Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Household gender roles and the adoption of agroforestry among small scale farmers in Kwanza division,Trans-Nzoia district, Kenya.
(Department of Sociology and Social work, University of Nairobi, 2005)Kenya is faced by the problem of degradation of forests, which in turn negatively affects agricultural productivity. Agroforestry is one of the strategies that the government and other stakeholders have used to.try and ... -
Gender inequality in rural Kenya: Evidence from murang' a district in central Kenya
(School of Economics, 2006)This paper gives a detailed account of gender inequality in a rural setting. Reasons behind this difference have been cited as poor definition of property rights regarding customary laws of inheritance of property and ... -
Couples' unmet need for contraception in Kenya: evidence from the 1998 KDHS"
(Population Studies and Research Institute University of Nairobi, 2002)Despite the increasing contraceptive prevalence rate and declining fertility in Kenya, there are still substantial levels of unmet need. Most researches on unmet need have been based on data from women with modicum ... -
Hindu socio-religious organizations in Kenya: a case study of Arya Samaj, 1903-1978
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1993-09)The Hindus in Kenya are generally viewed in several restricted ways, notwithstanding their long history this country . Often they are identified as adherents Hinduism; although the tremendous components that constitute ... -
Foreign debt and economic growth (the Ugandan experience) 1970 -2000
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2004)This paper analyses Uganda's external debt problem. Like many other countries in the sub-Saharan Africa, Uganda is a severely indebted low -income country. Uganda's total debt stock at end June 1999 was estimated at US$2.64 ... -
Experiences of rural female household heads: a case study of rural women in ukwala division of siaya district, Kenya
(Rural Sociology and Community Development at the University of Nairobi., 2004)The Kenyan family has undergone a lot of changes as a result of social and economic changes in the wider society. The change is better understood in the historical perspective starting with the migration. In the Kenyan ... -
Battered women: a social-legal perspective of their experiences in Nairobi
(institute of African studies, university of Nairobi, 1993)Domestic violence against women is a glaring problem in the world today. In Kenya, it began to emerge as a significant issue in the late 1960s. The phenomenon of battered women was not of course by any means a new one. ... -
The coverage of the drug scourge in the Kenyan media: an analysis of content, trends and quality of coverage
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2003)The purpose of this study was to examine the coverage of the drug scourge in the Kenyan mass media with an intent of coming up with appropriate recommendations for designing a media strategy to combat drug abuse and drug ... -
Female circumcision its persistence among the Abagusii of Kenya
(Department of Literature, 1994)The purpose of this study was to establish the reasons behind the continued practice of female circumcision, This practice has been discouraged in the past but some communities in Kenya have continued practicing it despite ... -
Characteristics of Self-employed Youth in Service Provision and Trade Sectors: a Case Study of Ngong-hills Town
(University of Nairobi,Department of sociology, 2007)The study was carried out to provide information on background characteristics of the self-employed youth in services and trade, and to establish the extent to which the youth self-employment activities ... -
Problems and prospects of regional economic integration:a case study of east African community (EAC).
(University of NairobiDepartment of Economics, 2005-09)This paper has considered the flow of trade between the East African countries using the gravity model. The study attempt to explore bilateral trade between the three East African countries. In particular the paper reviews ... -
Factors influencing the practice of family planning among men in central and western provinces of Kenya
(2000)The decline in Kenyan fertility is a reflection of the rise in contraceptive use. Central and Western provinces provide contrasting stages in the fertility transition which is influenced by various demographic, socio-economic, ... -
Japanese aid to Kenya: in pursuit of national and collective interests 1966-1989
(Department of International relations, 1992)This thesis attempts to identify the major underlying factors that make Kenya the largest recepient of Japanese economic assistance in Sub Saharan Africa -
Dimensions of change in the livelihoods of rural widows amongst the Taita of Kenya
(Department of Sociology and Social work, University of Nairobi, 2004)This study examined the livelihoods of rural widows in a contemporary rural African society, specifically the Taita. The objectives of this survey were to investigate economic and social changes in women when they become ... -
Extent of sexual awareness and contraception practice among male adolescents in Gichagi slum Ngong' Township
(2002)The study investigated the extent of sexual awareness and contraception among men adolescents in Gichagi slum in Ngong Township. This study focused on male adolescents between thirteen and fifteen years. The data used ... -
The relationship between adolescents sexual behaviour and accessibility to information on STIs and HIV/AIDS: A case study of safe sex practice among male youth in Kibera division, Nairobi province
(University of NairobiDepartment of Sociology, 2005)This study is divided into five chapters. The first chapter deals with the general introduction, chapter two with the literature review. Chapter three discusses the methodology of data collection and analysis. Chapter ... -
Uses and gratifications of the internet among college students in Kenya.
(school of journalism and mass communication, University of Nairobi, 2007)This study set to investigate college students' uses and motives of the Internet at Kenya School of Professional Studies (KSPS). The hypotheses predicted that there was a positive relationship between exposure to Internet ... -
An investigation of the english language communicative ability of pupils in two Nairobi primary schools
(Department of Arts-Linguistics, 1993)This study set out to investigate the English language communicative ability of the upper primary school learners, in two Nairobi schools. The study used a sample of schools in an attempt to identify the ... -
Revenue productivity of value added tax in Kenya
(Department of Arts-Economics, 2007)Given the negative impact of persistent unsustainable fiscal deficits on the Kenyan economy, there is now a consensus among scholars on the need to address the problem, revenue projection is necessary condition ... -
Socio-economic interrelations between child education, health and family size
(Department of Economics, University of Nairobi,, 1992)The main objective of this study is to identify the nature of the relationship between the quality and quantity of children in the 8aringo district of Kenya. The analytical framework was the child quality-quantity model ...
