Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Factors that influence local attitudes towards refugees in Kenya
(Institute of African Studies, University of Nairobi, 2004-04)This study focused on the factors that influence local attitudes towards refugees in Kenya. The study was carried out on two sites: Dadaab refugee camp in Garissa District in North Eastern Province, and the former Thika ... -
Stochastic methods in urban transportation planning: a case study of Kisumu
(University of NairobiDepartment of Civil Engineering, 1993-09)There are many urban planning problems in developing countries. Unlike most Western Cities, Developing Country Cities have grown rapidly and explosively in this century. Analysis of cities in developing countries is ... -
An Investigation of Micro Credit as a Tool for Women's Empowerment, Poverty Alleviation and Employment Creation: a Case Study of Gikomba
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology and Social Work, University of Nairobi, 2005)Micro credit plays a major role in many of the donors' development strategies as a way of addressing the problems faced by women and empowering women economically. Women as micro and small scale entrepreneurs have ... -
Factors precipitating recidivistic behaviours among the Kenyan prisoner: a sociological interpretation."
(Department of Sociology and Social work, University of Nairobi, 2003)The main objective of this study was to find out why first time offenders repeat crimes after imprisonment. The available prison records show that there are recidivists in the Kenyan prisons. This study set out to examine ... -
District focus for rural development: people’s participation in its institutional structures and local interest groups in Butere and Khwisero divisions of kakamega District
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 1988)The declared objective of the Kenya Government is to expand the base of rural development by involving the citizens through local interest groups such as cooperatives, self-help groups, churches and the political party. ... -
Determinants of mortality differentials in infancy and childhood by sex in Kenya
(Department of Population Studies, University of Nairobi, 2001)The mam objective of this study is to find out the determinants of mortality differentials by sex among infants and children in Kenya. The study examines sex differentials in childhood mortality by birth order and also ... -
Determinants of foreign direct investment in sub-Saharan Africa, with inferences on Kenya
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi.Jn, 2001)Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) is an important source of capital jar African countries where massive capital amounts are needed to finance development. FDI inflows into Africa have remained stable throughout the I990s, ... -
Labour turnover in state corporations in Kenya: a case of Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS)
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2006-09)This research project presents results of labour turnover in state corporations in Kenya. This study was carried out to establish factors influencing labour turnover and pattern of labour turnover in Kenya Wildlife ... -
Assessment of rural financial institutions as tools for alleviation of rural Poverty: a case of karia catholic church self-help group in kiambu district
(2008)The main objective of this research was to assess the extent to which rural financial institutions (RFIs) are effective as tools of rural poverty alleviation. This objective was to be achieved through determining the ... -
The impact of external debt on private investment in Kenya: empirical investigation for the period 1970-2002
(Department of Economics, 2004)A group of the low-income countries classified as Highly Indebted Poor Countries (HIPC) have continued to experience difficulties in managing and servicing their huge stocks of external debt and this has constrained ... -
The relationship between child labour and family size in the rural areas.
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi,, 1994)This study is an analysis of child labour in relation to family size in Kandara division of Murang'a district, Kenya. Its main objective was to investigate the nature of the relationship between the value of child labour ... -
Mobile phone use among Kenyan youth
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2009-10)This study was conducted with the aim of finding out the uses of mobile phones among urban rich and urban poor male and female youth in Kenya aged 18 to 35 years. A case study of Dagoretti Constituency in Nairobi was ... -
Summitry System as a Mechanism for Managing Inter State Conflicts: a Case Study of the Eastern African Sub- Region
(University of Nairobi,Department of Arts, 1990)The management of conflicts through peaceful means is a basic human aspiration. Given that conflicts pennanentIy recur within and between s tates, societies have, throughout history, been concerned with aspectsof ... -
Comparative study of insurance industry between Kenya and Singapore in the Period 1963-2003
(University of NairobiInstitute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2005-01)The Kenyan insurance industry has had little impact in the overall economic well being of the Kenyan economy. This study was designed to conduct a comparative analysis of the Kenyan insurance sector with the Singaporean ... -
The influence of socio-economic factors on male involvement in family planning: a case of Vihiga Kenya
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 1996-11)This study recognizes the importance of male involvement in family planning. It focuses on the factors that have an impact on male involvement in family planning. These factors include age, education level, employment ... -
Interpersonal function of style in Kenyan newspaper advertisements
(Department of Linguistics and African Languages, University of Nairobi, 2003)This paper presents the results of a linguistic study on the advertising language in Kenya. While leaning towards stylistics, the study follows the framework of Halliday's Systemic Functional Grammar (SFG). Mainly we ... -
The impact of liberalization on the financial performance of the Kenyan banking industry.
(2003)Financial Sector reforms in Kenya began in 1989, as a continuation of structural adjustment programmes sponsored by the International Monetary Fund and World Bank. Prior to liberalization, the financial system was highly ... -
Belligerents as Conflict Managers: An Analysis the Lusaka Peace Process and the Agreement
(Institute of Diplomacy and International Studies, 2001)This study sets out to examine the efficacy of the Lusaka peace process, the management and the resultant agreement. It explores process, the mechanisms and the methodology that is used to manage the conflict ... -
Information technology and human resources in Kenya:the banking sector
(1990)This study investigated the impact of information technology (IT) on work organization, productivity change and employment using a hybrid of descriptive and analytic methodology. In particular, a labour demand function ... -
Interest rates determination in kenya: implications for the financial liberalization policy
(Department of Arts-Economics, 1991)The study evaluated the relative contribution of domestic and international factors in the determination of the Treasury bill rate in Kenya under a liberalized regime. The evaluation was based on a modified ...
