Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Persuasion and persistence:Female Circumcision among the Embu, Kisii and Somali of Kenya
(Department of sociology, 2007)This is a comparative study of female circumcision (Fe) among the Embu, Kisii and Somali societies of Kenya. This study was both exploratory and explanatory in nature. The main objective of the study was to ... -
Determinants of Exports of Agricultural Commodities in the World Markets: Case Study of Kenyan Tea
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi,, 2005)Analysis of Kenyan export performance shows that the country has been able to expand its export volume to compensate for losses due to deteriorating terms of trade or achieve growth in real exchange rate. Tea industry ... -
Interest rate liberalization and private financial savings in Kenya
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2001)This paper examines whether financial savings are responsive to real deposit rates in Kenya Time series data covering the period 19S0 - 2000 was analyzed First, ... -
Effectiveness of internal organizational communication models: a case study of the ministry of planning and national development
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2007-08)The study sought to determine internal communication channels used by senior managers at the Ministry of Planning and National Development to communicate to the junior staff. Specifically, the study objectives included ... -
The role of society in the woman's subordination in selected works of Bessie Head
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 2002)This study examines Bessie Head's presentation of the woman in the selected works studied here. The study proceeds from a feminist perspective to interrogate the patriarchal dictates which influence social expectations ... -
Factors influencing the access and flow of market information within the Kenyan Informal Sector: The case of Kamukunji Metal workers in Nairobi
(School of Journalism and Mass Communication University of Nairobi, 2004)This study examines the factors that influence the access and flow of market information within the Kenyan Informal Sector. The broad objective of the study was to find out whether the Kamukunji Jua Kali artisans in ... -
Food, culture and environment: the case of the Atharaka of Eastern Kenya
(Department of Arts, 1994)This study explored the cultural institutions of the Atharaka so as to identify the strategies they use to cope with food shortages in their drought-prone environment. The economic and cultural institutions of the Atharaka ... -
Regional economic integration: the challenge of dual membership to Kenya- with special reference to eac and comesa
(Institute of Diplomacy & International Studies (IDIS), 2005)This study assesses the challenges that countries face as a result of dual/multiple membership in regional economic organizations. The study has employed the Kenyan experience in EAC and COMESA as a case study. The objective ... -
Adolescents knowledge, attitude and practice of contraception.a study of secondary school students - Kisumu District
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Population Studies, 1998-11)The main objective of this study was to examine the knowledge, attitudes and practice of contraception among the adolescents in secondary schools in Kisumu District. A sample of 400 students aged between 14 and 20 years ... -
Coping with the effects and concomitants of staple cereal crop production in selected African and Asian countries
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology, 1994)This study looks into one of the serious problems facing most third world countries-frequent and persistent basic staple food shortages. The study is divided into two parts. The first part which uses secondary data, ... -
A survey of preferred methods, raters and uses of performance appraisals by employees in selected tertiary public institutions in Nairobi
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2002-09)While other studies have looked at Performance Appraisal, this is the first to do so in relation to employees' preferences in Kenya to the best of my knowledge. This research aimed at determining the preferred Methods, ... -
An inquiry into the paradox of imprisonment for reform
(Department of Arts-Philosophy, 2004)This work provides an insight into the philosophy of imprisonment for reform. For centuries now, the reform of the criminal has been one of the objectives of imprisonment. But it is apparent that the problems of ... -
Sustainable Development and Environment: an Investigation on the Role of the Roman Catholic Church and Inter Aid Kenya in Kiambogo Area, Nakuru District
(2006)The aim of this study is to highlight the relationship between the environment and sustainable development in Kiambogo area. This was meant to bridge the academic gap created by the previous studies in the same field ... -
Determinants of accounting students' performance at national examinations in private and government training institutions in Uasin Gishu district, Kenya
(School of Education, University of Nairobi, 2005-08)The training of accountants is very vital in the process of national development. This is because of the role accountants' play in monitoring and managing the financial resources of organizations. In Kenya accountants ... -
A study of public institutional framework involved in housing provision
(Department of Economics, 1991)The housing process involves complex and multipurpose procedures of realizing housing, its environment and all the related facilities. For the / process to succeed, especially in meeting the basic objective of providing ... -
Youth enterprise development fund: A study of its viability as an empowerment strategy for youth entrepreneurs in Ruiru division, Thika district
(Department of sociology, 2008)The focus of this study was to establish the viability of the Youth Enterprise Fund (YEDF) as an Empowerment tool for youth Entrepreneurs in the informal sector. The study was conducted in Ruiru Division, Thika District. The ... -
An investigation into the damaging effects of parental emotional child abuse: a case study of Kangemi Slum village, Nairobi.
(Department of Arts, 2005)This study aimed at investigating the damaging effects of parental .emotional child abuse in Kangemi slum village. The study focused on parents' awareness of the children Act 2001, types of emotional abuse that ... -
Factors influencing contraceptive use among men: a case study of Kaboi location, Nandi district
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 1994-04)The sample size for the research study was 150 currently married men between the ages of 15 and 55. All the 150 respondents were interviewed between August to September 1993 by four research assistance under the supervision ... -
The structure, trend and impact of domestic debt on economic growth
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi, 2003-08)This study seeks to examine the structure, magnitude, level, and determinants of public domestic debt in Kenya for the period 1990-2001. It further examines the trend and impact of domestic debt directly on the economic ... -
The Relationship Between Credit Risk Analysis and the Level of Non-performing Loans
(Faculty of commerce university of Nairobi, 2004)Studies done indicate that credit is the single major cause of risk to commercial banks. Credit risk is mainly a factor of the analysis done before granting credit. This study set out to evaluate credit risk analysis by ...
