Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Analysis of Postpartum Variables in Kenya, Evidence From Kenya Demographic and Health Survey (1989)
(University of Nairobipopulation studies and research Institutet, 1994)The objectives of this study were three-fold. First, to estimate the mean duration of postpartum variables using life table technique and Mosley prevalence method. Second, to examine whether there exists a relationship ... -
A survey of the strategy development practices of relief and development non-governmental organisations (NGOS) in kenya'
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2002)Research on the strategic management practices in Kenya and other developing countries is limited, but increasing, and concentrates on the profit-driven enterprises. Very little is known about how the same is practiced ... -
Determinants of Fertility Preferences in Kenya: a Study Based on the 1998 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey Data
(population studies and research Institutet, 2001)The subject of fertility preferences is of fundamental importance for population policy and also for family planning programs. Actual fertility primarily reflects desired fertility because it is assumed that couples are ... -
Influence of Television on sexual behavior: The case of Nairobi youth
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Communication Studies, 2007)Sexual initiation is an important social and health issue in Kenya. The preposition in this study was that portrayals of sex on entertainment Television (TV) in Kenya may contribute to precocious adolescent sex. This ... -
Communication strategies used by headteachers and their effects on academic performance in public secondary schools in Samia district, Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Education, 2009)This study was carried out to determine whether head teachers communication strategies affect academic performance in public secondary schools in Samia District. The researcher sought to find out the communication ... -
Politics of rural development:The performance of Cotton co-operatives in Busia district, Kenya
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 1993)This study is essentially concerned with the contribution of a g ri.c u L t.u ra I c o+o pe r a t i ves to rural development in Kenya. It specifically singles out Cotton Co-operatives as one type of the various ... -
The dynamics of the Kenyan mass media and their role in community development among the Nubian community in Kibera slums, Nairobi
(Department of Arts- Communication, 2009)Kenyan Nubians have been viewed as stateless people because their identity is questioned. According to Historians, the Kenyan Nubians are without doubt one of the country's most ... -
The determinants of pre-marital adolescent fertility in agoro-west sub-location" Kisumu district" Kenya
(Department of Arts-institute of population studies and research, 1992)The thesis discusses the increasingly persistent problem of adolescent fertility in Kenva. The major objective of this study was to determine the SOC10- economic. socio-cultural and demographic factors that ... -
The Impact of Population Growth on Agricultural Development
(University of Nairobipoputlation studies and Research Institute, 1993)The study has looked 1 nto the impact of population growth on agricultural development in Bungoma and Kisumu district. The background informatlon of the two dlstricts has been anal~s0d to show their agrlcultural ... -
Urban agriculture as a strategy for poverty and food insecurity reduction: an impact assessment of Njaa Marufuku program in Embakasi district of Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment Of Sociology and Social Work, 2009-10)The main aim of this study was to assess the influence of Njaa Marufuku Kenya in hunger and poverty reduction among households in Embakasi district Nairobi Province. The study was geared to achieve the following specific ... -
Third party intervention in management of Electoral Conflict: A case Study of Kenya 2007 - 2008.
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2009)Whenever there is a conflict there is never a shortage of third parties willing to help the parties directly involved in the conflict to find a' mutual and non violent outcome. It is now acknowledged that third parties ... -
The role of immigrant entrepreneurship in the economy of a city: The case of Somali immigrants in Nairobi
(School of Business, 2007)The paper is an attempt to analyse the role of immigrant entrepreneurship to the economy of a city with a particular emphasis on the economic contributions made by the Somali immigrants in Nairobi. A number of shopping ... -
Factors influencing the uptake of health education among employees in the banking industry: the case of equity bank limited
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 2009)This research project analyzed factors influencing the Uptake of Health Education among employees in the banking Industry. The study aimed at exploring the influence of socio-demograhic factors, working conditions and ... -
Determinants of capital flight in kenya (1987 - 2007)
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2009)This study is an econometric investigation of the relationship between capital flight and various hypothesized determinants. The determinants considered are domestic inflation rate, interest rate, GDP growth rate, total ... -
Applying GIS in data dnalysis of Limestone Exploration Data
(University of NairobiDepartment of Geospatial and Space Technology, 2009-07)Exploration work generates enormous amount of data. Normally this data is complex and highly variable. Out of this complexity, Geologists are supposed to extract useful information relevant to the purpose of the exploration. ... -
Socio-economic and health factors affecting child survival in Bogusero sub-location of Kisii district
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The socio-economic differentials of infant and child mortality in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies & Research Institute, University of Nairobi, 1996-10)The economic cost of a prematurely terminated life is considerable if looked from the point of nutritional, health and medical resources spent on the child. Despite the rapid population growth in Kenya, its mortality ... -
Achebe’s manipulation of the English language: a stylistic study of girls at war and other stories
(University of NairobiFaculty of Arts, 2000)This study attempts to analyze Chinua Achebe's short stories within Leech (1969) and Leech and Short (1981) theoretical framework. Consequently, the work is divided into the levels of form, realization, the semantic level ... -
Wage determinants in the banking sector: A case study of Kenya Commercial Bank
(University of NairobiSchool of Economics, 2009)The labour market in Kenya today is more competitive than ever before. With the upgrading of the local colleges into fully fledged universities continue to release thousands of fresh graduates into the labour market every ... -
Infrastructure inventories
(Institute of Diplomacy & International Studies (IDIS), 1987-08)Kenya's rural infrastructure inventories are comprehensive sectoral listings of all public infrastructure facilities in the rural areas of the country. They cover details on condition, utilization and distribution of ...
