Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences, Law, Business Mgt (FoA&SS / FoL / FBM): Recent submissions
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Household resource mobilisation capacity and pre-school childhood malnutrition:A case study of kaloleni division, kilifi district
(Department of Sociology,, 1999)This study set out to explore the relationship between household's capacity for resource mobilisation and children's nutritional status in Kaloleni Division, Kilifi District of the Coast Province of Kenya. Kilifi District ... -
Effect of infant and child mortality on fertility: evidence from Kenya Demographic and health survey, 1989
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Population Studies, 1991-06)This study had three objectives. The first objective was to find the effect of some selected socio-economic and demographic factors on fertility. The factors were education, residence, husbands occupation, age at attained ... -
Employee performance management practices in the private security services industry: the case of security guard
(University of NairobiFaculty of Commerce, 2001)The human resource is generally acclaimed as the most valuable resource. It is through the human resource that a company can make the most telling contribution to its competitive-edge and ultimately, its bottom-line ... -
Survival strategies among urban refugees in Nairobi
(Department of Sociology, University of Nairobi, 2006)The primary focus of this study was to investigate the survival strategies among urban refugees in Nairobi focusing on health, shelter and food. The study employed both qualitative and quantitative research methods. The ... -
The Causal Relationship Between the Flow of Domestic Credit and Changes in Net Foreign Reserves in Lesotho (1980-2000)
(University of Nairobi,Department of Economics, 2002-08)The management of external balance has been the major problem of most of the non-oil less developing countries in the last three decades. The empirical literature on this subject has shown that. the major cause of balance ... -
A physical model study of catchment processes
(1990-09)In countries. such as Kenya.where industrialization nnd urbanization trends are emerging in the rural selting.lhe hydrological water balance is subjected to rapid changes. These changes pose problems to design engineers ... -
A critical assessment of the determinant of the wealth portfolios of salaried middle and upper-income employees in Kenya
(School of Business, University of Nairobi, 2007)The accumulation of personal wealth during a person's working life plays a key role in promoting savings, facilitating wealth creation and cushioning people in old age. Understanding the determinants of the accumulation ... -
Terrorism:challenges facing Kenya’s national security and national responses to terrorism,1981-2003
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts International Studies, 2005-11)This research set out to investigate the challenges facing Kenya in combating terrorism. At the onset the researcher proposed to investigate the factors that expose Kenya to terrorism. In addition the researcher undertook ... -
The role of ICT in the provision of business information to women traders in the informal sector in Kenya-
(School of journalism and mass communication, 2008)This study aimed at investigating the role of Information and Communication Technology (lCT) in the provision of business information to women traders at the Westlands Maasai Market in Nairobi; guided by two theories: ... -
The diffusion, adoption and development of ICTs for research, teaching and communication in public universities in Kenya
(University of Nairobischool of Journalism, 2003-11)This project set out to examine how ICTs, particularly the Internet have diffused and been adopted in research and teaching activities of Academic Staff and Postgraduate Students of public universities in Kenya. The ... -
"Crime in Mombasa town: patterns and trends 1985 to 1991."
(Department of Sociology and Social work, University of Nairobi, 1996)Crime is a social problem whose impact on the social-economic fabric of the society or community is immense and undoubtedly painful. In fact, the cost of crime in society is exacerbated by the fact that for each crime ... -
Survival strategies among the poor slum women: a case study of Mukuru slum, Nairobi
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts in Economics, 2003-09)The need to improve the status of women in Kenya has been a major strategy of the government of Kenya. Towards this end comprehensive information on the situation of women and men have an important role to play in gender ... -
Socioeconomic differentiations, agriculture, and labour: Implications for diet and nutritional status of preschool age children in south marama, butere
(1991)Anthropologists have continuously carried out investigations, without apparent unanimity, on etiology of nutritional problems particularly in rural economies. emerged gives no determinate association between the socioeconomic ... -
Perceptions of drought and their impact on rural development:A Study of Central Division, Kitui District, Kenya
(2003)The research on which this project paper was based meant to study the local perceptions of drought and their impact on rural development in Central Division, Kitui District, Kenya. These perceptions of drought were ... -
Communication, socio-economic and cultural factors influencing campaigns against drugs and substance abuse among youths in Kenya: a case study of High school students in Nairobi
(School of Journalism, University of Nairobi, 2007)This study sought to examine the communication, socio-economic and cultural factors influencing campaigns against drugs and substance abuse with a particular focus on students in high schools in Nairobi. In particular ... -
The determinants of adolescent fertility in Kenya: evidence from K.D.H.S 1993
(Department of Population Studies, University of Nairobi, 2003)The problem of adolescent fertility continues to persist and raise concern in Kenya. This study examined the determinants of adolescent fertility in the country using data from the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey ... -
The effects of khat growing and use on the quality of education of the male youths in Meru North District: A case study of the male school dropouts in Igembe North Division.
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts Sociology, 2005-10)The study evaluated the effects of Khat growing and use on the quality of education of the male youths in Meru North District. The study focused on the male youths aged 13 -20 years.Education is considered as a basic ... -
Bongaarts' Model of Proximate Determinants of Fertility Applied to the Kenya Demographic and Health Survey 1989 Data
(University of Nairobi,Department of Arts-institute of population studies and research, 1991)The reasons advanced for the difference in fertility levels in 1977 by Mosley and Kalule-Sabiti can not be the same 14 years later. That is why we found it necessary to undertake this kind of study to establish the ... -
The moral foundation of germ cell genetic engineering
(University of NairobiDepartment of Philosophy, 2001-07)This is a multidisciplinary study. It integrates medical ethics and the emerging biomedical technology of Recombinant DNA. The study sets out to investigate, and attempts at resolving, the controversy surrounding the ... -
Spatial patterns, location variables and the industrial structure of Kisii District's Agricultural manufacturing industries
(University of NairobiDepartment of Arts, 1997)This study examines some aspects of agro-based industries in Kisii District. One of the aspects examined is that of the spatial patterns of the industries. The study also examines the variables that have influenced the ...
