitude Toward Technical Education? (2) Is there any ... -
A Comparative Study Of Faunal Assemblages From Selected Pastoral Neolithic Sites In Kenya
(University of Nairobi.Department of History, 1988-05)This submission concerns a comparative study of the faunal assemblages from selected Pastoral Neolithic sites in Kenya. The sites are, Dongodien (GaJi4), Prolonged Drift (GrJil), Maasai Gorge Rockshelter (GsJi25), ... -
Objectivity And Personal Involvement In Science: An Examination Of Michael Polanyi's Theory Of Knowledge
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1988)The present study is an attempt to interpret and understand Michael Polanyi's theory of knowledge. Polanyi's theory of knowledge is basically a repudiation of the modern scientific objectivism. He opposes the view that ... -
Motivation Of Non-managerial Hotel Workers Nairobi
(University of Nairobi.Department of Arts, 1981)This study was designed to examine needs on Maslow's hierarchy which may act as motivators and directors of behaviour for non-managerial hotel workers in some Nairobi hotels. It was hypothesized that there would emerge ...
